Modern data management professionals are exploring advanced frameworks like Data Fabric and Data Mesh to help their organizations succeed. Data Fabric provides a unified architecture that integrates various data sources, enabling seamless data access and management across the organization. On the other hand, Data Mesh decentralizes data ownership, allowing domain-specific teams to manage their data as products. This organizational shift intends to promotes agility, scalability, and collaboration, empowering organizations to respond faster to changing business needs. Do these frameworks represent the future of data management? Are they key to better meeting business needs?

Topics addressed include:

• Architectures vs. products vs. frameworks
• Data virtualization and data gravity
• Democratization vs. anarchy
• Approaches vs. evasion
• What next?

Speaker: Karen Lopez

Karen Lopez is a Senior Project Manager and Architect at InfoAdvisors. She has 20-plus years of experience in project and data management on large, multi-project programs. Karen is a popular speaker known for her highly interactive, practical, and sometimes irreverent presentation style. She is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and MCT. Karen wants you to love your data as part of #TeamData.