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Why enterprise AI depends on the semantic layer

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By Scott Thompson
| SearchDataManagement
The semantic layer, historically embedded in business intelligence tools, is becoming central to enterprise analytics as AI agents begin querying enterprise data directly. Without governed definitions, agents can produce answers that are consistent in execution but inconsistent in meaning. That arrangement worked as long as a person sat at the end of every query. A human analyst carried the institutional knowledge to pick the right definition and catch a number that looked wrong.
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Reconsider the AI readiness gap in data and analytics

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By Scott Thompson
| SearchDataManagement
Enterprise demand for AI has pulled the data and analytics industry into one of its most active product cycles in years. Vendors are shipping agentic features, intelligent pipelines and automated remediation, and product roadmaps increasingly assume a level of customer readiness that the research does not quite support. Gartner's own numbers are hard to reconcile with the market's momentum.
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Q&A: The gap between AI ambitions and data readiness

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By Scott Thompson
| SearchDataManagement
The data management industry is deep into a cycle of AI-driven product launches and bold claims about agentic automation, governance at scale and intelligent data pipelines. But industry benchmarks suggest most organizations are far from ready, with AI investments struggling to deliver ROI and confidence in data governance remaining low. Mike McKee became CEO of Ataccama in 2023 after 30 years of building software companies across cybersecurity and data management.
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