As organizations embrace cloud optimization strategies, they’re moving beyond traditional analytics toward advanced data infrastructures.
This shift is undertaken to power operations, inform business decisions and deliver differentiated products. As generative artificial intelligence and large language models influence how software is developed and deployed, data is no longer just an asset to analyze; it’s becoming the foundation of innovation and competitive advantage, according to Pete DeJoy (pictured), co-founder and senior vice president of product at Astronomer Inc.
“We’ve actually seen the secular trend flip over the last really three or four years where companies have moved from using data to analyze their business to using data to operate their business,” DeJoy said. “And AI has obviously accelerated that tenfold, but now not only they’re operating their business with data, they’re differentiating their business with data. And as a result, there’s been this huge focus on data infrastructure and data foundation.”
DeJoy spoke with theCUBE Research’s John Furrier for theCUBE’s …