Data past, data present and data future

Database and data management practices are changing and new practices need to be adaptive and agile. Here are a few data thoughts for data past, data present and data future.

Data of Christmas Past

•  Reports and dashboards have become standard place within the business. 
•  Big data is just the new look of data.
• DevOps has become mainstream.

Data of Christmas Present

• There is an increasing plethora of database architecture designs to choose from which means selecting the right design and database engine for the right job is harder than before.
• Business is driving the need for data. 
• Best practice delivery is hard in a fast changing environment. 
• Complexity is increasing in a diverse landscape.

Data of Christmas Yet to Come 

• The face of database administration is changing with multiple of types of engines, tools, applications and cloud offerings. 
•  It is necessary to have broad range of database knowledge to ensure best practice configurations are deployed for the plethora of tools.  
• Predicative analytics are becoming critical for business. 
• Deep learning utilizes machine learning to model data at high levels of abstraction which will transform how we live.
• Research is starting to become embedded in industry with the need to drive the next innovation.