Architecture decisions, evaluation methodology, things we learned the expensive way. Written by senior architects, for senior architects and the people who hire them.
A decade after the lakehouse first showed up in vendor decks, the architectural debate is mostly settled — but the engagement-level decision still isn't. A practical guide to picking the pattern your business will actually use.
Both can be the right answer. Neither is the right answer everywhere. Where each platform earns its keep across DACH enterprise engagements, and the questions to ask before you commit.
AIIt is easy to ship a working demo. It is hard to ship a system that stays correct as your knowledge base evolves. The four metrics every production RAG system needs from day one.
StrategyYou don't have to rip out SAP BW to get to Fabric. A migration path that respects existing investments, brings new capabilities online incrementally, and keeps the close cycle running.
AnalyticsMost KPI frameworks are too long, too flat or both. A simple structure — three layers, financial outcome at the top — that survives the C-suite and the front line.
GovernanceAudit findings on master-data drift are not solved by another policy document. They are solved by plumbing governance into the platform. A walk-through of what worked.
EngineeringReal-time architectures that scale linearly with event volume bankrupt their owners. The patterns we use to keep latency low and the bill predictable.
StrategyThe org-design question never has a single right answer — but the wrong one is expensive. A framework for matching data team structure to organizational reality.
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