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Most organizations are investing heavily in AI—but the outputs still aren’t reliable. The reason often isn’t the model. It’s the data pipeline behind it. Disconnected systems, inconsistent preparation, and limited governance make it difficult for AI to produce accurate answers. Before AI can deliver real value, the data feeding it must be structured, contextualized, and governed. In this animation, we break down the 5 Pillars of AI-Ready Data and show how data moves through a connected pipeline before it reaches AI.

Data trust is broken. In the "good old days," one expert vetted one dashboard. Today? You have massive scale and AI models that need accurate data to survive. Jessica Talisman joins Cindi Howson on The Data & AI Chief to reveal why the ontology pipeline is the secret sauce for trustworthy AI. Learn how structural clarity turns data chaos into your biggest competitive advantage. Catch the full discussion on your preferred podcast player!

AI ambition is everywhere. The models are ready, the investment is flowing, yet the outcomes aren’t keeping up. Cloudera’s Data Readiness Index 2026 survey identifies a widening gap between what enterprises want from AI and what they can actually deliver. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Paul Muller sits down with Cloudera CTO Sergio Gago to bring a practitioner’s lens to the problem, drawing on experience across the full spectrum from startups to global enterprises.

The tsunami of AI-generated code creates downstream bottlenecks for QA teams, and shift-left or traditional test automation aren't enough in the AI era. In this From the Bear Cave session, SmartBear CEO Dan Faulkner and CMO Kelly Wenzel unpack how AI code generation impacts software quality and why traditional testing struggles to keep up.

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NKT makes the “electrical superhighways” that bring renewable energy to city consumers. Its 24/7 site in Karlskrona, Sweden is the world’s largest producer of high voltage undersea cables, making operational stability vital. However, the plant faced hurdles. Data was trapped in silos, leading to intuition-based decisions with no single source of truth.

Where agentic AI meets your analytics stack to drive action at scale. The shift is here. As the industry moves from Generative AI (Chat) to Agentic AI (Action), the pressure is on for developers and data practitioners to design intelligent apps that don't just talk: they perform. The real challenge? Bridging the gap between sophisticated developer tooling and your enterprise analytics stack. That’s exactly what this session solves.