SAP’s acquisition of Dremio is more than an M&A event. It exposes a fundamental mismatch between lakehouse-only query engines and the dynamic, parallel demands of agentic AI. ECI Research analyzes what the deal reveals about data platform architecture and what enterprises should evaluate before their next deployment.
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Starburst announced its Enterprise Intelligence Platform at AI+Datanova 2026, combining federated data access, AI-powered AIDA, and managed Iceberg lakehouse operations. ECI Research examines the architectural bet against consolidation, the competitive implications for Databricks and Snowflake, and what enterprises should evaluate now. The announcement reflects a broader market shift toward running AI on governed data in place, without replatforming.
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Microsoft unifies agents, data, and governance with Foundry IQ and local AI, signaling a new era of enterprise-ready AI at Ignite 2025.
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