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Starburst Names Paras Malhotra CISO: Security Meets AI Data Strategy

Starburst Names Paras Malhotra CISO: Security Meets AI Data Strategy

AI, Application Development, Data Management, Enterprise Applications /

Starburst has appointed Paras Malhotra as Chief Information Security Officer, bringing deep security leadership from AWS and Datadog to its federated data and AI platform. The hire signals that Starburst is treating security and governance as competitive differentiators in the enterprise AI market. ECI Research analyzes what this means for ITDMs and developers evaluating federated data infrastructure.

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Starburst 2026 AI & Data Visionary Awards: What the Winners Reveal

Starburst 2026 AI & Data Visionary Awards: What the Winners Reveal

AI, Application Development, Data Management, Enterprise IT Strategy, Machine Learning /

Starburst’s 2026 AI & Data Visionary Awards spotlight production-grade deployments at GEICO, Citizens Financial Group, Vizient, and others. The patterns across winners reveal that enterprise AI success depends less on model selection and more on federated data architecture, open standards, and governance discipline. ECI Research data on hybrid deployment prevalence and AI/ML skills gaps add broader market context.

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Why Enterprise AI Data Governance Is the Real Bottleneck | ECI Research

Why Enterprise AI Data Governance Is the Real Bottleneck | ECI Research

AI, Application Development, Cloud, Data Analytics, FinOps /

Starburst’s AI & Datanova 2026 conference frames enterprise data governance, not model capability, as the primary barrier to scaling AI into production. ECI Research analysis examines what this means for ITDMs and developers navigating distributed, hybrid data environments. The organizations that get AI-ready data foundations right in 2026 will pull measurably ahead of those still retrofitting governance after the fact.

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