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Robert Thanaraj
Sr Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Data Architectures (inc. Data Fabric, Data Lakes, Data Warehouse)
- Data Products
- Overall Data and Analytics Strategy
Speaker Bio
Robert Thanaraj equips data and analytics leaders with insights, advice and tools to achieve their mission-critical priorities around strategy, best practices, market guidance, technology selection, operating model, etc.
He can advise Gartner clients on several data management topics including:
- Optimizing data management technology landscape with Converged Data Management Platforms
- Modern Data Architecture approaches: Data Fabric, Mesh, Lakehouses, Operational Hubs, Marketplaces.
- Data Engineering practices including DataOps, Data Teams, Organization Models, Data Product Management, AI-Ready Data.
- Data Integration tools (ETL/ELT, CDC, Streaming, Data Virtualization, API, Data Preparation).
- DataOps tools for Data Pipeline Orchestration and Data Observability.
- Data Management in the cloud including Cloud Migration Planning, Multicloud Integration Strategy.
- Metadata capabilities including Active Metadata, Cataloging, Semantics, Lineage and Usage.
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He can advise Gartner clients on several data management topics including:
- Optimizing data management technology landscape with Converged Data Management Platforms
- Modern Data Architecture approaches: Data Fabric, Mesh, Lakehouses, Operational Hubs, Marketplaces.
- Data Engineering practices including DataOps, Data Teams, Organization Models, Data Product Management, AI-Ready Data.
- Data Integration tools (ETL/ELT, CDC, Streaming, Data Virtualization, API, Data Preparation).
- DataOps tools for Data Pipeline Orchestration and Data Observability.
- Data Management in the cloud including Cloud Migration Planning, Multicloud Integration Strategy.
- Metadata capabilities including Active Metadata, Cataloging, Semantics, Lineage and Usage.
Sessions
Monday, 02 June, 2025 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST
Data Products: How You Should Build, Manage and Sustain Them for D&A Success
Robert Thanaraj,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Data products are all the rage within D&A functions as the next wave of potential solutions to reduce the business-IT friction and provide sustained means to data delivery. However, there are many challenges. This session will help D&A leaders understand and build data products, manage and govern them through contracts, and sustain them through marketplaces, governance, and ops best practices.
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Monday, 02 June, 2025 04:15 PM - 05:00 PM IST
Roundtable: Data Mesh and Data Fabric: Same, Different or Companions
Robert Thanaraj,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Let's kick this interaction off with some inputs from a Gartner expert and let the discussion evolve on its own. Join this session to offer your input to the data fabric and data mesh debate. Be prepared to challenge or reinforce positions from the market and discuss them with peers and a Gartner expert, who will cover these positions and their alternatives.
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Tuesday, 03 June, 2025 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST
Simplify the Complex Data Management Infrastructure with Data Ecosystems
Robert Thanaraj,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Data ecosystems, built on data fabric design and infused with AI, promise an integrated, cost effective, and operationally simple approach to varied data management challenges. However, they don't yet always deliver on that promise. This research explores the maturity of various ecosystem components and provides a guide for D&A leaders and others looking to invest in data foundations for competitive differentiation.
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Tuesday, 03 June, 2025 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM IST
R.I.P. Data Fabric vs. Mesh Debate
Robert Thanaraj,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Data fabric and data mesh are not mutually exclusive. Join us in this two-speaker debate session that aims to put an end to a five-year long debate comparing fabric and mesh. D&A leaders can deploy them independently, or best-case together. You will find out how you can deploy the fabric design to unify data management and mesh operating model to distribute data management.
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