Register for "What's New in 2025? Everything!" - Thursday, December 12, 2:00 pm EST

What Works Series Slides: How Data Products, Data Fabric, and Generative AI Make Self-Service Possible

Our industry has been on a 30-year  march to self-service analytics. The road has been long and dusty with the destination nowhere in sight. Now, three new technologies, along with some hard-won knowledge about how to do data & analytics right, move the promise of self-service analytics from a distant mirage to a real possibility for organizations. This session will explore the rise of data products, data fabric, and generative AI and how these new technologies and approaches are changing the nature of how business users consume data & analytics. 

You Will Learn:

  • What a data product is and is not

  • How data products facilitate data sharing and self-service

  • How a full-stack data fabric enables self-service

  • How generative AI supports conversational BI

  • Why technology is not enough to deliver on the promise of self-service

Host and Moderator: Rich Fox, Lead Consultant, Eckerson Group 

Consultant: Wayne Eckerson, Senior Consultant

About the What Works Series:

The What Works Series provides data and analytics leaders practical advice about how to succeed in key areas: data strategy, data architecture, data governance, data literacy, self-service analytics, and emerging technology approaches. These interactive sessions are delivered by Eckerson Group consultants who collectively have 200+ years of data & analytics experience. The sessions are unsponsored, enabling our experts to offer the unvarnished truth about trends, tools, and technology unfiltered by software vendors.

Wayne Eckerson

Wayne Eckerson is an internationally recognized thought leader in the business intelligence and analytics field. He is a sought-after consultant and noted speaker who thinks critically, writes clearly and presents...

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