by Tara Black | Apr 20, 2026 | Data & Analytics
The pilot worked.The model produced results. The demo landed well. Stakeholders saw the potential, and for a brief moment it felt like momentum was finally on your side.Then everything slowed down.This is the part of the AI journey that nobody puts on the roadmap; the...
by Tara Black | Apr 13, 2026 | Data & Analytics
Modernization has never been more urgent, or more uncertain.Organizations know they need to move. Legacy systems are slowing operations, data is fragmented, and AI initiatives are stalling without a reliable foundation to build on. Yet despite that urgency, many...
by Tara Black | Apr 1, 2026 | Enterprise Software
“Clean core” has become the defining phrase in SAP transformation circles, and for good reason. Yet here’s what most organizations get wrong: they treat it as an ERP problem when it’s really a data problem first. The strategy is typically framed around reducing...
by Tara Black | Mar 25, 2026 | Data & Analytics
Partnerships are only as valuable as the expertise behind them.Syngentic has built its Databricks practice around a straightforward belief: knowing what a platform can do is not enough. You have to know how to apply it, where it breaks down under real constraints, and...
by Tara Black | Feb 25, 2026 | Data & Analytics
There’s a rule we should apply to every government AI engagement: if it can’t cite sources, it shouldn’t answer.It sounds simple, but it rules out the majority of AI deployments we see today, and it’s the reason so many of them are quietly...
