IBM Data Roadmap
Business innovation driven by generative AI is fueled by open data stores, formats, and engines; a product-oriented data fabric; and the infusion of AI at all levels to radically improve data consumption.
Data
Roadmap
Strategic milestones
All information being released represents IBM’s current intent, is subject to change or withdrawal, and represents only goals and objectives.
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2023
Increase data products by orders of magnitude as open formats become mainstream.
In 2023, the number of trusted, discoverable data products (high-quality, centrally governed enterprise datasets) will increase 10-100x via a hybrid data fabric. Many of these data products will be stored in open table formats (e.g., Iceberg), which have become mainstream.
2024
Make data consumption and management smarter with generative AI.
In 2024, AI will be used in data consumption and management, and open metadata will become a differentiator. The line will blur in management of structured and unstructured data driven by AI.
2025
Enable ubiquitous multicloud workloads with open engines/formats attaining parity.
By 2025, the performance and management of pluggable open engines processing open-format data will reach parity with proprietary online analytical processing (OLAP) solutions, enabling secure, multicloud, data-centric workloads to become ubiquitous.
2027
Democratize governed data consumption via generative AI to bolster productivity.
By 2027, all forms of data consumption will be democratized, from basic reporting to predictive insights, sophisticated analytics, and decision-making. Employees regularly driving actions with data will triple, boosting productivity.
2029
Leverage composable hardware going mainstream and plummeting egress costs.
In 2029, composable hardware will go mainstream. This will transform networks, drive a 3x cost reduction due to disaggregated hardware, and push egress costs down.
2030+
Make instant permissioned data easily accessed anywhere.
Beyond 2030, the number of permissioned data products that any enterprise can instantly find and access regardless of the product location—on devices, edge, data center, SaaS, etc.—will grow by orders of magnitude.