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.
Why this matters for our clients and the world
The data product paradigm will set enterprise standards for data quality, governance, semantics, and observability. AI will scale data production and management of workflows. Open formats will enable interoperability.
The technologies and innovations that will make this possible
Advances in AI will power semantic augmentation, management, and governance. Formats like Iceberg and Parquet will provide an open approach for storing data for analytics and AI. On-demand, policy-driven data replication and caching will address sovereignty, compliance, and performance.
How these advancements will be delivered to IBM clients and partners
Watsonx.data, db2, and NZ will support integration with open table formats. Data marketplaces will bring data products to consumers and have a unified, virtualized online analytic processing “front door” with graph capabilities. Watsonx.ai will power semantic automation. Open table formats enter the enterprise mainstream.