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D A T A T E C H N O L O G I E S B U S I N E S S / O T H E R T R E N D S D & A A R C H I T E C T U R E A R T I F I C I A L I N T E L L I G E N C E

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Type

Trend
Tool
Pattern
Framework

Evolution

Increase
Decrease
New
Stay

Impact

Low
Medium
High

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What does these elements mean?

Deep into the elements of Radar

Types

Evolution

Impact

Relevance

Trend

Trends signal evolutions or emerging changes in practices, technologies, or theories that affect data architectures from the point of view of infrastructure, data engineering, advanced analytics, and business needs. These trends may arise from technological advances, changes in data regulation, or new business strategies the demand different ways of handing information.

Tool

Software applications, platforms, or utilities that facilitate the performance of specific tasks within the process of building data & AI architectures.

Pattern

Design patterns are reusable solutions for common problems in the design and implementation of data & analytics systems. These patterns provide a framework for creating robust and efficient architectures.

Framework

A structured set of concepts, practices, guidelines, and tools that provide a systematic way to build and manage the architecture for a specific use.

Increase

An element that has increased in its implementation priority.

Decrease

An element that has decreased in its implementation priority.

Stay

An element that has not undergone any change.

New

An element that has appeared on the radar for the first time.

Low

The element will make new capabilities available to users of the architecture, but will not represent a significant change in the architecture or will only be applicable in very limited user cases.

Medium

The element will have an impact in certain areas of the architecture. Although its infrastructure is considerable, it manifests itself in a more limited spectrum of situations.

High

The element will have a very positive impact on the architecture that integrate it due to the innovative capabilities it brings, leading to an evolution in most use cases.

Relevance

This dimension refers to priority of application based on differential capabilities that the element will provide, and the subsequent competitive advantage.

This dimension will not be represented in the form of color an associated symbol, but with the position of the trend within the circles that form the radar.

The closer to the center, the more transcendence it will have in the short term.

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