When we flew northbound to attend the Data Innovation Summit, DIS 2026, in Stockholm, we expected AI to dominate the conversation. And it did. But the most intriguing conversations were not about AI in isolation. Rather, they were about what needs to sit underneath...
Data and AI
What We Learned About Higher Education Data at HEDW 2026
The WhereScape team recently attended the 2026 HEDW Conference in Austin, Texas, held April 26 - 29th, 2026. HEDW describes itself as a community focused on knowledge management in colleges and universities, including data warehouses, institutional reporting...
The Modern Data Lifecycle: How-to Build a Data Environment Ready for AI
Let’s preface this blog with what many know deep down but not everyone has consciously accepted: a modern data environment is no longer just a place to store, transform and report on data. Instead, it is now expected to support business intelligence, real-time...
Building an AI Data Warehouse: Using Automation to Scale
The AI data warehouse is emerging as the definitive foundation of modern data infrastructure. This is all driven by the rise of artificial intelligence. More and more organizations are rushing to make use of what AI can do. In a survey run by Hostinger, around 78% of...
Want Better AI Data Management? Data Automation is the Answer
Understanding the AI Landscape Imagine losing 6% of your annual revenue—simply due to poor data quality. A recent survey found that underperforming AI models, built using low-quality or inaccurate data, cost companies an average of $406 million annually. Artificial...




