In our opinion, incumbent and traditional data platforms managed by IT organizations are primarily focused on very narrow datasets, structured data, centralized governance, and have historically been deployed on-premises. With the proliferation of cloud solutions, the need for a hybrid cloud configuration, and the growing need for wider and continuous data sources encompassing unstructured and semi-structured data sources to fuel AI models – we believe we have reached a tipping point where an alternative approach should be considered. A modern data platform is designed to accommodate not only multi-cloud and hybrid cloud capabilities, but also automated data product delivery as a service and enable multiple use cases.