Many enterprises invest in their next-gen data lake to democratize data, but common failure modes lead to unfulfilled promises at scale. Shifting from centralized paradigms to modern distributed architectures by treating data as a product, applying platform thinking, and considering domains as first-class concern can address these failure modes. Becoming a data-driven organization provides numerous benefits, including hyper-personalization, operational cost and time reductions, and data-driven optimizations. Zhamak Dehghani, a principal technology consultant at Thoughtworks, discusses the paradigm shift towards a data mesh in this article.
