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Designing the AI-Driven Data Foundations

Architecture, Principles, and Practice
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Build AI-powered data platforms that unify analytics and intelligence The playbook for data and AI architecture has been rewritten. This is the guide to what comes next. For decades, data architectures were optimised for a predictable set of workloads. AI changes every layer of the stack... Read More
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Build AI-powered data platforms that unify analytics and intelligence

The playbook for data and AI architecture has been rewritten. This is the guide to what comes next.

For decades, data architectures were optimised for a predictable set of workloads. AI changes every layer of the stack where autonomous agents, not just humans, consume data. The architectures that worked for traditional analytics cannot meet these demands.

Designing the AI-Driven Data Foundations is a comprehensive guide to architecting platforms for this new reality.

Drawing on his experience as principal analyst at SanjMo and former VP of Research at Gartner, where he advised thousands of enterprises on data strategy, renowned analyst Sanjeev Mohan delivers vendor-neutral guidance for navigating a landscape where yesterday's best practices no longer apply. The book systematically unpacks each layer of contemporary data stacks, from operational and analytical data stores through ingestion, integration, analytics, generative AI, governance, security, privacy, and operations. The data architecture landscape is experiencing unprecedented disruption. AI has catalysed changes across the entire data management stack: hardware optimised for vector operations, engineering practices reimagined for unstructured content, and consumption patterns transformed by autonomous agents. Designing the AI-Driven Data Foundations examines how the rise of unstructured data and AI agents as first-class consumers are redefining architectural principles that have guided the industry for decades.

You’ll also discover:

  • A unified and comprehensive data and AI strategy
  • Techniques to avoid vendor lock-in
  • Frameworks for evaluating data stores
  • Contextual data integration pattern that replaces ETL for AI workloads
  • Coverage of AI-ready data governance, quality and security
  • DataOps and observability practices that operationalise trust at scale

Perfect for data architects, and technical leaders who must make consequential platform decisions, Designing the AI-Driven Data Foundations translates the complexity of data and AI infrastructure into actionable architectural decisions that serve both human analysts and autonomous agents.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781394396665

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 300g

Pages: 272

About the Author

SANJEEV MOHAN is the founder of SanjMo, a data and AI advisory firm, and a former Gartner Research Vice President. He advises Fortune 500 companies, cloud hyperscalers, and startups on data architectures and AI strategy. A prolific writer and speaker, Sanjeev has spent over three decades helping organizations turn data investments into measurable business outcomes.

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