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full disclosure - I'm with Avalor, so my perspective is shaped by my depth of knowledge on the value of data fabrics - at the very end of your comments, you have this line:

As the best-of-breed vs. platform debate rages on, one thing is clear: both approaches can benefit from a data fabric.

I would go one step further and argue that a data fabric doesn't just "benefit" both best-of-breed and platform - it ends the need for those to be in opposition - with a data fabric, you get best-of-breed AND all the benefits of a platform instead of making a trade off between the two -

this is what I see as a one of the big wins for customers - use whatever solutions fit your environment best AND have all the data in one place, informing and enriching each other

great post - thx for your analysis!

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Love this take esp. the highlight that this could be a big win for customers if widely adopted! For this to be realized, platform vendors must play nice and integrate with each other + best-of-breed solutions. If this trend does manifest, vendors with storage+analytics solutions will win out, imo (e.g. SentinelOne Singularity Data Lake, CrowdStrike LogScale, cloud providers). The world would be a much better place if big vendors actually put the customer's interest first.

I'll be praying for world peace and for a day when the best-of-breed v. platform debate goes away! haha

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