Fragile or future-ready - the choice facing today’s leaders investing in data streaming

The role of the modern data executive has never been more complex. Across EMEA, executives are facing a myriad of challenges from rising interest rates and fragile supply chains to tightening regulation –and now the disruptive force of AI. At the same time, expectations have never been higher. Shareholders demand resilience. Customers demand immediacy. Employees want empowerment and purpose.

This creates an ever-widening gap between ambition and capability. Too often, I see IT leaders reach for short-term fixes that reduce cost or complexity now, only to introduce fragility later.

That’s why more are beginning to rethink their foundations. As real-time data streaming becomes the critical nervous system of the modern enterprise, leaders are choosing platforms that evolve with them — embedding resilience, governance, and AI readiness at the core. By contrast, services that offer only the basics leave organizations exposed, lacking scalability, flexibility, and control.

Future-ready leaders are asking not ...