Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Data engineers engineer. Obviously they do, the clue is in ...

Discover how data engineering evolved into a global career skill, driven by big data, cloud platforms, AI adoption, and ...

As companies rely more heavily on real-time analytics and AI-driven tools, data engineering is evolving into a role that ...

It’s always tempting to say that things were simple in the old days. But speak with any surviving COBOL or Fortran programmer, especially those who had to deal with punch cards or rotating drums, and ...

Though the AI era conjures a futuristic, tech-advanced image of the present, AI fundamentally depends on the same data standards that have been around forever. These data standards—such as being clean ...

What if you could future-proof your career by stepping into one of the most in-demand tech roles of the decade? As companies increasingly rely on data to drive decisions, the role of a data engineer ...

For years, the industry standard for data ops has been a ticket-based service bureau. A product manager wants a new dashboard? Ticket. A data scientist needs a new feature pipeline? Ticket. A ...

In 2026, data engineering isn't just about managing data-it's about building intelligent systems that power business strategy. Companies are moving beyond batch warehouses to real-time, cloud-native ...