CData Foundations 2025 to Cover Data and AI Across a Free Two-Day Virtual Event

Data, analytics, and AI are foundational to digital organizations. Data infrastructure, data management, and data platforms provide the critical information that fuels the analytical insights and AI capabilities driving the digital era. On those topics, the aptly named Foundations, an annual, free virtual customer event run by CData, will run across two days this month, including a data and analytics track on September 17 and an artificial intelligence (AI) track on September 24.

The event is free to attend and will include CData product roadmaps in keynotes, CData case studies and success stories from customers and partners, and practical takeaways on running CData’s offerings.

The Data and Analytics day kicks off with a keynote from CData leadership and special guests on building a practical data infrastructure for the AI era. Following that, breakout sessions will include insights and stories on modernizing with cloud data, utilizing secure semantic layers for data distribution, building modern data strategies and architectures in the AI era, and simplifying data ingestion. Customer stories from Databricks, and Red Wing Shoes are highlights of the agenda. Following the breakouts, the data and analytics track will conclude with keynote sessions from CData executives on the secrets of AI success (data is surely to be a factor).

One week later, Foundations will continue with a day focused on AI. This event will include examining the future of the enterprise data industry and how AI plays a role, as well as the overall AI vision from CData leadership. It will also feature real-world examples and demos of how AI can help with data management. The opening keynote will discuss how data infrastructure impacts the rise of AI agents in enterprises.

The Foundations AI day highlights many of CData’s partners, including Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS), ServiceNow, Ellie,ai, Ataccama, and Sisense,. Topics in the breakout tracks include customer stories from Zebra Technologies, RLTYco, and First Water Finance. The event wraps up with a discussion of how companies can power Agentic AI with their data strategies and technologies.

Foundations 2025 is coming at the right time for many companies, as data, analytics, and AI are the focus for technology leaders in 2025. They are key to digital success, with data as the foundation and AI as the accelerator.

Registration and agenda information for Foundations 2025 can be found here: https://www.cdata.com/events/foundations-2025/

What This Means for SAP Insiders

Data is the foundation for a digital organization. Data infrastructure, data integration data management, and data architecture are essential for digital transformation. Digital organizations are data-driven in their decision-making, and the accessibility of data is crucial in providing many digital products and services. As AI has risen to prominence, that makes data even more critical. Foundations 2025 features sessions discussing how to provide clean, accessible, and analyzable data for insights, action, and AI.

AI is synonymous with digital at this point. Digital organizations are leading the way in AI adoption as many of the same systems that enable digitization also enable AI. Foundations will examine how data systems play a role in the latest AI innovations, like Agentic AI.

Free sessions can be valuable resources. SAP insiders wanting to see how other organizations are managing their data for the AI era will find multiple customer stories across the two days at Foundations. Attendees can also hear from technology experts at vendors like Databricks. With free registration, it’s worth looking over the agenda to see what might align with your organization’s data and AI roadmap.