AI data management and governance take center stage in 2026

You might recognize Rob Strechay from his appearances on TheCube livestreaming videos during industry conferences, but he's worn many hats in the industry over the years. In this wide-ranging discussion, he looks back at how AI data management evolved in 2025, and predicts that AI "governance, security and data quality are going to be all the rage in 2026."

Featuring: Rob Strechay, managing director and principal analyst at TheCube Research

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

• The Open Semantic Interchange (OSI) project
• AI data management, data gravity and the persistence of data silos
• AI security, governance and sovereign AI
• AI agents and the future of business workflows

and more!

References:

• New consortium to aid AI by standardizing semantic modeling
• MCP OAuth update adds security for personalized AI
• Nutanix sovereign cloud hits Broadcom with multi-cloud hook
• 2026 will be the year data becomes truly intelligent

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