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Welcome back to our ongoing series on strategies for gaining an unfair advantage. So far, we’ve explored how leveraging the tech ecosystem, overcoming adversity, unlocking hidden value in data, fostering great partnerships, and balancing risk with reward can set your organization apart. Each topic has offered actionable insights and real-world examples to help you stay ahead.

Sometimes the biggest opportunities come disguised as unproven protocols released on a random Monday. Here’s why we bet on MCP before anyone asked us to. ‍ Two months before anyone knew what MCP was, we made a bet that it would fundamentally transform how people interact with their data infrastructure.

AI Needs All Your Data. Your ETL Vendor Is Charging You to Keep It Locked Away. In this post, we explore why legacy ETL pricing models are fundamentally misaligned with the demands of modern AI workloads.

In the last decade, AWS has redefined how businesses build data pipelines. Its ETL toolset isn’t just about moving datasets, it’s about orchestrating security, compliance, scale, and efficiency. Whether you're migrating legacy data systems or building modern ELT workflows, AWS offers a robust, versatile stack of services to meet virtually any requirement.

‍After 10 days since launching the Keboola MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server, we've gathered the most common questions from our data community. This article combines practical answers with best practices inspired by successful AI-assisted development patterns, helping you get the most out of your AI-powered data workflows.

Apache Kafka has evolved from a modest project into the backbone of data streaming for thousands of organizations worldwide. Whether through open source or cloud-native solutions such as Confluent Cloud, different types of users now interact with Kafka every day.