Blog & Events

Field insights, industry events and data perspectives — no filters, no generic advice.

European Field Mission — April 2026

From Prague to London, then into French industrial systems — what we observed across radically different environments, and why the gap between data ambition and data reality is still wider than anyone admits.

Prague London Saint-Denis La Défense

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Acropora Data April 2026 8 min read

European Field Mission — Mauritius, Paris, Prague, London

4 locations · Europe 01

MDM & AI

When AI Meets Dirty Data: What Actually Happens

AI models are only as reliable as the data they consume. What we've seen inside enterprise MDM projects tells a different story than the vendor pitch decks.

Data Quality

The Hidden Cost of a Bad Master Record

A single duplicated supplier record can cascade across a dozen systems. We calculated what this costs — in hours, in decisions, and in trust.

Governance

Why Governance Projects Stall at Month Three

The first sprint is always smooth. Then reality arrives. Here is what we've observed — and what separates the programs that recover from the ones that don't.

2026 Events

Online · June 10–11

Data Management Marathon 9.0

The world reference for data professionals. MDM, Data Quality, Governance and GenAI — 50+ speakers, 2 days online.

Montrouge · June 9

JFTL 2026

France's leading software testing days. 1,300 QA professionals, 5 parallel tracks, AI in testing and automation.

San Francisco · June 15–18

Data + AI Summit 2026

The Databricks world event. 800+ sessions, 160 countries — AI Agents, Lakehouse, MLOps and Data Governance.

New York · June 9

CDAO New York 2026

North America's C-suite data & AI summit. 150 executives, 30 speakers — CDO, CAO and VP Analytics priorities for 2026.

Field insights, not generic content.

Every article is grounded in a real mission, a real client challenge, or a real industry event. No recycled frameworks. No obvious advice.