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MCG provides strategy and implementation to make data a competitive asset.

03/01/2026

We are honored once again for William to be recognized as the Thinkers360 Top Global Cloud Thought Leader for 2026 alongside industry peers like David Linthicum and Christian Buckley.

For us, this year has been dedicated to replacing cloud hype with hard data—from proving a 60% TCO advantage for BYOC models to benchmarking 5x latency gains on Edge Bare Metal. By architecting blueprints for Sovereign AI and validating AI-driven tools that slash manual migration effort by 94%, the focus remains on driving enterprise agility through performance and vendor independence.

Congrats to all the honorees! ☁️🚀

Discover the Top 50 on Cloud Computing. Connect with key opinion leaders for B2B thought leadership & influencer marketing campaigns. Drive brand awareness & industry authority.

02/15/2026

William is quoted in this analysis discussing the launch of Databricks . This announcement is another major milestone in the "Great Unbundling" of the modern data stack.

By bringing a serverless layer directly onto the Lakehouse foundation, Databricks is addressing brittle ETL pipelines between transactional and analytical silos.

Check out the full piece.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/news/366638723/Databricks-launches-PostgreSQL-Lakebase-to-aid-AI-developers

With the launch of Lakebase, Databricks now provides an integrated PostgreSQL database purpose-built for AI development as part of its platform.

01/17/2026

MongoDB's new capabilities, including Auto-Embeddings and an AI-powered assistant, are bridging the gap between AI demos and production-ready systems, making it easier to build and deploy AI-driven apps.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchDataManagement/news/366637414/MongoDB-launches-latest-Voyage-models-to-aid-AI-development

A series of new embedding and reranking models from MongoDB aim to improve data retrieval to make agents and other AI tools more effective.

01/03/2026

Join us Thursday for a look ahead to 2026. William will discuss the trends data and analytics professionals need to be aware of and incorporating into plans.

Explore the top 2026 analytics and data architecture trends shaping AI, enterprise analytics, governance, and leadership.

12/29/2025

We're honored that William has been named #6 on the Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on for 2025. Analytics are more important than ever to competitive advantage. Thank you to our clients for giving us the challenges and opportunities.

Discover the Top 50 on Analytics. Connect with key opinion leaders for B2B thought leadership & influencer marketing campaigns. Drive brand awareness & industry authority.

12/22/2025

DIY in Fabric can be fine for a very small proof of concept, but most efforts expand quickly and should be planned as enterprise-scale from the start.

For medium and larger initiatives, buying a purpose-built MDM platform delivers faster time to production, smaller teams and substantially lower three-year TCO than building in Fabric alone.

Read on for more of the value proposition for tooling your master data needs.

William McKnight shares insights from a new benchmark report about the total cost of ownership of building vs. buying an MDM tool.

11/23/2025

📢 NEW COURSE ALERT: Data Product Engineering 🚀

This course focuses specifically on the vital function of the Data Product and the Engineers that build them – the technical professionals dedicated to designing, building, and deploying data products for delivery, sharing, integration, and interoperability.

You will gain a solid foundation of knowledge and skills for data product engineering. Jake and William cover the full spectrum, including:

• Defining Data Products and the Data Product Engineering Process.
• Essential skills like requirements analysis, data modeling, and data product design.
• Deep dives into API concepts, standards, practices, and design patterns.
• The critical role of data contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for Data Products.
• Understanding how data products combine software, data, and metadata for vital functions like data validation, quality assurance, transformation, and aggregation.
• Data Product Deployment, Orchestration, and Operation.

This course is geared toward professionals looking to advance their skill set in modern data architecture and delivery. It is ideal for:

• Data Engineers & Big Data Engineers
• Data Architects & Data Scientists
• DevOps Engineers & IT Professionals
• Data Analysts, Data Warehousing Specialists, and ETL Developers

Don’t miss this opportunity to acquire the skills needed to design and deploy high-quality data products.

➡️ Click to play the Course Sneak Peek and learn more!

This 3-hour and 20 min course focuses the role of data product engineer the technical professional who designs, builds, and deploys data products for data delivery, data sharing, data integration, and data interoperability.

11/15/2025

Dremio Cloud's autonomous lakehouse powered by AI agents automates complex data preparation and pipeline management tasks that fuel AI development and could be a differentiator for the vendor. William's thoughts and more in the article.

Dremio Cloud is an agentic AI-powered version of the eponymous vendor's platform that autonomously prepares data for AI development.

11/02/2025

Do you need to quantify AI’s benefits with an ROI perspective? The ROI for AI projects is usually present and often essential for project justification, especially given the need for meaningful AI projects.

This article provides a framework for quantifying AI’s financial benefits by breaking down costs and returns to cash flow over a defined period, illustrating with hypothetical examples.

https://mcknightcg.com/quantifying-ais-benefits-an-roi-perspective/

Abstract: The return on investment (ROI) for AI projects is usually present and often essential for project justification, especially given the need for meaningful AI projects. This article provides a framework for quantifying AI’s financial benefits by breaking down costs and returns to cash flow...

10/26/2025

We're truly honored 🙏 for William to be named the Top Global Thought Leader on Data Center for 2025 by Thinkers360! 🏆

This recognition validates our mission at McKnight Consulting Group: To improve our client's condition by harnessing the power of data, develop people through knowledge sharing and expertise, and pursue excellence in all aspects of information management.

A huge thank you to the Thinkers360 team for highlighting innovation and thought leadership worldwide.

And warmest congratulations to all the honorees – an exceptional group of innovators and leaders revolutionizing digital infrastructure and cloud technology!

https://www.thinkers360.com/top-50-global-thought-leaders-and-influencers-on-data-center-2025/

Discover the Top 50 on Data Center. Connect with key opinion leaders for B2B thought leadership & influencer marketing campaigns. Drive brand awareness & industry authority.

10/11/2025

Once a metadata management specialist, the vendor is keeping up with the competition by adding an environment for developing agents.

William’s thoughts on agent builders like this are in this TechTarget article.

With Agent Builder, data management specialist Alation is keeping up with the competition by adding an agentic AI development suite.

10/05/2025

Unlock the Power of Data Pipeline Engineering! 🚀
Are you a data professional looking to take your skills to the next level? 🤔 Do you want to design, build, and deploy high-quality data pipelines that drive business insights and decision-making? 📊

Our brand-new online course is here! 🎉 Data Pipeline Engineering is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in this critical role. You'll learn about:

✨ Data pipeline design patterns and components
✨ Analytic data provisioning patterns
✨ Data pipeline deployment, orchestration, and operation
✨ ETL, data stream processing, data virtualization, and more

This course is perfect for:
👉 Data Engineers
👉 Data Architects
👉 Data Scientists
👉 Data Analysts
👉 DevOps Engineers
👉 IT Professionals
👉 Data Warehousing Specialists
👉 ETL Developers
👉 Big Data Engineers

Get a sneak peek of the course and see what's inside! 🎥 Click the link to watch now and start building your data pipeline engineering skills today! 🔗 https://ecm.elearningcurve.com/Online-Data-Pipeline-Engineering-p/de-01-a.htm

Ready to elevate your data career? 🚀 Enroll now and take the step towards becoming a data pipeline engineering expert!

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This 5-hour and 40 min course focuses on the role of data pipeline engineer the technical professional who designs, builds, deploys, and support the processes to acquire, ingest, integrate, transform, and prepare data, to load data into databases, and to deliver data to consumers.

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