{"id":2613,"date":"2023-08-29T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/overview-2-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:46:19","slug":"overview-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/overview-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paradox of the Data Mesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgblue b100w notoppover footunder cwidetext withtitle singleno\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>The Paradox of the Data Mesh<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although the data mesh calls for decentralizing development and data, the only way it can succeed is if you centralize what counts: data platform, data standards, data governance, and a data store. (See figure 1.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That means you need a strong centralized data team that manages these things. And, also, the data team is on call to develop things that business domains won\u2019t: like enterprise, cross-functional solutions, master data, and local solutions where no domain team exists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The key to success in anything in data is to federate by aligning central and distributed resources.\u00a0 That is the difference between success and failure. That is what will keep your data mesh from turning into a data mush. (See figure 2.) <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p> \u201cThe only way to success with a data mesh is to centralize what counts\u2014and that requires a central data team.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vidimg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iframelink\">youtu.be\/puMqLpFo0pM<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"videoem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/puMqLpFo0pM?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txtlnk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgdblue b80w notoppover footunder cwidetext singleyes\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfigure bgnone\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Figure 1. Centralize What Counts<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/paradox-figure-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"close\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/paradox-figure-1.png\">Close<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div id=\"figure\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"figure wow fadeIn bgdorange b80w notoppover footover\" data-wow-delay=\"0.4s\">\n\t\t<h2>Figure 2. How Do You Keep Your Data Mesh from Turning into Data Mush?<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"ref\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<a class=\"close\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/Picture1.png\">View Large<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 1\" class=\"wow fadeInDown resources bgblue topunder colsingle b60w\">\n\t<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"icon sml iwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/articles\/data-mesh-evaluating-your-organization-s-readiness-for-a-decentralized-data-future\">Jay Piscioneri, \u201cData Mesh: Evaluating Your Organization\u2019s Readiness for a Decentralized Future,\u201d Eckerson Group, June 2023 (article)<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"icon sml iwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/articles\/data-mesh-the-sky-is-not-falling\">Jay Piscioneri, \u201cData Mesh: The Sky is Not Falling\u201d Eckerson Group, April 2023 (article) <\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1333,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2613","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2732,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613\/revisions\/2732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}