by Kelly Molander | Apr 9, 2026 | Blog, Databricks, Insight360
SUMMARY: A major university faced Databricks growing pains—volatile spending & low security. XTIVIA’s Insight360 closed five governance gaps to optimize performance. Table of contentsSUMMARY:IntroductionThe Diagnostic: Identifying the Gaps1. Establishing...
by Kelly Molander | Apr 7, 2026 | Blog, Data Science & AI
SUMMARY: Getting great AI output requires mastering the conversation—using iterative refinement, context, and curiosity instead of one-and-done transactional prompts. Table of contentsSUMMARY:IntroductionThe Shift: From Transactional to TransformationalWhy the...
by Kelly Molander | Mar 18, 2026 | Blog, Data Science & AI
SUMMARY: Organizations achieve sustainable enterprise artificial intelligence success by adopting a strategic, evolutionary approach built on a solid data foundation rather than attempting risky, revolutionary infrastructure overhauls. Incremental artificial...
by Kelly Molander | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog, Data Science & AI, Databricks
SUMMARY: Organizations can achieve measurable financial returns and automate complex workflows by transitioning from passive chatbots to autonomous, agentic AI systems utilizing the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Databricks Mosaic AI orchestrates compound...
by Kelly Molander | Mar 13, 2026 | Blog, Data Science & AI, Data Warehousing
SUMMARY: Organizations must abandon rigid legacy data warehouses and adopt unified Lakehouse platforms to successfully manage the massive volumes of unstructured data required by modern artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence and agentic systems rely heavily...
by Kelly Molander | Feb 11, 2026 | Blog, Databricks, Insight360
SUMMARY: XTIVIA Insight360 is the Databricks accelerator for seamless scaling and optimized performance. It uses automated scoring for efficient compute clusters and built-in checks to ensure robust security and governance....
by Kelly Molander | Nov 24, 2025 | Blog, Data Science & AI
SUMMARY: Agentic AI, which functions as an active, decision-making team member capable of autonomous multi-step execution, is the next critical leap for mid-market companies to automate core business processes and gain a definitive competitive advantage against larger...
by Kelly Molander | Nov 21, 2025 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Science & AI
SUMMARY: Modern organizations achieve proactive, intelligent action by mastering the powerful synergy between Business Intelligence (BI), which analyzes the past, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), which predicts and shapes the future, thereby transforming reactive...
by Kelly Molander | Nov 13, 2025 | Blog, Cloud, Data Management
SUMMARY XTIVIA, a trusted Databricks partner, elevates existing Databricks platforms by moving beyond foundational deployment to optimize execution, costs, and integration, ensuring organizations achieve maximum measurable business value faster and more efficiently....
