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    • The Data Leaders Digest – Fifth Edition

      Data leaders: Vendor pricing is still holding you back. This month’s Data Leaders Digest dives into the real pressures behind the scenes from pricing models that punish scale to outages that expose stack fragility. Built from honest conversations with engineering leaders, this edition is packed with insights you can apply immediately. What’s inside: Fivetran’s connector pricing dissected, why it still misaligns with real-world usage Snowflake vs Databricks, two summits, two pricing philosophies, one core challenge What the June Google Cloud outage exposed about modern stack fragility Key takeaways from our LinkedIn Live on data ROI and senior engineering leverage Final episode of Data Matas Season 2, Monzo’s rebuild story from 1,000+ dbt models Four new tactical guides on architecture, storage choices, and pricing strategy This isn’t vendor spin or theory, it’s what data teams are actually dealing with.

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    • The Data Leaders Digest – Fourth Edition

      Data leaders: It’s time to reset. Mounting cloud bills, inflexible renewals, and tool sprawl are stretching teams to the brink. But the real pressure isn’t just financial, it’s operational and cultural. This month’s Data Leaders Digest is about taking back control before your team burns out or your stack locks you in. What’s inside:
      - Why Fivetran’s pricing shake-up has triggered an industry-wide rethink
      - Practical lessons from London’s Analytics Engineering Meetup, featuring Medik8’s orchestration revamp and Euno’s trust-first analytics talk
      - Recap of our highest-attended LinkedIn Live yet: where your budget actually goes, and how to reduce waste
      - New podcast episodes with leaders from Co-op and Hiive on delivery burnout, trust, and scalable data platforms
      - Three new tactical guides to help you plan ETL spend, validate staging, and avoid SQL Server migration traps
      No theory, just insights from people solving real problems.

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    • The Data Leaders Digest – Third Edition

      This Month in Data – Smarter Renewals, Better Questions, and Breaking the Cycle of Burnout The best insights come from real conversations, with real leaders making tough calls, solving messy problems, and figuring out how to scale their data teams in the real world. That’s why I started The Data Leaders Digest. Real stories from the field Practical takeaways you can apply now Insights from podcasts, meetups, and behind-the-scenes conversations In this month’s edition: Snowflake’s latest security updates Recap of our LinkedIn Live on cutting ETL costs without disruption Highlights from the London Analytics Engineering Meetup at Monzo HQ And an upcoming Data Matas episode with Co-ops Nik Walker No theory, just what’s working, what’s not, and how to stay ahead.

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    • The Data Leaders Digest – Second Edition

      The best insights come from real conversations, with real leaders making tough calls, solving messy problems, and figuring out how to scale their data teams in the real world. That’s why I started The Data Leaders Digest. Each month, we share what’s actually happening inside data teams, pulled from our podcasts, live events, meetups, and honest behind-the-scenes conversations. No theory. Just practical takeaways you can use right now to make better decisions, avoid common pitfalls, and keep moving forward. This Month in Data - Renewals, Real Talk, and Rising Costs If last month’s newsletter raised the alarm, this one confirms what many data leaders feared - the Fivetran price hike on March 1st, is having a big impact. But that’s just one part of a bigger picture. In this edition, we assess the market sentiment, share takeaways from our LinkedIn Live event on the silent productivity costs of migration, and share insights from season 2 opening episode of the Data Matas Podcast with AWS’s Jon Hammant. We’ll also recap the latest frontline insights from London Analytics Meetups and CDO events, spotlight what’s coming next, and introduce a new campaign to help teams navigate renewal season without getting locked in (again).

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    • The Data Leaders Digest – First Edition

      The best insights come from real conversations—from leaders making tough decisions, solving big problems, and navigating the reality of scaling data infrastructure. That’s why I started The Data Leaders Digest. I didn’t want this to be another newsletter full of marketing spin and repackaged vendor takes. This is about what’s really happening—the challenges, the shifts, and the lessons data leaders can take back to their teams today. Each edition will transform our conversations with leaders like you into actionable insights: Data Matas Podcast – Unfiltered conversations with data leaders solving real problems. LinkedIn Live Events – Deep dives into the biggest challenges facing data teams today. Industry Shifts – What’s changing in ETL pricing, vendor lock-in, and cost-efficient scaling strategies. Actionable Insights – No theory, no sales pitch—just real-world lessons from the trenches. This month, we need to talk about Fivetran’s price hike because it’s about to hit a lot of data budgets hard.

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