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Data: When Way Too Much Becomes Never Enough

Commvault, Friday, August 28th, 2026

Commvault's Ready. Or Not. finale examines why data preparation and governance matter more than data volume for AI.

In the fifth and final episode of season one of Commvault's Ready. Or Not. series, the conversation turns to the constant underlying every AI discussion: data.

Nathan Macintosh sits down with Ben Lorica, former chief data scientist at O'Reilly Media and founder of Gradient Flow, to discuss what AI actually demands of an organization's data estate.

They explore why AI is changing how teams think about governance, and why collecting more data is not always the answer when quality and structure determine what a model can do. The recurring argument is that preparation matters as much as adoption, and that data readiness is the step most organizations underinvest in.

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