The data managers interviewed for Monte Carlo weren’t quite so self-pitying, but they did see lots of problems: downtime lost to data problems is up 86% year over year, time to resolve data incidents rose 66%, and – insult to injury – 74% said most data problems are identified first by business stakeholders, up from 47% last year.  The size of the task is daunting: 27% of companies manage more than 100 tables in their data warehouse, lake, or lakehouse.

Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation.  The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.