Tech Barometer · 2026-07-10 · 8 min
In this Tech Barometer podcast, database experts from a U.S. insurer, a Saudi bank and Nutanix describe the growing need for automated enterprise database management as organizations scale their AI readiness. Get tech leader insights to move faster and smarter. Get more stories by subscribing to The Forecast . Podcast transcript: This Tech Barometer Podcast was recorded in April 2026 at the Nutanix .NEXT event in Chicago. Jason Lopez is host. Kurt Richards is database administrator, Penn National Insurance. Musab Umer Malik is senior database consultant, Alinma Bank. Ashish Mohindroo is general manager and SVP, Nutanix database services platform. Kurt Richards: I've seen a lot of retirements in our company and I'm sure a lot of other companies are going through the same thing. Jason Lopez: It's not about AI taking jobs and it's not about whether older workers can keep up. Those retirements can be translated to knowledge walking out the door, knowledge the IT team needs to deal with the complexity of databases. Kurt Richards: Previously that storage guy, he retired long ago that was familiar with our old storage system. Had a couple DBAs retire. It's in every area.
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