Shylaja Nathan

Principal Analyst

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SAP’s Reltio Acquisition Forces A Choice For CIOs

Faram Medhora March 31, 2026
The SAP-Reltio Deal Is About Who Controls Your Future Architecture We have seen a lot of M&A activity trying to capitalize on AI hype. SAP’s acquisition of Reltio isn’t that. Instead, the acquisition is a strategic, pragmatic shot by SAP to own the master data layer and make the future enterprise architecture more interoperable, particularly […]
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Architecting Data And AI In The Era Of Enterprise Intelligence: Meet Shylaja Nathan, Principal Analyst

Shylaja Nathan March 5, 2026
Across industries, competitive advantage increasingly depends on an organization’s ability to apply AI to decisions, operations, and customer experiences. As enterprises adopt more autonomous and context-aware systems, data architectures built over decades are proving insufficient. Agentic AI requires data environments that deliver context, responsiveness, and semantic consistency at scale. At Forrester, my research focuses on […]