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White Paper · 12 min read · January 2026

Data Mesh in Practice

By Thinklytics Research, Data Architecture Practice

Data mesh is the most discussed and least successfully implemented architecture of the past three years. This paper separates the organizational reality from the conference talk, based on implementations across healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing.

Topics covered

  • Data mesh architecture
  • Domain ownership
  • Federated governance
  • Implementation sequencing

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