When Distributed Becomes Disconnected: Confronting the Data Gravity Problem in Enterprise Architecture
Distributed architectures promise agility and resilience, but they often introduce a subtle, costly side effect: intelligence fragmentation. As data accumulates at the edge and across regional nodes, the gravitational pull that keeps it in place becomes an organizational liability. This article examines the technical realities of data gravity and the emerging frameworks that allow enterprises to unify intelligence without dismantling the distributed systems they depend on.