1、Ericsson White PaperGFTL-26:000204 UenJanuary 2026From data mess to AI-ready data meshFrom data mess to AI-ready data meshContentJanuary 20262ContentIntroduction 3Background context 4 Industry trends 5 Technology trends 5 Business trends 5Data management evolution 6Target business objectives 9North
2、Star vision 11Dataunificationandfederation12DataenablementandpreparationforAI12Dataintegrationanddatapipelineefficiency 13Datasecurity15Dataproductsandvalue15Reference architecture 16Standardizationactivities16Conclusion 17Authors 18From data mess to AI-ready data meshIntroductionJanuary 20263Introd
3、uctionOver the next decade,the telecommunications landscape will be shaped by the ability tounlockandutilizethefullpotentialofdataatanunprecedentedscale,speed,andintelligence.As a trusted partner,we have observed how sprawling Hadoop architectures andon-premisesplatformsinthetelecomsectorcanquicklyb
4、ecomebrittleasvolumesexpand and new use cases emerge.Inadditiontotheexpansionofdatavolume,datafragmentationacrossdomains,platforms,andschemasisaninevitableconsequence.Autonomousnetworkdomainelements,serviceassurance engines,customer experience agents,and other similar systems produce domain-specific
5、silos,whichmaydelaythehighlymulti-agenticoperationsthatcommunicationsservice providers(CSPs)seek to achieve.Inthedatamanagementlayer,thechallengeistomanagetheintegrationofhigh-volumedatainflowsfromdisparatesources,governthemovementandtransformationofthatdatasecurelyandwithintegrity,andbringthatdatat
6、oastateofreadinessforavarietyofconsumers,mostnotablythosewhowillapplyvariousartificialintelligence(AI)techniques.Hence,astrategicaugmentationofCSPdatamanagementarchitectureisrequiredonethatnativelyanticipatesdomainfragmentationbydesign,enforcesseamlessandsecureexchange,andguaranteesreadinessforamult