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Tools like AWS Glue and Azure Data Factory are genuinely powerful inside the environment they were designed for.
However, in an evolving hybrid world, they become less capable the further you move away from their ideal setup. This means that sometimes they can become a liability.
What you need instead are tools built for any environment. Tools that can support on-prem systems, cloud services, SaaS platforms, APIs, hybrid workflows and whatever comes next without forcing everything into one fixed environment.
These are what we call Evolutionary Technology. Flexible tools that become even more valuable when systems and architecture evolve around them.
This is why FME fits into your evolutionary toolkit. It’s not tied to one environment. It works across on-prem, cloud and hybrid setups. It connects databases, APIs, SaaS tools, cloud platforms and legacy systems.
That matters because the goal isn’t just to move data today. It’s to keep data moving as the architecture shifts around you.
We’re not saying throw out Azure Data Factory or AWS Glue. We’re saying you need an Evolutionary Technology like FME that integrates with your main data platform to make the whole environment so much more powerful.
Your environments will keep evolving. Cloud costs, data sovereignty, AI, security, vendor strategy and business demand will all continue to reshape where data lives and how it needs to move. Today’s target architecture may not be tomorrow’s operating model. So pick tools built for the journey and not just a single stage of it.
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Cynthia, The Landlady of The Miso Arms, heard Andrew saying that Azure Data Factory is the best thing since sliced bread. It’s brilliant in the environment it’s built for but she thinks when architectures start to get hybrid you need something else.
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