Data Mesh
Data Mesh is a decentralized architecture principle where data responsibility shifts from central IT teams to business domains (e.g., sales, production, finance). Each domain provides its data as standardized data products that are usable across the organization — comparable to microservices, but for data instead of software.
Why does this matter?
Classic central data teams become bottlenecks: every new data requirement must go through a queue. Data Mesh solves this by having business units create and maintain data products themselves. For growing mid-sized companies with multiple locations or divisions, this reduces time-to-insight from weeks to days.
How IJONIS uses this
We implement Data Mesh incrementally — not as a big-bang migration but domain by domain. Each business unit receives self-service tools for data publication, embedded in a central governance platform. We use dbt and data contracts to ensure decentralized data products remain compatible with each other.