In today’s cloud-driven, multi-platform environments, answering the simple question – who owns that database? – is no longer straightforward. As teams adopt open-source tools and spin up cloud services on demand, ownership is becoming fragmented across development, operations, and data teams. This shift is accelerating innovation but also creating new challenges in visibility, control, and accountability, as Grant Fritchey explains.
This is the first part of Grant’s mini-series on overcoming cloud migration challenges in 2026.
“Who owns that database?”
Have you ever asked that question (or variations of it using “cluster”, “server”, “instance” instead of database?) And have you