In reply to Raymond Zheng.

Hi Raymond,

Technologies such as In-Memory Data Grids, (an in-memory version of a data fabric), and enterprise services buses (messaging) are already being deployed to provide platforms for application integration in enterprises and infrastructures like for example air transportation. On this level one can expect a convergence, where in-memory technologies and more persistent technologies provide data fabric functionality. With more devices coming online in the next years (Internet of Things), and increase in capability of networking hardware, data fabrics will also move more to the edge in support of the fog computing concept. One of the key success factors for data fabrics will be the ability to provide a platform that enables a more agile (DevOps) approach to application interoperability without sacrificing (and even improving) performance to support ever evolving IT infrastructures.