Smarttech and IOMETE Brought Data and Artificial Intelligence Strategies Together at a Breakfast Event
The “Data Intelligence with IOMETE” event, organized in collaboration with Smarttech and IOMETE, was held on April 29, 2026, at Swissôtel The Bosphorus Istanbul. Industry professionals gathered at the event, which addressed data engineering, modern data platforms, and enterprise artificial intelligence strategies.
In today's world where robust, scalable, and future-proof data infrastructures are critically important for organizations to derive maximum value from their AI investments, up-to-date approaches to modern data lakehouse architectures, data engineering processes, and enterprise AI transformation were shared throughout the event.
The opening speech of the event was delivered by Nuri Çelikboy, Vice President of Sales at Smarttech. Following this, Shafi Rasulov, IOMETE Platform Architect, shared with the attendees IOMETE's modern lakehouse platform and how it can transform organizations' data operations.
The presentation discussed IOMETE's approach of unifying data lakes and data warehouses into a single lakehouse architecture. It was emphasized that the platform, running on Kubernetes, enables centralized management of data engineering, analytics, and AI workloads, while providing organizations with data independence through open data standards and Apache Iceberg support. Additionally, information was shared about the platform's multi-cloud support, along with its architecture offering high scalability and operational efficiency.
Real Life Use Cases
As part of the program, experts from Dell Technologies and Pasha Bank shared real-world use cases and achieved business results of the IOMETE platform with the participants. Dell Technologies Lakehouse Architect & Data Platform Strategist Ruchi Agarwal how much Pasha Bank Head of Data Engineering Abdul Ali Aliyev, shared examples of data modernization projects carried out in their institutions and evaluated the impact of modern data platforms on business outcomes.
Data is at the core of AI strategies
In one of the event's highlight sessions, Aslan Bakirov, Vice President of Engineering at IOMETE, discussed the role of modern data platforms in enterprise artificial intelligence strategies. Bakirov emphasized that the success of AI projects depends not only on models but also on reliable, manageable, and accessible data infrastructures. He shared valuable insights on how data management, analytics, and AI processes can be managed more efficiently and sustainably on a single platform.
Data Foundation in AI Transformation
Throughout the event, the data quality, data governance, and scalability requirements faced by organizations with the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence applications were also discussed. It was shared that IOMETE's AI-ready data platform approach provides the necessary data foundation for generative AI and advanced analytics projects, enabling organizations to implement their innovative projects faster by accelerating data preparation, data processing, and analytical processes.
Participants also had the opportunity to evaluate the agility, cost advantages, and operational convenience offered by the modern data lakehouse approach to organizations, while exchanging experiences with industry professionals during networking sessions held throughout the event.
Conclusion
As Smarttech, we continue to bring technologies and strategies that accelerate data-driven transformation together with our business partners and institutions; we continue to develop solutions that will create sustainable value in the fields of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence.
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