How to Sell Trino to Your Boss: Data Federation Explained

In this clip from our keynote presentation How to Sell Trino to Your Boss, Justin Borgman, CEO and Co-Founder of Starburst, breaks down one of the clearest value propositions for executive stakeholders: data federation. Unlock the power of a unified federated access layer and see how it transforms your analytics strategy by connecting every data source across cloud platforms, regions, and on-premises environments — without requiring data centralization. You’ll learn how a SQL abstraction layer powered by Trino enables fast, governed, real-time insights across: - Cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, etc.) - Lakehouses, including Iceberg - Streaming sources like clickstream, IoT, and operational events - Multi-cloud and multi-region environments - Newly acquired data platforms Whether you're dealing with acquisitions, expanding into cloud infrastructure, or adding real-time pipelines, federation lets you query anything, anywhere, from one place. If you’re gathering talking points to explain Trino’s value to leadership, this is one of the clearest ways to articulate why federation changes everything for analytics, governance, performance, and cost. #DataFederation #MultiCloud #Trino #Datalakehouse #TrinoImplementation