Jerod Johnson

Senior Technology Evangelist

Jerod is a high school math and computer science teacher-turned software developer-turned technology evangelist. He currently develops CData Software's partnerships, attends trade shows, generates content for CData Software and other sites, and has had the honor of presenting and speaking on behalf of CData Software at user groups, trade shows, developer conferences, and more.

Blogs by Jerod Johnson

July 13, 2026

Top 6 Workato Alternatives for Connecting AI Agents to Enterprise Data (2026)

by Jerod Johnson

Compare the best Workato alternatives for connecting AI agents to enterprise data, including CData Connect AI, MuleSoft, Boomi, SnapLogic, and more.

July 8, 2026

CData Joins the Agentic AI Foundation

by Jerod Johnson

CData joins the Agentic AI Foundation as a Silver member, joining the governance structure behind MCP, goose, and AGENTS.md.

July 7, 2026

The NSA Just Confirmed Enterprise Deployments are Outpacing Their Own Security

by Jerod Johnson

The NSA's May 2026 MCP advisory identifies eight risk categories. Learn what it means for enterprise AI and how to secure your MCP infrastructure.

July 2, 2026

How to Connect AI to SQL Server With Managed MCP

by Jerod Johnson

Connect AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to SQL Server with CData Connect AI's managed MCP server, no ETL, replication, or custom connectors required.

June 23, 2026

CData for Developers: Connect AI Developer Edition, Python SDK, and CLI Are Now Available

by Jerod Johnson

Connect AI Developer Edition gives developers free MCP-native access to hundreds of enterprise sources. Plus: Python SDK and CData CLI, available now.

May 29, 2026

Why Your MCP Server Shouldn't Mirror Your API

by Jerod Johnson

Learn why mirroring API endpoints as MCP tools degrades AI agent performance, and how to design scoped MCP servers that keep agent context lean.

May 27, 2026

How Secure Is Your MCP Gateway? Lessons from a Year of Incidents

by Jerod Johnson

A year of MCP security incidents reveals a structural risk in shared gateway hosting. Learn what enterprise teams should evaluate before trusting any MCP platform with production data.

May 13, 2026

SAP’s API Policy Is a Warning Shot. Is Your AI Strategy Ready?

by Jerod Johnson

SAP’s 2026 API policy restricts third-party AI agent access. Learn what it means, how to audit your integrations, and how to keep your AI options open.

May 7, 2026

Batch Integration vs. Real-Time Integration: Pros, Cons, and AI Impacts

by Jerod Johnson

Compare batch and real-time integration trade-offs for AI use cases and learn when live write-back access to enterprise systems is the deciding factor.

May 6, 2026

Zero Data Retention for Enterprise AI: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Evaluate It

by Jerod Johnson

What zero data retention means for enterprise AI, why it's a compliance requirement, and how to evaluate ZDR at the data connectivity layer — not just the model provider.

April 27, 2026

Connector Depth Is an AI Accuracy Problem

by Jerod Johnson

Why shallow connectors produce silent, confident wrong answers — and what metadata an AI system actually needs to query correctly.

April 10, 2026

The Autonomy Spectrum: What Agents Need at Every Level

by Jerod Johnson

Explore the autonomy spectrum in AI agents, balancing deterministic workflows and LLM-driven reasoning with the right data architecture.

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