How do you plan a roadmap for moving from a legacy data architecture to a cloud-enabled data grid? In this article, we will offer a pragmatic, three-stage approach. At SpringOne-2012, the “Effective design patterns with NewSQL” session (see presentation embedded below) generated a lot of interest. (Thank you to everyone who joined us!) Jags Ramnarayan and I discussed problems with legacy RDBMS systems, NewSQL driving principles, SQLFire architecture, application design patterns as well as data consistency and reliability.