Category: Artificial Intelligence

Feed: Alation. Author: Kiran Narsu. Kiran Narsu Alation, AWS, cloud, cloud architectures, data catalog, enterprise data catalog December 2, 2020 — Alation Helps Users Navigate Hybrid Cloud Architecture Today, Alation announced having achieved AWS Advanced Technology Partner status and is now available in AWS Marketplace. Our many joint customers have been using Alation with Amazon Web Services, including Amazon Redshift, EMR, S3, Glue, RDS, and Athena, to enable data search & discovery, run powerful queries, more efficiently migrate to a hybrid cloud, and ensure data governance. Welcome to the Hybrid Cloud Enterprises adopt AWS to have the best of both ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Claire Saitta. Claire Saitta November 24, 2020 — After wrapping up LGBTQ History Month this past October and as we head into the holiday season here in the US, I am reminded of just how willing the Alation community is to step up and support one another, and I am extremely thankful. Now seems as good a time as any to put a spotlight on LGBTQ History month, and highlight the progress Alation has made towards supporting its external and internal LGBTQ+ community. A Brief History of LGBTQ History Month LGBTQ History Month is the annual observance ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Robert Seiner. Robert Seiner Alation, data catalog, data governance, data management, data stewards, enterprise data catalog November 20, 2020 — This blog series has focused on staying non-invasive in your approach to data governance, the relationship between the work culture and governing your data, and the selection of the best approach to implementing data governance for your organization. This blog is operational focused and shares the concept that everybody in your organization must be a data steward in order for data governance to be activated across the entire organization. What is a Data Steward? A data steward ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Mitesh Shah. Mitesh Shah Alation, data catalog, Gartner, gartner magic quadrant, metadata management November 18, 2020 — Alation was named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management. This is the fourth time that Alation has been named a leader in the Magic Quadrant. The report credits Alation for its strength in three key areas: active metadata management, innovation in machine learning, and leadership in data cataloging. Dominating Active Metadata Management In the report, Gartner recognizes Alation’s focus on active metadata stating that, “Alation has continued to expand its vision and is investing in product ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Raja Perumal. Raja Perumal Alation, data catalog, data warehouse, Databricks, technology partners November 12, 2020— Today we are excited to announce our support for SQL Analytics, the latest innovation from Databricks, and deepened support for Lakehouse, the Databricks architecture paradigm that combines the best of data lakes and data warehouses. Built on Delta Lake, SQL Analytics allows analysts, data scientists, and engineers to build dashboards and reports on their data lake and easily share those within their organization, without the need for separate BI tools. Alation already made it easy for anyone to quickly and easily find ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Mitesh Shah. Mitesh Shah Alation, data catalog, forrester, forrester wave, machine learning, Machine Learning Data Catalog October 14, 2020— Alation has been named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Machine Learning Data Catalogs. Alation received the highest scores possible in 26 criteria, more than any other data catalog provider evaluated, as well as the highest score in the strategy category. According to Forrester’s analysis, Alation is a strong choice for any organization trying to become insights-driven: “For organizations hitting the accelerator on being an insights-driven business, Alation has demonstrated to its customers that it’s the solid choice ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Raja Perumal. Raja Perumal Alation, data catalog, data science, Dataiku October 13, 2020— Today we are excited to announce our partnership with Dataiku. Together, Alation’s industry-leading data catalog and Dataiku’s leading global enterprise AI and machine learning platform enable enterprises to drive more value from data science. The partnership expedites the time and accuracy of data science insights for organizations. Data scientists, analysts, and engineers use Dataiku to build, train, and deliver effective data models, recipes, and experiments efficiently. With Alation, data scientists can automatically ingest curated datasets from Alation directly into Dataiku, decreasing the time spent ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Robert Seiner. Robert Seiner Alation, data catalog, data governance, data management, data stewardship October 8, 2020— In the first two blogs of the series, I wrote about staying non-invasive in your approach to data governance, and how data governance should not threaten work culture. In this blog, I will address how to select and adopt an approach to data governance that best suits your organization. Data Governance – Right from Wrong This series started with a brief description of the three approaches to data governance. I mentioned the command-and-control approach that dictates that thou shalt govern your ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Nolan Necoechea. Nolan Necoechea Alation, Alation 2020.3, data catalog, data culture, data culture index, data tools, product release, self-service analytics October 6, 2020— Nolan Necoechea, Director of Marketing: With the release of Alation 2020.3, the user experience has seen some big changes. Can you talk about those changes? Colin Poindexter, Design Lead, Alation: With the launch of Alation 2020.3, we’ve worked closely with our customers to implement their feedback and ensure that they are delighted by the experience and inspired to explore and contribute to their company’s data culture. We launched a new homepage that is easier ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Jason Lim. Alation, Alation 2020.3, data catalog, data culture, data culture index, data tools, product release, self-service analytics October 6, 2020— The recent ‘The Alation State of Data Culture Report’, found that 78% of data & analytics leaders have a corporate initiative to become more data driven and help create data culture. But despite these ambitions, there is a stark data culture disconnect. The report found that a majority of data leaders overestimate the strength of their organization’s data culture. So while most organizations desire a data culture, this disconnect shows that they are not as far ... Read More