by Mitesh Shah | Mar 31, 2023 | Active Data Governance, Data Culture, Data Intelligence
It’s the place where dreams come true. I’m talking about not just Walt Disney World, but also this year’s Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, which took place last month in Orlando at the landmark resort. Alation was proud to have been among the thought leaders at...
by Mitesh Shah | Dec 13, 2022 | Data Culture, Data Intelligence, Enterprise Data Catalog
What Is a Data Catalog? Who Does It Benefit? How? Ask a data catalog user these questions, and they will likely use a simple analogy: “A data catalog is like Google meets Amazon for enterprise data.” People come to the data catalog to find trusted data, understand it,...
by Mitesh Shah | Nov 4, 2022 | Data Culture, Data Intelligence, Digital Transformation
In business, data-based goals tend to be very tangible. Perhaps you want to boost your ROI or CAGR, or reduce the time your analysts spend accessing and leveraging data. Yet other goals seem a little aspirational and harder to quantify, but that doesn’t mean they’re...
by Mitesh Shah | Aug 16, 2022 | Data Culture, Data Intelligence, Enterprise Data Catalog
This week, IDC released its second IDC MarketScape for Data Catalogs report, and we’re excited to share that Alation was recognized as a leader for the second consecutive time. This report underscores the growing need at enterprises for a catalog to drive key...
by Mitesh Shah | Aug 11, 2022 | Data Culture, Data Intelligence
In the technology industry, even the most incremental trends often get framed in next-generation terminology. And every megatrend produces its own new vocabulary. DataOps sprung up to connect data sources to data consumers. Tools became stacks. Architectures became...
