Alation

JUNE 30, 2021

Alation has been named one of the Leaders in the GigaOm Radar for Data Catalogs Report. The inaugural research report marks a growing recognition of the importance of the data catalog in an enterprise’s data ecosystem. The Data Culture Platform. Data culture springs from human collaboration and innovation.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Alation is excited to unveil Alation Connected Sheets , a new product that brings trusted, fresh data directly to spreadsheet users. Now, “spreadsheet jockeys” can pull the most current, compliant data directly from a range of cloud sources, without having to know SQL or depend on a data team to deliver it.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

introduces Alation Connected Sheets, a new product under Alation Cloud Service that empowers spreadsheet users with access to trusted data. This means that business users can reduce their reliance on IT and data teams for access to data, all without having to learn a new tool. The release of 2022.4 Let’s dive in.

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Alation

AUGUST 17, 2022

According to analysts, data governance programs have not shown a high success rate. According to CIOs , historical data governance programs were invasive and suffered from one of two defects: They were either forced on the rank and file — who grew to dislike IT as a result. The Risks of Early Data Governance Programs.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

Over 17 percent of all cyberattacks involve ransomware —a type of malware that keeps a victim’s data or device locked unless the victim pays the hacker a ransom. Because many new types of ransomware target backups to make recovery harder, keep data backups offline. The first thing to keep in mind is you’re not alone.

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Alation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Master Data Management (MDM) and data catalog growth are accelerating because organizations must integrate more systems, comply with privacy regulations, and address data quality concerns. What Is Master Data Management (MDM)? Data Catalog and Master Data Management. Identify Resources.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In this blog we will take you through a persona-based data adventure, with short demos attached, to show you the A-Z data worker workflow expedited and made easier through self-service, seamless integration, and cloud-native technologies. In our data adventure we assume the following: . The Data Scientist.

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Alation

APRIL 14, 2023

Last week, the Alation team had the privilege of joining IT professionals, business leaders, and data analysts and scientists for the Modern Data Stack Conference in San Francisco. The show floor was buzzing with industry experts, networking and sharing valuable insights on the latest developments in the data space.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Today, we’re announcing that Alation has closed a $50 million Series C funding led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from new investor Salesforce Ventures and our existing investors Costanoa Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), Harmony Partners and Icon Ventures. And, the data catalog market has had a year of incredible growth.

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Alation

MARCH 7, 2023

Nolan Steiner is a scuba diver, octopus lover, and data science team lead at Avista, an energy company involved in the production, transmission, and distribution of energy in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and parts of Oregon. Below, Nolan shares how Avista uses Alation to transform data into value. Of course, data is a beast.

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Alation

MARCH 29, 2023

They help our customers architect their modern data stack , tying in Snowflake or Fivetran where they’re needed, for example. They’re also instrumental in connecting us to the key decision-makers that need a data intelligence platform. Public entities stand to gain a range of benefits by modernizing their data landscapes.

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Alation

MAY 24, 2022

In a sea of questionable data, how do you know what to trust? Data quality tells you the answer. It signals what data is trustworthy, reliable, and safe to use. It empowers engineers to oversee data pipelines that deliver trusted data to the wider organization. It affects everyone who produces and consumes data.

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Alation

MARCH 31, 2023

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 the annual gathering of data experts from around the world. Mesh or fabric? And when the answer is “Yes!”)

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Octopai

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

That means you should leave that old legacy system in the dust and migrate to a brand-spanking-new cloud-based data system as soon as possible, right? There’s no denying the immense benefits that cloud computing can bring to data management: easier scalability, reduced cost of IT operations, improved performance… the list goes on.

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Alation

MARCH 8, 2022

When a data analyst exclaims, “I’ll just do it myself!”, They either can’t wait for someone else to find it or can’t explain exactly what they need, so they set off to search and dig and waste time looking for that data needle in the proverbial haystack. Business users gain a complete understanding of the available data.

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Alation

MARCH 31, 2022

In the breakneck world of data, which I have been privy to since the mid 1990s, business intelligence remains one of the most enduring terms. So I was surprised to learn from my colleague Myles Suer’s blog piece about Self-Service vs. Traditional BI that it was first referenced in 1865. The Rise of the Data Warehouse.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 23, 2022

The opportunity to work with many clients on their data fabric journey continues to drive and inspire us to achieve even greater heights with our solutions. IBM is a good fit for organizations with large, complex, distributed data stores across hybrid-and-multi-cloud environments, including legacy systems.” . Providing the semantic.

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AWS Big Data

AUGUST 3, 2023

With the rapid growth of technology, more and more data volume is coming in many different formats—structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. Data analytics on operational data at near-real time is becoming a common need. a new version of AWS Glue that accelerates data integration workloads in AWS.

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Cloudera

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

However, as the data warehousing world shifts into a fast-paced, digital, and agile era, the demands to quickly generate reports and help guide data-driven decisions are constantly increasing. Consider the following: More data types to be queried, but increasingly the data resides in separate silos.

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AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Amazon DataZone enables customers to discover, access, share, and govern data at scale across organizational boundaries, reducing the undifferentiated heavy lifting of making data and analytics tools accessible to everyone in the organization. This is challenging because access to data is managed differently by each of the tools.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 24, 2011

Regular readers of this blog will recognize that I suffer from OOD. The way OOD manifests itself is that in every website and web business I work with I am obnoxiously persistent in helping identify the desired outcomes of the site / business before I ever log into their web analytics data. Not through data pukes. Sorry, OOD.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 4, 2010

They expose a person's critical thinking ability (something I highly recommend you test when you hire web analysts: Interviewing Tip: Stress Test Critical Thinking. You went and got some kind of data. We only see our slice of data. The hardest kind of "analysis" to provide is in response to open ended questions.

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Alation

AUGUST 16, 2022

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. All catalog vendors provide a “range” of capabilities. Many data catalogs suffer from a lack of adoption because they are too technical.

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Alation

APRIL 6, 2023

Data governance is traditionally applied to structured data assets that are most often found in databases and information systems. This blog focuses on governing spreadsheets that contain data, information, and metadata, and must themselves be governed. Data catalogs and spreadsheets are related in many ways.

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Alation

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Few actors in the modern data stack have inspired the enthusiasm and fervent support as dbt. This data transformation tool enables data analysts and engineers to transform, test and document data in the cloud data warehouse. Bindu Chandramohan, Lead, Data Analytics, Alation : Thanks, Jason!

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Alation

APRIL 14, 2022

Moving data to the cloud can bring immense operational benefits. However, the sheer volume and complexity of today’s enterprise data can cause downstream headaches for data users. Semantics, context, and how data is tracked and used mean even more as you stretch to reach post-migration goals. Data pipeline orchestration.

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Alation

MARCH 29, 2021

How data catalogs with search & discovery help users. To keep up, more businesses have shifted toward data-driven decision making. According to a NewVantage Partners Report , 96% of executives indicate that their organization aspires to a data-driven culture, while only 24% report success.

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Alation

APRIL 4, 2023

Alation delivers extended connectivity for Databricks Unity Catalog , the lakehouse company, and new connectivity for dbt Cloud by dbt Labs , the pioneer in analytics engineering. Now, joint users will get an enhanced view into cloud and data transformations , with valuable context to guide smarter usage.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Metadata management is key to wringing all the value possible from data assets. However, most organizations don’t use all the data at their disposal to reach deeper conclusions about how to drive revenue, achieve regulatory compliance or accomplish other strategic objectives. Quite simply, metadata is data about data.

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Alation

JANUARY 25, 2022

Data fabric is now on the minds of most data management leaders. In our previous blog, Data Mesh vs. Data Fabric: A Love Story , we defined data fabric and outlined its uses and motivations. The data catalog is a foundational layer of the data fabric.

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Andrew White

JANUARY 9, 2022

On Thursday January 6th I hosted Gartner’s 2022 Leadership Vision for Data and Analytics webinar. – In the webinar and Leadership Vision deck for Data and Analytics we called out AI engineering as a big trend. I would take a look at our Top Trends for Data and Analytics 2021 for additional AI, ML and related trends.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

What Is a Data Catalog? A data catalog is a centralized storage bank of metadata on information sources from across the enterprise, such as: Datasets. The data catalog also stores metadata (data about data, like a conversation), which gives users context on how to use each asset. Conversations.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Data Governance is growing essential. Data growth, shrinking talent pool, data silos – legacy & modern, hybrid & cloud, and multiple tools – add to their challenges. Hence, they are pursuing cloud transformation to help manage growth in data and cost. Meanwhile, data scientists and analysts need access to data.

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Alation

AUGUST 31, 2021

In the previous blog , we discussed how Alation accelerates your journey to the Snowflake Data Cloud. In this blog, we will discuss how Alation provides a platform for data scientists and analysts to complete projects and analysis with speed. How will you support your key users in the Data Cloud?

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Alation

AUGUST 24, 2021

In the previous blog , we discussed the race to the South Pole of 1911-12, and explored how approach was key. As you consider your journey to the Snowflake Data Cloud, why might a superior approach matter? We discussed how the Alation Data Catalog helps you get to the Snowflake Data Cloud quickly and safely.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In the previous blog , we discussed how organizations are pursuing data culture and why most are failing. But using the right tools can help them scale data-driven initiatives. Challenge #1: Ability to Find and Trust Data. Traditionally, self-service reporting analytics and data governance have been opposed.

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Alation

JULY 8, 2021

A central challenge for modern organizations is no longer gathering data — it’s navigating a veritable forest of it. Data presents an opportunity. Data-driven businesses know this. They ask: How can we ensure we’re using data to grow smarter? A Mess of Data: The Data Intelligence Challenge.

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