Alation

MAY 11, 2023

Alation is excited to announce that, following substantial growth in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, it has opened a new office in Chennai, India. In this blog post, I’ll share some exciting details about how Alation is growing in APAC and what this means for data transformation more widely in the region.

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Alation

MAY 11, 2023

We’re excited to share that Alation’s momentum is picking up speed. After substantial growth and a major increase in cloud customers, the company has experienced a surge in our customer base. In this blog, I’ll detail how we’ve grown in EMEA specifically, sharing exciting updates and plans for the future. The final update?

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Alation

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Founded on 12/12/12, Alation celebrated its 10th year in business this week. While each sport existed long before the GOAT players came along, it was these specific players that revolutionized the game and took it to new heights. December 2012: Alation forms and goes to work creating the first enterprise data catalog.

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Alation

MARCH 22, 2022

And while most organizations have a vast array of heterogeneous tools to meet a range of needs, complex environments, from mixed, to on-prem to cloud and hybrid architectures, only complicate the challenge. Accenture and Alation have collaborated to provide the answer. IDF works natively on cloud platforms like AWS.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Mitesh Shah, VP of product marketing: Before we jump into what’s new with Alation 2021.1, can you talk about what it means for Alation to be a platform? Junaid Saiyed, SVP of Engineering at Alation: I’m happy to. Alation has evolved a great deal since pioneering the data catalog category. Junaid: With Alation 2021.1

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

With all of this collected data, financial institutions have an incredible opportunity to improve services and make informed decisions – if they can use this data safely. Data is both the enabler and the competitive advantage behind these experiences.” — Satyen Sangani, CEO and co-founder, Alation.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The term has been used a lot more of late, especially in the data analytics industry, as we’ve seen it expand over the past few years to keep pace with new regulations, like the GDPR and CCPA. Teams are better able to conduct research on AI technologies , new analytics tools, and methods and share them in a DataOps environment.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Today, there are more than 1,000, with Alation joining the unicorn herd in June 2021. The State of the Cloud 2022 report by Bessemer Venture Partners offers an explanation. In 2021, SaaS multiples hit all-time highs, with 520 new companies becoming unicorns that year alone. That’s exactly what we’re seeing at Alation.

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Alation

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This data transformation tool enables data analysts and engineers to transform, test and document data in the cloud data warehouse. To answer this question, I sat down with members of the Alation Data & Analytics team, Bindu, Adrian, and Idris. What do you do at Alation? Let’s dive in. Happy to chat. What tools do you use?

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Alation

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

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. Alation and Snowflake are tightly integrated, bringing robust governance capabilities to the Snowflake Data Cloud.

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Alation

JANUARY 17, 2023

The modern data stack is a combination of various software tools used to collect, process, and store data on a well-integrated cloud-based data platform. Data ingestion/integration services. The rise of cloud computing and cloud data warehousing has catalyzed the growth of the modern data stack. Reverse ETL tools.

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Alation

MARCH 1, 2022

Bill Hostmann, VP and Research Fellow at Dresner Advisory Services agrees “Data catalogs have emerged as a core set of capabilities for making content easier to find for analytic use cases, especially when there are multiple data sources being accessed for various analytic use cases. In the latest release of Alation, 2022.1

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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. Alation was awarded the highest product capabilities score based on five criteria. Range of services. Functionality and Range of Services.

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Alation

JANUARY 11, 2023

We are excited to announce the new Partner Program for Open Connector Framework. The purpose of this program is to build a network of development partners to accelerate the development of connectors that expand the reach of Alation’s data intelligence platform. A platform approach to data intelligence. Architecting an open framework.

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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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Alation

JANUARY 25, 2022

In our previous blog, Data Mesh vs. Data Fabric: A Love Story , we defined data fabric and outlined its uses and motivations. In this blog, we will focus on the “integrated layer” part of this definition by examining each of the key layers of a comprehensive data fabric in more detail. Alation makes all of this possible.

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Alation

AUGUST 11, 2022

And every megatrend produces its own new vocabulary. The data warehouse and analytical data stores moved to the cloud and disaggregated into the data mesh. I recently had the opportunity to connect with Mohan at Snowflake Summit 2022 in Las Vegas. DataOps sprung up to connect data sources to data consumers. Tools became stacks.

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Alation

MARCH 21, 2023

As an industry with tight margins, travel and tourism companies can use analytics to detect trends that help them reduce costs, decide future product and service offerings, and develop successful business strategies. Using Alation, ARC automated the data curation and cataloging process. “So

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Alation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

One of the 14 key controls released with the EDM Council’s new Cloud Data Management Capability (CDMC) framework focuses on data sovereignty and cross-border movement. Cloud compliance is table stakes for any business with cloud data. Once they sign it, an IT service request is triggered for an admin to grant them access.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Today’s organizations are rapidly embracing the cloud. Therefore, the question is not if a business should implement cloud data management and governance, but which framework is best for them. Whether you’re using a platform like AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure, data governance is just as essential as it is for on-premises data.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Streamline Cloud Migration. As you begin to migrate data to the cloud , you need a way to understand what data is most critical to your operations. Visibility into your most useful data empowers you to ensure that only your most valuable data is migrated to the cloud. and “What data can be migrated to the cloud?”

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Alation

JUNE 24, 2022

Last week the Alation team joined data leaders from all over the world for Snowflake Summit 2022 in Las Vegas. To address this challenge, Snowflake has really moved the ball with new Data Cloud capabilities; sessions taught people how to use these new capabilities to make a difference. Let’s dive in!

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Alation

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At the same time, there’s a growing opportunity to learn from customer data to deliver superior products and services. Accurate, fresh data ensure that insurers make informed decisions around pricing and new products. Customer service. Enabling self-service through search. Alation Use Cases for Insurance Organizations.

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