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. These include data analysts, stewards, business users , and data engineers. Leader in Forrester Wave: Data Governance Solutions.

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Alation

JUNE 21, 2022

Over time, we called the “thing” a data catalog , blending the Google-style, AI/ML-based relevancy with more Yahoo-style manual curation and wikis. Thus was born the data catalog. In our early days, “people” largely meant data analysts and business analysts. Data engineers want to catalog data pipelines.

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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. Jason: What’s the value of using dbt with the data catalog ?

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Alation

JANUARY 17, 2023

These tools are used to manage big data, which is defined as data that is too large or complex to be processed by traditional means. How Did the Modern Data Stack Get Started? The rise of cloud computing and cloud data warehousing has catalyzed the growth of the modern data stack.

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Alation

JANUARY 24, 2023

In less regulated sectors such as retail, the focus is primarily enablement around data. Few industries are culturally “big” when it comes to data governance. Embrace scalability and expansion Every data catalog will evolve over time to meet changing business needs and priorities around data, so scalability is a key attribute.

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Alation

MARCH 1, 2022

Manual lineage will give ARC a fuller picture of how data was created between AWS S3 data lake, Snowflake cloud data warehouse and Tableau (and how it can be fixed). Time is money,” said Leonard Kwok, Senior Data Analyst, ARC. Alation has the broadest and deepest connectivity of any data catalog.

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phData

JULY 10, 2024

It is important in business to be able to manage and analyze data well. Sigma Computing , a cloud-based analytics platform, helps data analysts and business professionals maximize their data with collaborative and scalable analytics. These tools allow users to handle more advanced data tasks and analyses.

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phData

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

ThoughtSpot is a cloud-based AI-powered analytics platform that uses natural language processing (NLP) or natural language query (NLQ) to quickly query results and generate visualizations without the user needing to know any SQL or table relations. Suppose your business requires more robust capabilities across your technology stack.

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Alation

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is a key component of active data governance. These capabilities are also key for a robust data fabric. Another key nuance of a data fabric is that it captures social metadata. Social metadata captures the associations that people create with the data they produce and consume. The Power of Social Metadata.

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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. Practitioners and hands-on data users were thrilled to be there, and many connected as they shared their progress on their own data stack journeys.

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