Implementing a Modern Data Catalog to Power Data Intelligence

Are you looking to use data as a strategic asset in your organization, so that more people can make better, data-driven decisions and accelerate time to value? This report explains how. Whether you're working on self-service analytics, data governance, or cloud data migration, authors Fadi Maali, an experienced data engineer and the lead editor of the DCAT Specification, and Jason Lim, director of product and cloud marketing at Alation, show you why a data catalog is the starting point and center of all of it.

Modern data catalogs are collections of metadata describing data assets and their usage. They provide relevant functionality to support metadata management, enrichment, and search. Not only do these catalogs help you find relevant data, they also guide you through the data's proper use. This report shows you how a data catalog can help you easily find and then use the data you need.

• Become familiar with the ins and outs of today's modern data catalog
• Explore catalog types such as tool adjunct, domain-specific, and catalog-as-a-platform
• Learn how to implement a data catalog, and discover where it should fit in your modern data stack
• Examine the business impacts of your data catalog, and learn why it should be first among your data intelligence initiatives

With this guide, you'll discover which data catalog is ideally suited to drive a data culture at your organization and support all data users from experts to newcomers.