Delta Lake: Up and Running

Chapter 9. Delta Sharing

The data-centric nature of today’s economy necessitates extensive data exchange among organizations and their customers, suppliers, and partners. While efficiency and immediate accessibility are crucial, they often clash with security concerns. Organizations require an open and secure approach to data sharing to thrive in the digital economy.

Often data sharing is required internally within an organization. Organizations have geographically dispersed locations with local cloud solutions. These companies often seek to implement a data mesh architecture, where ownership is decentralized and data management is distributed and federated. Efficient and secure data sharing is a critical enabler to efficiently share data products across the organization.

The different business groups across an enterprise need access to data to make critical business decisions. Data teams want to integrate their solutions to create a comprehensive enterprise view of the business.

Conventional Methods of Data Sharing

In the past, sharing data across various platforms, companies, and clouds has always presented a complex challenge. Organizations were reluctant to share data due to concerns about security risks, competition, and the considerable costs associated with implementing data-sharing solutions.

Conventional data-sharing technologies face difficulties in meeting the demands of modern requirements, such as compatibility with multiple cloud environments, and support for open ...