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How the Machine Learning Catalogs Stack Up
You can't do anything with data – let alone use it for machine learning – if you don't know where it is. In the age of big data, this is not a trivial matter. It is also the main driver that's propelling the rise of Read more…
Dude, Where’s My Database? And Other GDPR Questions
Is your organization ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in exactly one month? If you're like most organizations, you still have a lot of work to do over the next 30 days – e Read more…
Five Tips for Winning at Data Governance
By now, you've hopefully realized that having a great data analytics strategy also requires having a good data governance strategy. After all, if your data is ungovernable, then the analytics you're running atop it will Read more…
What Will AI Bring in 2018? Experts Sound Off
Artificial intelligence had a breakout year in 2017. But considering the technological and business momentum, AI is poised to have an even bigger year. Here's a peek at what AI could bring us in 2018 year according to in Read more…
2018 Predictions: Opening the Big Data Floodgates
The pace of innovation in big data today is exceeded only by the actual volume of data generated. So how will the industry respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by huge pipes of data that will be opened up in Read more…
Data Catalogs Scale in the Cloud
Data cataloging software for Hadoop and other big data systems emerged as a hot item at last year's Strata + Hadoop World Expo. Among the proponents of data cataloging, which is designed to help classify and organize Read more…
Cataloging Alation’s Growth Potential
Super-fast processors and snappy visualizations may elicit "oohs" and "ahhs" from the big data masses. But here's the thing: the best analytics setup isn't worth a dime if you can't find the right data to analyze in the Read more…
Hadoop at Strata: Not Exactly ‘Failure,’ But It Is Complicated
Has Hadoop failed to deliver the goods? That was a question on the minds of Strata + Hadoop World attendees last week, with opinions expressed both pro and con. Regardless of your stance on that question, it's clear that Read more…
5 Hadoop Trends to Watch in 2017
Hadoop is synonymous with big data, providing both storage and processing resources for large and disparate data sources—not to mention a platform for third-party software vendors to build upon. Where will the distribu Read more…
This Just In
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 2, 2022 — Alation Inc., a leader in enterprise data intelligence, today announced it has raised $123 million in a Series E financing led by Thoma Bravo, Sanabil Investments, and Costanoa Ventures, with participation from new investor, Databricks Ventures. Read more…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 — Alation Inc., the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, today announced a new partnership with dbt Labs, the pioneer in analytics engineering, to bring information about dbt models, tests, and metrics into Alation Data Catalog. Read more…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 22, 2022 — Alation Inc., a leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Fivetran, the global leader in modern data integration, that enables joint customers to find and understand the full context of their data in the modern data stack. Read more…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 – Alation Inc., the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, today announced it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data and Analytics Competency in the data governance and security category. Read more…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 6, 2020 — Alation Inc., the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, today announced Alation 2020.3, a new release of its flagship data intelligence platform that helps organizations drive data culture and reflects the company’s commitment to provide customers with flexibility across the full range of cloud deployment options. Read more…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 20, 2020 – Alation Inc., developer of enterprise data intelligence solutions, announced its partnership with Manta, a unified lineage platform, to deliver advanced data lineage for comprehensive visibility and understanding of the data lifecycle across an enterprise.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 15, 2020 — Alation Inc announced the launch of Alation Partner Network (APN), a partner ecosystem designed to help enterprises foster data culture and democratize access to data. Read more…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 24, 2020 – Alation Inc. launched a series of initiatives to embrace data governance as a strategic use-case as part of the company’s broader vision to transform the data catalog into a platform for a broad range of data intelligence solutions including data search &
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 23, 2020 – Alation Inc. announced the results of a global study, Leverage Your Data, A Data Strategy Checklist for the Journey to the Data-Driven Enterprise, which found that while nearly every company wants to be data-driven, the lack of documentation and knowledge about data inhibits that goal. Read more…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 17, 2020 – Alation Inc. announced its partnership with Databricks to accelerate data science-led innovations and foster a data culture.