The following is an excerpt from an article written by Joe McKendrick featuring quotes from Orion’s Global Head of Data & Analytics, Ahsan Farooqi.
In addition, data fabric “enables enterprises to better ingest, curate, prepare, and deliver data all in one platform,” said Ahsan Farooqi, VP and data analytics leader for Orion Innovation. “It is a core technology for data and platform modernization and enables data democratization across the organization. More importantly, with the benefits of higher-quality data from data fabric technology, enterprises can unlock the benefits of GenAI.”
Of course, data silos pose roadblocks, in and of themselves, to data fabric initiatives. “Most organizations have multiple hyperscalers, which makes this task challenging,” Farooqi pointed out. In addition, “Data fabric technology can be limited in scope and effectiveness for companies still using legacy mainframe technology.”
Business benefits: Data fabric is built for managing the thorniest data problems faced by businesses. “It seamlessly integrates various data tasks, including analytics, decision making, and prescriptive and predictive analytics,” said Farooqi. “It has the ability to store data in a lakehouse, which can host multiple formats for data. It’s also scalable. Data fabric technology creates a seamless pipeline for data ingestion, which allows the technology to scale as data increases.”
Read more at dbta.com.
