Dell Data Lakehouse brings varied data sources in terms of shape, size, and type on a single management platform which makes it easier for any data consumer to analyze faster. Customers can manage their data better with Alation Data Intelligence Platform. Together, Dell Data Lakehouse and Alation ease data operations. Key highlights include:
- Data diversity—Dell Data Lakehouse enables you to access and process data from various sources, including RDBMS, data warehouses, and data lakes, across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. It leverages open formats like Iceberg and Delta Lake, reducing vendor lock-in and offering flexibility. Dell Data Lakehouse is designed to promote reduced data movements and reduced costs.
- Data collaboration—Effective metadata management encourages cooperation among data users and stakeholders, allowing them to share their expertise and perspectives on datasets, enhancing the metadata with important context. This collaborative method promotes knowledge exchange and cultivates a culture based on data within the organization.
Figure 11. Metadata management provides context - Platform intelligence—Alation’s AI capabilities help to manage various data assets with ease. Alation automatically curates data by populating metadata and data owners, providing a head start to build a data architecture. It also supports intelligent search which combines semantic search, keyword search, and popularity metrics to surface the most relevant results.
- AI adaptability—With a growing focus on AI, every business needs a strong and robust data pipeline to fuel their AI models on time. Data cataloging helps in reducing time to insight drastically. A common scenario where a business needs to fine-tune the model periodically, data cataloging makes data discovery faster and accurate, which eventually reduces the training and fine-tuning cycle and improves quality of outcomes. This scenario is one example of how catalog and classification can help in accelerating AI adoption. With Dell Data Lakehouse and Alation Data Intelligence Platform, the possibilities are endless.