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Principles of Data Fabric

By : Sonia Mezzetta
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Principles of Data Fabric

By: Sonia Mezzetta

Overview of this book

Data can be found everywhere, from cloud environments and relational and non-relational databases to data lakes, data warehouses, and data lakehouses. Data management practices can be standardized across the cloud, on-premises, and edge devices with Data Fabric, a powerful architecture that creates a unified view of data. This book will enable you to design a Data Fabric solution by addressing all the key aspects that need to be considered. The book begins by introducing you to Data Fabric architecture, why you need them, and how they relate to other strategic data management frameworks. You’ll then quickly progress to grasping the principles of DataOps, an operational model for Data Fabric architecture. The next set of chapters will show you how to combine Data Fabric with DataOps and Data Mesh and how they work together by making the most out of it. After that, you’ll discover how to design Data Integration, Data Governance, and Self-Service analytics architecture. The book ends with technical architecture to implement distributed data management and regulatory compliance, followed by industry best practices and principles. By the end of this data book, you will have a clear understanding of what Data Fabric is and what the architecture looks like, along with the level of effort that goes into designing a Data Fabric solution.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: The Building Blocks
4
Part 2: Complementary Data Management Approaches and Strategies
8
Part 3: Designing and Realizing Data Fabric Architecture

Show Me the Business Value

Business value is measured by the success of profit and revenue. In data management, this translates into the ability to monetize data. Pain points in data management often lead to cost-intensive business operations or the loss of business opportunities, impacting revenue. Data Fabric architecture addresses common complexities in distributed data management, such as data silos, data protection, and data democratization. Data Fabric is able to tackle a diverse set of pain points via its core building blocks – Data Governance, Data Integration, and Self-Service. Each building block has an area of specialty that works cohesively with the other building blocks, leading to higher profits and cost savings.

This chapter defines what digital transformation is, the role of data monetization, and Data Fabric’s value proposition. It reviews the benefits of Data Fabric architecture and its applicability across organizations. By the end of this chapter...