Alation Platform
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An Alation Platform is a data governance platform produced by Alation, Inc..
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- See: Metadata Repository, Data Catalog Platform.
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2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alation Retrieved:2021-9-9.
- Alation Inc. is credited with creating the data catalog product category. Alation is a venture-backed, B2B enterprise software company based in Silicon Valley. Its solutions are focused on data governance, analytics, and data management. The company’s primary product, Alation Data Catalog, uses machine learning to catalog an organization’s data across cloud and on-premises file systems, databases, data lakes, and data warehouses. The company’s customers include AbbVie, American Family Insurance, Autozone, Cisco, Exelon, Finnair, Munich Re, New Balance, Pfizer, Scandinavian Airlines, and U.S. Foods. Alation was founded in 2012 and launched its first product in 2015 to give data consumers an easy way to search for enterprise data with natural language.
The company takes its name from the word alation, which means “the state of being winged.”
- Alation Inc. is credited with creating the data catalog product category. Alation is a venture-backed, B2B enterprise software company based in Silicon Valley. Its solutions are focused on data governance, analytics, and data management. The company’s primary product, Alation Data Catalog, uses machine learning to catalog an organization’s data across cloud and on-premises file systems, databases, data lakes, and data warehouses. The company’s customers include AbbVie, American Family Insurance, Autozone, Cisco, Exelon, Finnair, Munich Re, New Balance, Pfizer, Scandinavian Airlines, and U.S. Foods. Alation was founded in 2012 and launched its first product in 2015 to give data consumers an easy way to search for enterprise data with natural language.
2021
- https://linkedin.com/company/alation/about/
- QUOTE: ... Alation pioneered the data catalog market and today is leading its evolution into a platform for a broad range of data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, and digital transformation. Nearly 200 enterprises drive data culture, improve decision making, and realize business outcomes with Alation.
More than 100 organizations, including eBay, Munich Re and Pfizer, leverage the Alation Data Catalog. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Alation is funded by Costanoa Ventures, Data Collective, Harmony Partners, and Icon Ventures. For more information, visit alation.com.
- Founded: 2012
- Specialties: Data, Data Catalog, Machine Learning Data Catalog, Agile Data Governance, Information Stewardship, TrustCheck, Enterprise Data Catalog, Metadata Management, and Data Curation
- QUOTE: ... Alation pioneered the data catalog market and today is leading its evolution into a platform for a broad range of data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, and digital transformation. Nearly 200 enterprises drive data culture, improve decision making, and realize business outcomes with Alation.