How Data Catalogs Are Becoming the Operating System for Enterprise Data

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Episode 31 explores a surprising shift in the data world: data catalogs are evolving from passive inventory tools into the active operating layer for enterprise data. Lucas unpacks how Databricks, Snowflake, and startups like Alation and Atlan are racing to build the 'control plane' for data, embedding governance, discovery, and lineage directly into the query path. Luna challenges whether this is just old metadata management rebranded. They dive into a concrete case: how a major European bank uses a catalog to reduce data incident response time from hours to under five minutes. The episode examines the technical and organisational forces pushing this shift, including the rise of data mesh and lakehouse architectures, and asks whether the catalog is finally becoming the single source of truth companies have been chasing for two decades. #DataCatalog #EnterpriseData #MetadataManagement #DataGovernance #DataMesh #Lakehouse #Databricks #Snowflake #Alation #Atlan #DataLineage #DataDiscovery #BusinessTechnology #DataEngineering #DataInfrastructure #DataStrategy #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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