Data industry thought leader, visionary, and practitioner, Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D., has authored this insightful paper that presents her views on creating a successful Data Fabric.
This document begins by defining what a data fabric is, along with its benefits. The next section walks the reader through the set of processes or capabilities needed to give the user a sane and rational way to access the environment, understand and create needed analytical assets, and the ability to quickly make decisions with confidence. Within each process, the technological functionality needed to create and maintain a fully functioning data fabric environment is discussed.
The last section of the paper discusses things to think about when implementing a data fabric for all analytical needs. Using the proper set of technology can mitigate, if not eliminate, many of these challenges.
Meet the author: Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D.
A thought leader, visionary, and practitioner. Claudia Imhoff, is an internationally recognized expert on analytics, business intelligence, and the architectures to support these initiatives. Dr. Imhoff has co-authored five books on these subjects and writes articles (totaling more than 150) for technical and business magazines. Claudia is the President of Intelligent Solutions, Inc. and the Founder of the Boulder BI Brain Trust, a consortium of internationally recognized independent analysts and experts. You can follow them on Twitter at #BBBT or become a subscriber at www.bbbt.us.
