What Is A Data Catalog?

What is a Data Catalog?A data catalog is a centralized inventory of data assets (and information about those data assets). A data catalog enables organizations to find and understand data efficiently. But data catalogs can do more than help users locate data. A data catalog can offer the modern enterprise a better way to harness the power of its data for analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives.According to recent Accenture research, “Only 25% of organizations are realizing the potential of their data and analytics projects today.”1 To succeed today, you must use your data assets to drive business value. And AI-led data catalogs can help you keep up, even when dealing with thousands of datasets. Modern data catalogs apply machine learning (ML) to scan data and metadata automatically. ML helps you discover valuable information about data — at scale. With this information, users can confidently assess and leverage data for analytics initiatives that help drive increased rev...