{"id":1513,"date":"2024-01-23T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/thought-leaders\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:21:14","slug":"is-a-data-fabric-still-the-path-to-frictionless-data-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/thought-leaders\/is-a-data-fabric-still-the-path-to-frictionless-data-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a Data Fabric Still the Path to Frictionless Data Access?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Two and a half years ago, in mid-2021, I wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tibco.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/18\/frictionless-data-access-the-dream-becomes-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">blog<\/a>\u00a0about data fabrics as a path of frictionless data access, a data fabric\u2019s business relevance, and the technical barriers constraining a data fabric\u2019s implementation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By data fabric, I mean a\u00a0<strong>modern distributed data architecture that includes shared data assets and optimized data fabric pipelines that you can use to address today\u2019s data challenges in a unified way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By frictionless data access, I mean<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Data for All Users and Use Cases<\/strong>: Provides timely, consistent, and trusted data for your wide range of analytic, operational, and governance use cases, as well as business self-service users.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Data from Any Sources<\/strong>:\u00a0Accesses, combines, and transforms both in-motion and at-rest data from across your diverse, distributed data landscape using metadata, models, and pipelines.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Data that Spans Any Environment:\u00a0<\/strong>Flexibly spans your distributed on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Making the Case<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In support of my point of view, I provided some industry facts on the problem along with a link to a white paper \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tibco.com\/resources\/whitepaper\/data-fabrics-for-frictionless-data-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">Data Fabrics for Frictionless Data Access, A Technical Whitepaper<\/a>\u00a0by my good friend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.r20.nl\/rick_f__van_der_lans1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">Rick van der Lans<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this paper, Rick outlines the recipe for building a successful data fabric using a service-oriented approach and proven data management tools, including data virtualization servers, metadata management systems, master data management systems, and complex event processors.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rick also describes in detail how these high-level tools provide the twelve key capabilities you need for frictionless data access, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Data preparation, such as transformations, aggregations, filters, and joins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adaptable logic<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">High performance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Data access by many data consumption forms<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Access to all the data sources<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Processing of all types of data<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Data security and privacy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Real-time data access<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Read and write data access<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Data minimization<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Event processing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Technical and business metadata management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Master and reference data management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">More Insights on Data Fabrics<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the meantime, other experts wrote about data fabrics. \u00a0I found these two articles incredibly enlightening:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denodo.com\/en\/media-coverage\/critical-components-data-fabric-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">Critical Components for Data Fabric Success<\/a>\u00a0by Alberto Pan at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denodo.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">Denodo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/data-fabric-architecture-is-key-to-modernizing-data-management-and-integration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">Data Fabric Architecture is Key to Modernizing Data Management and Integration<\/a>\u00a0by Ashutosh Gupta at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">Gartner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Are Data Fabrics the Right Solution in 2024?<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It is now two and a half years later. Thus, this is an excellent time to evaluate whether I was right in proposing a data fabric solution to the frictionless data access problem.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Are data fabrics the answer? Or are there other possible solutions that organizations should consider?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What do you think?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insightjam.com\/share\/8qpQN88MnQiKPNXU?utm_source=manual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\"><em>Insight Jam<\/em> members<\/a> would enjoy the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two and a half years ago, in mid-2021, I wrote a blog\u00a0about data fabrics as a path of frictionless data access, a data fabric\u2019s business relevance, and the technical barriers constraining a data fabric\u2019s implementation. 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