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Enterprises in need of a metadata management solution to learn what data they have and where it’s located
About erwin Data Catalog
erwin Data Catalog by Quest is metadata management software that helps organizations learn what data they have and where it’s located, including data at rest and in motion. It tells you the data and metadata available for a certain topic so those particular sources and assets can be found quickly for analysis and decision-making. erwin Data Catalog automates the processes involved in harvesting, integrating, activating and governing enterprise data according to business requirements. This automation results in greater accuracy and faster time to value for data governance and digital transformation efforts, including data warehouse, data lake, data vault and other Big Data deployments, cloud migrations, etc. Metadata management is key to sustainable data governance and any other organizational effort for which data is key to the outcome. erwin Data Catalog automates enterprise metadata management, data mapping, data cataloging, code generation, data profiling and data lineage.
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Quest Software
Founded: 1987
United States
www.erwin.com/products/erwin-data-catalog/
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