AWS Announces Amazon DataZone - Seite 2

Amazon DataZone is a new data management service that makes it easier for data producers to manage and govern access to data and enables data consumers to discover, use, and collaborate on data to drive business insights. Data producers use Amazon DataZone’s web portal to set up their own business data catalog by defining their data taxonomy, configuring governance policies, and connecting to a range of AWS services (e.g., Amazon S3 and Amazon Redshift), partner solutions (e.g., Salesforce and ServiceNow), and on-premises systems. Amazon DataZone removes the heavy lifting of maintaining a catalog by using machine learning to collect and suggest metadata (e.g., origin and data type) for each dataset and by training on a customer’s taxonomy and preferences to improve over time. After the catalog is set up, data consumers can use the Amazon DataZone web portal to search and discover data assets, examine metadata for context, and request access to datasets. When a data consumer is ready to start analyzing data, they create an Amazon DataZone Data Project—a shared space in the web portal where users can pull in different datasets, share access with colleagues, and collaborate on analysis. Amazon DataZone is integrated with AWS analytics services, such as Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, and Amazon QuickSight, which enables data consumers to access these services in the context of their data project, so they do not need to manage separate login credentials and their data is automatically available in these services. Amazon DataZone also provides application programming interfaces (APIs) to integrate with custom solutions or partners like DataBricks, Snowflake, and Tableau, so customers can easily publish, search, and work with all their data assets.

“Good governance is the foundation that makes data accessible to the entire organization, but we often hear from customers that it is difficult to strike the right balance between making data discoverable and maintaining control,” said Swami Sivasubramanian, vice president of Databases, Analytics, and Machine Learning at AWS. “With Amazon DataZone, customers can use a single service that balances strong governance controls with streamlined access to make it easy to find, organize, and collaborate with data. Amazon DataZone sets data free across the organization, so every employee can help drive new insights to maximize its value.”