Benefits
One virtual place for all your data
Create a virtual data layer with semantic consistency by combining your diverse, distributed data sources, on-premises or in the cloud.

Business-friendly Catalog of Data
Hide the complexity resulting from different technologies, formats, protocols, locations, etc., and create business-friendly, self-service data views.

The most current data anytime
You no longer need to wait for the nightly batch run to refresh your datasets. Get the most current data on-demand, in any format, for any use case.

No data replication
Gain agility, mitigate risk, and reduce costs by eliminating unnecessary data replication.

Faster data provisioning
Accelerate provisioning of new datasets to keep pace with your ever-changing data requirements.

Centralized security and controls
One place to enforce security and controls for all your users and all your datasets.
To successfully implement a virtual data layer, organizations must have