How the data fabric can support managing data products
At first glance, data mesh and data fabrics seem as similar as apples and oranges. Both are about data, but they are very different things beyond that. The data mesh is an architectural design pattern, organizational blueprint, and process for managing the lifecycle of data. In contrast, data fabric is a technology for harmonizing governance and access to disparate pools of data. This dbInsight report looks at how Google Cloud Dataplex unifies the analytics experience across distributed data estates.
Key takeaways:
Data mesh is not a technology, but technology can be used to support data mesh practices
Data fabrics play an essential role enabling domains to adopt data mesh practices
Google Dataplex is an intelligent data fabric because it uses machine learning to enrich metadata
