Summary

DaaS is a natural extension to software as a service (SaaS), where a data product is made available to a qualified user on demand in a self-service style. Organizations value quality data insights and hence are willing to trade them for tangible benefits. Data piracy and leaks are challenges that need to be considered thoroughly as one significant breach could potentially finish an organization. This is not restricted to just structured data and applies to any data type and at any scale, which makes it an exceedingly hard problem.

In this chapter, we looked at Delta's capabilities around handling more complex unstructured data and how to integrate it with the rest of the structured data so that there is not only additional value from it, but it also democratizes data by allowing ubiquitous access via SQL or other languages. We looked at the importance of data harmonization in the context of governance and a single unified view of normalized, quality data for organization...