How Autodesk Selected Atlan as Their Enterprise Data Catalog

In this video, Mark Kidwell, Chief Data Architect at Autodesk discusses how they came to choose Atlan as their enterprise data catalog after attempts at building their own solution and deploying open source options.

He discusses the challenges Autodesk faced with their homegrown data catalog and why these build options couldn't meet their needs long-term, providing insights into the build vs buy data catalog decision that companies face. Autodesk chose Atlan as their enterprise data catalog because it met all their key requirements around ownership, search, and enabling connections between data teams.

Mark explains how Atlan's data catalog capabilities have allowed Autodesk to better connect data producers and consumers across the organization. This video provides insights for data teams considering whether to build or buy their data catalog.

Atlan — The Only Data Catalog That Activates Your Metadata 

Atlan is the leading active metadata platform for modern data teams. It creates a single source of truth by acting as a collaborative workspace for data teams and bringing context back into the tools where data teams live. Atlan features deep integrations across the modern data stack, including Slack, Snowflake, dbt Labs, Fivetran, Redshift, Looker, and Tableau. A pioneer in the space, Atlan was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Catalogs for DataOps and was recognized by Gartner seven times in 2021.

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