Ai Agent
AI Readiness Assessment: Scoring Your Data Estate for Agents
Most AI readiness assessments return a number nobody can act on. Score the data estate per question, with evidence instead of self-report, on five dimensions.
September 23, 2026Articles & tutorials
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Ai Agent
AI-Ready Data Checklist: 12 Checks You Can Actually Fail
Most AI-ready data checklists cannot be failed. These 12 audit checks each have a pass condition and the artifact that proves it, scored per question.
September 23, 2026
Ai Agent
What Makes Data AI-Ready? The Five Layers That Decide
AI-ready data is decided one question at a time, not one table. See the five layers that decide whether an agent returns your answer or the average one.
September 23, 2026
Data Quality
DataHub Data Contracts: How They Work and Where They Fit
DataHub data contracts bundle schema, freshness and quality assertions into one producer commitment. See how they work, what they enforce, and where they stop.
September 22, 2026
Ai Agent
Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases: Types, Deployment and Limits
Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases ground agents in your own documents. See the two types, how ingestion works, what each costs, and where retrieval stops helping.
September 22, 2026
Ai Agent
DataHub OpenLineage Support: How It Works and When to Use It
DataHub OpenLineage support covers a REST endpoint and a Spark listener plugin. See what each path captures, where they differ, and what neither one carries.
September 22, 2026
Ai Agent
Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog: Features, Pricing & Limits
Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog governs whether a data asset is compliant. Agent grounding lives elsewhere, in Fabric IQ. See what each layer actually does.
September 22, 2026
Ai Agent
Power BI Semantic Models Explained: 2026 Guide
A Power BI semantic model holds tables, DAX measures and security roles. See what it contains, how storage modes work, and where AI agents hit its edges.
September 22, 2026
Data Catalog
Top Alation Alternatives in 2026: A Complete Comparison Guide
Evaluating Alation alternatives and competitors in 2026? This independent guide compares the top 10 options: Atlan, Collibra, Purview, CastorDoc, & more.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
Alation Data Catalog Adoption in 2026: What the Deployment Matrix Decides
Alation's deployment matrix puts five capabilities, including its AI features, on Cloud Service only. That and three other documented tradeoffs, from Alation's own docs.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
Alation vs. Collibra vs. Informatica: Should You Choose Any of These Platforms in 2026?
See how Alation, Collibra, and Informatica compare in governance, lineage, automation, and adoption—and which platform fits modern enterprise needs.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
Amundsen Alternatives – DataHub, Metacat, and Apache Atlas
Amundsen was archived in September 2026. Compare DataHub, OpenMetadata, Metacat, Apache Atlas, and Atlan as the platforms to move to.
September 21, 2026
Amundsen Data Catalog
Understanding Amundsen Data Catalog: Architecture, Features & Installation
Amundsen, Lyft's open-source data catalog, was archived in September 2026. Read its architecture, features, and the open-source options still maintained.
September 21, 2026
Data Lineage
Setting Up Amundsen Data Lineage with dbt: A 2026 Guide
Amundsen was archived in September 2026. How to set up Amundsen data lineage with dbt: metadata extraction, and lineage at the table and column levels.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
Amundsen Demo: Explore Amundsen in a Pre-configured Sandbox Environment
Amundsen was archived in September 2026. This pre-configured demo environment shows Lyft's open-source data catalog as it stood at that point, loaded with sample data.
September 21, 2026
Amundsen Data Catalog
Lyft Amundsen Data Catalog: Open Source Data Discovery Tool
Lyft’s Amundsen started the open-source data catalog category and was archived in September 2026. Its origin story, architecture, and how it worked.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
How To Set Up Okta OIDC Authentication in Amundsen
Amundsen was archived in September 2026. Step-by-step instructions to configure Okta OIDC authentication on an Amundsen deployment you already run.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
Amundsen vs. Atlas: Which Data Discovery Tool Should You Choose?
Amundsen was archived in September 2026 and its repository is read-only. Compare Amundsen and Apache Atlas on metadata ingestion, core features, deployment, and what the archive changes.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
Amundsen vs. DataHub: Which Metadata Platform Should You Choose in 2026?
Amundsen was archived in September 2026 and its repository is read-only. Compare Amundsen and DataHub on architecture, features and deployment, and see what the archive means for a 2026 catalog decision.
September 21, 2026
Metadata Management
Top Apache Atlas Alternatives: DataHub, Metacat & Atlan
Apache Atlas alternatives: DataHub, Metacat, and Atlan. Compare open-source metadata tools and managed platforms, and see where Amundsen stands after its September 2026 archive.
September 21, 2026
Gartner
From Visionary to Leader: Inside Gartner's 2026 Data & Analytics Governance Platform Magic Quadrant
Gartner elevated Atlan from Visionary to Leader in its 2026 D&A Governance Platform Magic Quadrant in just a year, indicating a critical governance reset.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
Atlan vs Amundsen: A Comprehensive Comparison of Features, Integration, Ease of Use, Governance, and Cost for Deployment
Amundsen was archived in September 2026 and its repository is read-only. Compare Atlan and Amundsen on features, technical architecture, ease of use, and cost, and see what an archived project means for your data cataloging decision.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
Atlan vs. Apache Atlas: What to Consider When Evaluating?
Atlan vs Apache Atlas — managed context layer vs self-hosted metadata framework. Compare features, architecture, connectors, governance, and setup.
September 21, 2026
Data Catalog
AWS Data Catalog: Key Considerations & Tools Evaluation Guide
The right AWS data catalog is where an AI agent finds the correct Glue table to answer a question, instead of guessing across S3 and Redshift.
September 21, 2026
