The Denodo Platform for Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud offers a variety of purpose-built data services to support diverse data needs. Additionally, you have departmental projects within organizations that might be adopting SaaS applications, and organization still need to maintain on-premises systems that are vital to business operations. In a hybrid/multi-cloud environment, the need for data integration has never been greater. The Denodo Platform for Alibaba Cloud offers a single logical point from which to seamlessly query and combine data in real time, using any business intelligence (BI) or reporting tool, regardless of where the source data is stored.

Data analytics and business intelligence (BI) are front and center for every successful company. However, many users still need help finding and accessing the data they need, so they rely on IT staff. The Denodo Platform’s data catalog bridges the gap between the technical data infrastructure and business users. It provides search and collaboration capabilities and data exploration wizards. It is the perfect companion for the virtual layer, empowering self-service initiatives with minimal IT intervention. It enables business users to generate their insights with proper security, governance, and guardrails.

The distributed nature of data today means that data is stored in various systems: on-premises, in the cloud, and in hybrid deployments. This adds complexity for data consumers, as access methods and data formats vary greatly. The Denodo Platform for Alibaba Cloud can expose data services that simplify access to a wide variety of data sources through a unified set of access methods. These methods include JDBC/ODBC (SQL), OData, Restful, GraphQL, and GeoJSON. For developers building applications that need access to data, The Denodo Platform provides a standard interface to quality data, in a standard format, regardless of where that data may reside.