Company
Date Published
July 30, 2024
Author
Natalie Waller
Word count
397
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Fivetran is integrating with Polaris data catalog to send contextual metadata from Fivetran directly to Polaris, reducing complexity across systems and destinations. This integration will leverage the open source Polaris catalog to develop a hosted catalog solution for customers using the Fivetran Managed Data Lake Service, allowing them to avoid creating and maintaining their own technical metadata catalog. The implementation of a vendor-agnostic data catalog provides flexibility and scalability for businesses, enabling them to adapt to changing technologies and business needs without being constrained by a single provider's ecosystem. With this integration, customers can leverage their external storage location and avoid copying and managing data across multiple locations, allowing them to query the data in downstream warehouses or tools without additional complexity and storage costs.