Glossary term
What is Data Platform?
Definition
A data platform provides tools and infrastructure to store, manage, process, and analyse structured and unstructured data. It supports scalable, centralised operations for enterprises. PIM connects to data platforms for insights-driven catalog decisions.
A platform's value depends on the data services and governance it provides to its users. For example, an autonomous product data operation could take product records, supplier relationships, and approved assets, make them available through authorized shared services, and support a catalog operation with consistent working information.
Data Platform in an autonomous operation
- Step 1:
Input
Product records, supplier relationships, and approved assets
- Step 2:
Data Platform
Make them available through authorized shared services
- Step 3:
Outcome
Support a catalog operation with consistent working information
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