Watsonx.data is a fit-for-purpose data store optimized for governed data and AI workloads, designed to help enterprises scale their analytics and AI capabilities.
With watsonx.data, users can quickly connect to data sources, get trusted insights and lower data warehouse costs. The tool is optimized for all data, analytics and AI workloads and features an open, hybrid and governed data store that allows users to access and share data.
The tool enables users to reduce the cost of their data warehouse by up to 50% by optimizing costly data warehouse workloads across multiple query engines and storage tiers.Watsonx.data supports a range of fit-for-purpose query engines, including Presto, Spark, Db2 and Netezza, which dynamically scale up and down to drive analytics costs down.
Users can store vast amounts of data in vendor-agnostic open formats, such as Parquet, Avro and Apache ORC, and share a single copy of data across multiple query engines using Apache Iceberg table format and shared metadata.
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How does WatsonX.data support AI and machine learning at scale?
WatsonX.data supports AI and machine learning at scale by providing a suitable environment to build, train, tune, deploy and monitor AI models for mission-critical workloads. It ensures compliance with lineage and reproducibility of data used for AI, enabling users to create trusted AI models at scale.
How does WatsonX.data promote self-service access to data?
WatsonX.data promotes self-service access by offering an open, hybrid, and governed data store that enables more users to access more data. It pairs this with centralized governance and local automated policy enforcement to maintain the balance between data accessibility and security.
What is the purpose of the shared metadata layer in WatsonX.data?
The shared metadata layer in WatsonX.data provides a single point of entry to access all data. It is built across clouds and on-premises environments, making it easily accessible regardless of the origin of data, thus expedite data discovery and usage.
What are the compliance features offered by WatsonX.data?
WatsonX.data offers detailed lineage and reproducibility compliance features. It incorporates automated policy enforcement to ensure data follows local laws and regulations. This built-in compliance component bolsters data integrity and trust, while aligning with business and regulatory compliance requirements.
