Denodo has launched Denodo Platform 9.0, integrating advanced artificial intelligence to enhance data delivery intelligence. This new version aims to elevate data management and analytics with AI-driven natural language query support, real-time data for large language models (LLMs), and improved data security features.
The AI in Denodo Platform 9.0 learns from user interactions, offering automated recommendations on the most relevant data based on individual needs. One of its standout features is support for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), ensuring generative AI applications provide trusted and insightful results by accessing real-time, governed data across the enterprise.
Ryan Fattini, Vice President of Data & Analytics at City Furniture, commented, “Denodo 9.0 is a game-changer. Its self-service data preparation and Generative AI integration empower users of all backgrounds to customize and use datasets effortlessly. The Iceberg and Delta integration enhances analytics, and the advanced security governance and inspection tools improve oversight and compliance.”
The platform’s natural language query functionality allows users to type queries in plain language and receive immediate results with detailed query construction breakdowns. This feature makes data accessible to non-SQL users, broadening the user base. Additionally, the system optimizes data delivery across multiple channels, selecting the fastest methods and reducing costs by saving time. Enhanced security measures are built into the platform by design.
Fern Halper, Vice President and Senior Research Director for advanced analytics at TDWI, noted, “At TDWI, we believe that companies will leverage both physical and logical data architectures to unify their diverse data. Denodo Platform 9.0 supports a data fabric accommodating both approaches, with enhanced AI capabilities improving flexibility for a wider variety of user personas.”
Key functionalities of Denodo Platform 9.0 include:
- Natural-Language Query Support: Users can query data using natural language through seamless integration with platforms like ChatGPT and AWS Bedrock, eliminating the need for manual query writing.
- New Data-Preparation Wizards: Users of all technical backgrounds can customize datasets quickly, modifying data products without needing support from data teams.
- Intelligent Query Recommendations: AI-driven query wizards respond to user activity, streamlining the query process with automatically tailored transformations and dataset filters.
- Support for AI-Ready Data: Enterprises can easily incorporate real-time, enterprise-specific data into their generative AI projects.
- Improved Developer Experience: Enhanced DevOps support, integrated Scheduler jobs, a new Welcome portal for faster onboarding, and a redesigned data-source panel facilitate easier access and manipulation.
- Enhanced MPP-Based Data-Lake Engine: The massively parallel processing-based engine offers simplified configuration, easier integration with Delta and Iceberg tables, and enhanced analytics capabilities.
- Advanced Federated Governance: Finer-grained controls improve the management of decentralized data product creation and reuse by different teams.
- Enhanced Inspection: Improved tools for inspecting and auditing data-access policies ensure compliance with data-centric regulations.
Alberto Pan, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Denodo, expressed his excitement about the release: “Denodo Platform 9.0 brings an unprecedented level of intelligence to data management, creating new opportunities for both business and technical users.”
Pan emphasized that the new AI and data-preparation features, including RAG support, would bring advanced, trusted data analytics to a wider group of users. He also highlighted the platform’s improved MPP and DevOps capabilities, which aim to accelerate data access and provide a faster, more seamless analytics experience across a broader range of use cases.
Source: itbrief.com.au
