Delivering data access across the organization: separating fact from fiction

“Data marketplace” is a label that vendors increasingly attach to their tools, but it actually covers a wide range of solutions and approaches. Not all of them truly enable business users to access and consume data independently.

 The “data marketplace” term covers tools that vary in their sophistication:

• Enriched data catalogs with an improved navigation experience
• IT-oriented dataset distribution platforms
• Solutions that redirect users to external tools to consume data

In all these examples, consumption is not part of the tool itself, meaning that self-service is at best partial, limiting independent usage by the business.

A Data Product Marketplace is not limited to solely exposing data or providing a searchable catalog.

It offers integrated access to data products, combining discovery and consumption in a single centralized, self-service environment that is designed for business users.

It meets the business challenge of going beyond finding the right data, to enabling direct access for users, subject to governance and security considerations.

Huwise is built on an approach that is focused on actual data usage by the business.

Unlike approaches based on cataloging or simple data provisioning, Huwise provides a single environment where data products are directly accessible and usable, without any gaps between discovery and consumption.

This makes data an operational asset, usable by business users as well as AI, through a unified experience that is designed to drive adoption and value.

• Traditional data tools structure data, but don’t make it directly consumable
• The data catalog remains focused on inventorying your estate
• Not all “data marketplaces” provide self-service consumption
• A true Data Product Marketplace integrates usage directly into the experience
• Huwise stands out through its data consumption-oriented approach