by Angela Guess
According to a new press release, “Collibra, a leader in data governance software solutions for business users, today shared an advance look at key functionality that will be part of the upcoming Collibra 5.1 platform release. This new functionality further facilitates the massive shift to self-service business intelligence by delivering new levels of collaboration, productivity, and ease-of-use for business users – the data citizens who need to find, understand and trust data.”
Stan Christiaens, Collibra co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, commented, “With every release, Collibra pushes the boundaries of data governance to offer a platform that’s both easy-to-use and supports the most sophisticated governance requirements of global organizations… We developed our 5.1 platform enhancements based on feedback from customers and prospects who are solving their companies’ data governance challenges on a daily basis. This real-world feedback ensures we continue to offer a platform that’s built not only for data scientists and other advanced data users, but for business users who need to quickly find certified, trusted data. We’ll be releasing additional new functionality in 2017 to ensure Collibra continues to be the industry’s premier data governance platform.”
The release adds, “Collibra 5.1 will offer major new functionality in two key aspects of the platform: Data lineage diagrams – Collibra 5.1 dramatically enhances the capabilities of data lineage diagrams with first-of-its-kind interactive capabilities. Adding governed context to data lineage diagrams is a straightforward way to enable every data citizen to create additional value for the business. Collibra 5.1 empowers business users to fully understand and document their business data lineage without having to leave the diagram. Features include: A style makeover that delivers a consumer-friendly, easy-to-navigate look-and-feel using customizable colors and icons, or abbreviations per asset type… ‘Smart explore’ functionality that allows for an intuitive navigation through the diagram. Ability to trace the path between multiple selected assets, removing all others.”
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