by Angela Guess

According to a new press release, “Collibra, the leading data governance software platform for business users, today unveiled its Collibra 5.1 release. Collibra 5.1 delivers advanced functionality that streamlines the massive shift to self-service analytics. Thanks to new levels of collaboration, productivity, and ease-of-use in Collibra 5.1, business users can easily find, understand and trust data to drive enterprise value.”

Stan Christiaens, Collibra co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, commented, “Collibra 5.1 represents a huge leap forward in delivering advanced data governance… The new data profiling capabilities in Collibra 5.1 add a whole new dimension that allows users to better evaluate data and trust it’s the data they need. Our next-generation interactive lineage functionality leapfrogs other industry solutions to bring data to life visually. We’ve also added a plethora of other technology advancements to the platform, including an updated console and Spark as part of the infrastructure. With this release, Collibra is again pushing the boundaries of data governance with capabilities that give business users deep insights about their data.”

The release continues, “Key features of Collibra 5.1 include: Interactive Data Lineage: The first-of-its-kind Collibra 5.1 interactive data lineage capabilities enable true data lineage exploration – going way beyond normal data diagrams. Collibra 5.1 enables data citizens to visually explore everything about their data, including business terms, policies, issues, relationships and direction. It features a rich visual environment that delivers beautiful and easily understood views of data. This makes it easier for any user to find the enterprise data with the right characteristics for analysis. Even business users with less knowledge of the data can easily use the interactive lineage explorer to find, understand and trust their data.”

Read more at Collibra.com.

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