In the hyper-connected world of the cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT), every computing network device is connected to another through a complex, interconnected network. This poses a serious challenge to future Data Management, as the ultimate goal is of Data Management is sharing of business data across disparate platforms and technologies.
The terms “data fabric” and “data mesh” are often used interchangeably to indicate data-access architecture in a hyper-connected Data Management world. The data fabric is more of an architectural approach to data access, whereas the data mesh attempts to connect data processes and users.
