India, Nov. 21 -- Cloudera has introduced a platform update designed to bring unified data access, control, and governance across distributed enterprise environments. The release combines Trino, the Shared Data Experience (SDX), and Octopai Data Lineage, creating a single framework for enterprises working to modernise their AI and data operations.

The company positioned the update as a response to one of the biggest hurdles facing AI initiatives: fragmented data. A recent survey cited in the announcement shows that only 9% of IT leaders say all their organisational data is accessible, while just 38% believe most of their data is usable for AI. In many cases, the problem is scattered systems and inconsistent governance policies.

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