# Cloudera Unified Data Fabric --- Break down silos and connect disparate data sources intelligently and securely to provide a unified view of all organizational data. [See how Cloudera stands out](https://www.cloudera.com/campaign/the-forrester-wave-data-fabric-platforms-q4-2025.html?internal_keyplay=ODL&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---AlwaysOn-FY26-GLOBAL-CT-Report-Forrester-Wave-Enterprise-Data-Fabric&cid=701Ui00000fIFPBIA4&internal_link=p06) [Explore Data Lineage](https://www.cloudera.com/products/unified-data-fabric/data-lineage.html?internal_keyplay=cross&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---UDF-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) ## Overview ### Access data anywhere to deliver AI anywhere. Move beyond fragmented data management: Transform 100% of data across clouds, data centers, and the edge into valuable insights you can trust using agentic AI. --- Discover and access all your data by activating metadata and automating data governance and security. --- Deliver unified, scalable, trustworthy, and reliable data with end-to-end intelligent data lineage. --- Improve collaboration and data sharing across teams with disparate systems without ever moving your data. ## Use Cases ### Connect and transform 100% of your data into AI-powered insights. Gain visibility into your entire data estate and understand how and where to apply insights with the right guardrails for AI-powered automation and agentic applications. Talk to your data in natural language using a chatbot. A central metadata layer unifies data sources, automating dashboards and insights. #### [Cloudera Agent Studio](https://www.cloudera.com/products/machine-learning/ai-studios.html) supports full lifecycle management of production-ready agent workflows. Build agents that perform data classification, tagging, and labeling, so you can confidently leverage data to deliver insights. Accelerate enterprise and agentic AI. Deliver context-rich, AI-ready data in real time. [Read the blog](https://www.cloudera.com/blog/technical/what-no-one-tells-you-about-rag.html?internal_keyplay=cross&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---UDF-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) Unify all sources in your data estate. Build scalable data flows to connect and prepare data from disparate sources. [Read the blog](https://www.cloudera.com/blog/business/trino-the-federation-engine-powering-your-unified-data-fabric.html?internal_keyplay=cross&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---UDF-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) Scale data ownership and innovation by decentralizing control. Deliver faster, domain-expert-driven insights while enforcing federated governance through shared standards. [Read the blog](https://www.cloudera.com/blog/business/unleash-peak-performance-get-13x-faster-queries-with-cloudera-lakehouse-optimizer.html?internal_keyplay=cross&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---UDF-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) Build agents that perform data classification, tagging, and labeling, so you can confidently leverage data to deliver insights. #### Integrate diverse data sources and types into a single, unified data platform. Power real-time RAG pipelines and prepare modeling data faster with trusted, integrated, and connected data. #### Unify data for a holistic view of your queries across sources and share data securely. Trino and [Cloudera Data Warehouse](https://www.cloudera.com/products/data-warehouse.html) provide federated access and unified governance, mapping your data estate into a searchable knowledge graph. #### Use low/no-code tools to build shared data products via a central, governed metadata layer. Cloudera’s [Iceberg REST Catalog](https://www.cloudera.com/products/open-data-lakehouse/lakehouse-innovation.html) enables secure, zero-copy data sharing and interoperability across third-party engines while maintaining unified governance. ## Key Features - [Federated data access](https://www.cloudera.com/products/unified-data-fabric.html#) - [Data modeling and knowledge graph](https://www.cloudera.com/products/unified-data-fabric.html#) - [Data orchestration](https://www.cloudera.com/products/unified-data-fabric.html#) - [Data processing and sharing](https://www.cloudera.com/products/unified-data-fabric.html#) - [Data ingestion and streaming](https://www.cloudera.com/products/unified-data-fabric.html#) - [Data governance](https://www.cloudera.com/products/unified-data-fabric.html#) --- Access data from disparate systems with a single SQL query. Apache Trino in [Cloudera Data Warehouse](https://www.cloudera.com/products/data-warehouse.html?internal_keyplay=cross&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---UDF-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) federates queries across object storage, lakehouse, main relational databases, and new streaming or NoSQL systems. [Tour Trino](https://www.cloudera.com/products/data-warehouse/cdp-tour-data-warehouse.html) [Read the blog](https://www.cloudera.com/blog/business/trino-the-federation-engine-powering-your-unified-data-fabric.html?internal_keyplay=ODL&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---Data-Fabric-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=p11) Automatically map data flows across systems by analyzing transformations, dependencies, and relationships, and create complex semantic layers within your visualizations with Cloudera Data Lineage. [Learn more](https://www.cloudera.com/products/unified-data-fabric/data-lineage.html?internal_keyplay=cross&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---UDF-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) Empower users with intuitive search, enriched metadata, and contextual insights to find and trust data faster with Cloudera Data Catalog. Rapidly collect metadata, scripts, code, and dependencies with 60+ connectors. [Learn more](https://www.cloudera.com/products/cloudera-data-platform/sdx/data-catalog.html?internal_keyplay=cross&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---UDF-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) With zero ETL, data copy, and data movement, [Cloudera Data Lakehouse](https://www.cloudera.com/products/open-data-lakehouse.html) improves collaboration and data sharing across disparate systems, providing the foundation to persist and process data for AI workflows. [Read the blog](https://www.cloudera.com/blog/business/secure-data-sharing-and-interoperability-powered-by-iceberg-rest-catalog.html?internal_keyplay=ODL&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---Unified-Data-Fabric-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) Connect data from any source to any destination. [Cloudera Data in Motion](https://www.cloudera.com/products/data-in-motion.html) provides real-time data ingest, process, and analysis, with easy-to-use visual and no-code tools. [Learn more](https://www.cloudera.com/products/dataflow.html?internal_keyplay=cross&internal_campaign=Website-Product-Refresh---UDF-Web-Page&cid=UNGATED&internal_link=on-page-body) Deliver unified security, governance, and metadata, ensuring consistent policies, compliance, and trusted data access anywhere with [Cloudera Shared Data Experience (SDX)](https://www.cloudera.com/products/cloudera-data-platform/sdx.html). ## Customers ### Cloudera data fabric delivers trusted, unified data to accelerate AI. financial services OCBC Bank [Success Story](https://www.cloudera.com/customers/ocbc-bank.html) financial services Experian business services Lortek + ZYLK [Success Story](https://www.cloudera.com/customers/lortek-zylk.html) ## The Data Fabric as a Value Generation Engine Accelerate AI readiness by unifying diverse data stores and engineering tools into a single, fully integrated environment. [Read the report](https://www.cloudera.com/campaign/the-data-fabric-as-a-value-generation-engine.html?internal_keyplay=Data-Anywhere&internal_campaign=Thought-Leadership-Reports---AlwaysOn-FY27-GLOBAL-CT-Report-Santaferraro-Data-Fabric&cid=701Ui00000zUanhIAC&internal_link=p01&utm_content=Unified-Data-Fabric)