Enterprise data rarely remains only in its database of origin these days. Different business divisions or departments require the data for further reporting, analysis, decision making, or simply to drive business rules in other applications. In large enterprises, with data centers spread throughout the world, access to the original source data, even if the “source” happens to be an enterprise data warehouse, may not be simple to implement. This is where enterprise data sprawl often begins, with copies of the data being duplicated in multiple databases throughout the organization. ENTERPRISE DATA SPRAWL A Gluent customer, a global telecommunications company, happened to be deep into the data sprawl dilemma. In the telecom industry, the primary dataset is the call data record (CDR).

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