Discover Financial Services, a leading brand in financial services recognized for pioneering the first cash rewards credit card in 1986, leverages vast data to drive decisions. With 300 million cardholders worldwide, Discover faced challenges managing hundreds of petabytes of data across multiple systems. Implementing Alation's Data Intelligence Platform enabled faster data discovery and metadata management, reducing pipeline creation time from 30 days to 1-2 days. This transformation, supporting over 2,500 users and cataloging 1M datasets, has led to significant efficiency gains, saving 200,000 hours and enhancing data literacy and self-service capabilities.

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