Webinar: Taking AI Beyond the Hype with Unity Catalog
AI has crossed the threshold from being just an experiment to a necessity. Enterprises no longer question if they should invest in AI, but how to scale it responsibly. That was the central theme of Cloudaeon’s recent webinar, “Taking AI Beyond the Hype with Unity Catalog”, an event that attracted 180+ registrants from across Europe, the US and APAC.
With over 122 live attendees and an active Q&A throughout, this was one of our most engaged webinars yet.
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The webinar was hosted by Dan Harris, CRO at Cloudaeon and joined by Nikhil Mohod, Lead Data Engineer and Mihir Kale, Senior Data Engineer at Cloudaeon. The webinar focused on how Unity Catalog serves as the governance backbone for AI. Why migrating from legacy Hive Metastore is critical, and how Cloudaeon’s Unity Catalog Migration Accelerator is helping enterprises fast-track adoption.
“We’re seeing customers struggle not because they lack AI ambition, but because they lack the governance to make it real.” – Dan Harris
One of the strong topics discussed was, how and why AI success starts with strong foundations. Without a unified governance model, data remains siloed, compliance gaps widen and AI projects struggle to scale.
Unity Catalog addresses these challenges by providing centralised governance, fine-grained access control within the Databricks ecosystem.
Nikhil Mohod explained the technical depth of Unity Catalog by demonstrating how it enhances governance.
“With Unity Catalog, governance isn’t an afterthought, it’s built into every layer, from access control to compliance.” – Nikhil Mohod
Mihir Kale then highlighted the operational advantages. Right from eliminating downtime during migration to reducing risk for business-critical workloads.
“Speed and stability are usually at odds in migration projects. What we’ve built ensures customers don’t have to compromise on either with Cloudaeon Accelerator.” – Mihir Kale
At the heart of the discussion was Cloudaeon’s Unity Catalog Migration Accelerator.
For M&S, one of the top retailers, the accelerator automated repetitive tasks, cut manual effort up to 80% and ensured Unity Catalog migration with up to 70% faster with zero downtime.
The result? Faster time-to-AI and reduced risk.
For organisations eager to take AI beyond hype and generate tangible business value, the message was clear: Unity Catalog is the enabler with the right migration approach, the journey doesn’t have to be slow or risky.
If you missed the live session, the full webinar is now available. Watch the full webinar
And if you are ready to explore how Cloudaeon can help accelerate your own migration, our team is just a click away. Book a 1:1 discovery call
You may also like our CTO, Amol Malpani’s thoughts on “Why Strategy, Not Just Tools, Determine the Success of Unity Catalog Migration.” Read More.
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