Imagine you're in finance, juggling with data scattered across countless applications. Combining information from various sources for tasks like budgeting, forecasting, and regulatory unnecessarily hard. The traditional data warehouse approach promises a solution, but it comes with a hefty price tag. It's slow, expensive to maintain and requires constant IT involvement. Data Fabric offers a more promising approach. It connects to various data sources in real time, eliminating outdated information and providing a unified view for applications and BI tools.

In this video, we will learn the functionality of the MariaDB Connector object within Astera Data Stack. MariaDB is a database management system used for storing data in a structured format and making it accessible for use through different tools and applications.

Erin Rebholz, former McKesson executive and President of Merilytic Health, discusses the role of cloud-based solutions, data governance and interoperability in improving clinical outcomes and patient care. Erin emphasizes the importance of effective data sharing and the potential impact of AI and machine learning on healthcare, offering insights into evolving data analytics practices that can empower healthcare providers.