Tjomme Vergauwen

In this session, we explore the integration of Databricks Unity Catalog within the Flemish government. Let’s delve into how you can leverage Databricks Unity Catalog to effectively manage your data mesh and avoid the notorious data mess. I’ll explain how we achieve flexibility while maintaining a unified management infrastructure across our data and analytics workloads by dividing our agency’s data into governed data domains. These data domains, in turn, feed our data applications and AI models, providing valuable insights back into the core applications. Furthermore, we’ll take a deeper look at how we utilize workspaces as the primary analytical unit within our agency. These workspaces serve as gateways that map to our data mesh domains, allowing us to break down data silos even across different government entities.