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  "name": "AWS Glue & Lake Formation",
  "description": "AWS Glue is a serverless data integration service that makes it easy to discover, prepare, and combine data for analytics, machine learning, and application development. AWS Lake Formation is a service that simplifies the setup, security, and management of data lakes, providing central governance and fine-grained access control for data stored in Amazon S3. Together, they form a key part of the AWS modern data architecture.",
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  "baiScore": 94,
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  "category": "Cloud Computing Service",
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      "name": "Alation"
    },
    {
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      "name": "Collibra"
    },
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      "slug": "databricks-unity-catalog",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-04-11T13:58:24.545+00:00",
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    "founded": "2017 (Glue), 2019 (Lake Formation)",
    "headquarters": "Seattle, WA",
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    "core_products": "Data Catalog, serverless ETL jobs, Blueprints, Data Brew (part of Glue), Fine-grained access control (Lake Formation)",
    "key_differentiator": "Deepest native integration with the AWS ecosystem, offering a serverless path from raw data storage to governed analytics without managing infrastructure.",
    "target_markets": "Data Engineers, Data Architects, Enterprise IT, Security Officers",
    "employee_count": "10,000+ (AWS estimate)",
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