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Customer Case Study: Crocs, Inc.

In order to gain control of growing datasets across disparate systems, Crocs began making investments in cloud-based infrastructure and technology. However, to maximize their data assets, they still needed to put a higher priority on governing the data they rely on for insights and decision-making.

Tap into this case study to learn why Crocs chose Alation as its data catalog to address its data governance needs and enable benefits such as:

  • Align data definitions
  • Speed change management
  • Support cloud migration
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