We are living in an era in which enterprise data exists in more forms than many IT departments know what to do with. This includes structured and unstructured data, emails, logs, and more, stored in many unique locations. So how do we get a unified overview of the far-flung data and manage it in all its disparate forms? To overcome this complexity, we use data virtualization, an umbrella term used to describe any approach to master data management that allows for retrieval and manipulation of data irrespective of its location and format.
