The Alation & Pantomath Partnership: Reinvented for the Agentic Era

Introduction

In the AI-powered data economy, trust is the new currency. Enterprises must not only maintain governance and operational reliability but must also ensure AI-readiness by integrating data quality directly into decision-making and data product pipelines. The partnership between Alation and Pantomath now integrates native metadata-driven data quality capabilities with end-to-end pipeline observability, creating a foundation for trusted data ecosystems.

Alation and Pantomath have partnered to address these challenges, delivering a holistic approach to data intelligence. This partnership integrates Alation’s industry-leading data catalog and governance capabilities with Pantomath’s end-to-end data pipeline observability and traceability, creating a unified solution that ensures data is well-documented, well-governed, and operationally sound.

The Modern Challenge: From Data Chaos to Confidence

Enterprises face critical challenges:

·   Data Overload & Noise - Not all data is equal; prioritizing quality where it matters is essential.
·   Fragmented Governance – Governance without observability creates blind spots.
·   Inactionable Alerts – Noisy, siloed quality and monitoring systems drown users in false positives.
·   AI Demands Trust – Governance, quality, and observability are now pre-requisites for responsible AI.

This is not just about managing data - it’s about trusting it.

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Alation: Governance-Driven, Metadata-Powered Data Quality

·   Agentic Data Quality – Alation uses metadata, usage patterns, and governance policies to intelligently prioritize and monitor the health of Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
·   Actionable Insight, Not Alert Fatigue – Native data quality integrates seamlessly with the catalog, showing real-time quality score at the point of consumption.
·   Policy-Aware Monitoring – Automated rule suggestion and enforcement align with business context and regulatory compliance.
·   Open Yet Integrated – Supports both native and third-party observability tools through the Open Data Quality Initiative (ODQI).

Pantomath: Operational Observability at Enterprise Scale

·   End-to-End Data Pipeline Lineage – Providing full visibility of operational pipeline lineage from source systems all the way to AI models and reporting.
·   Real-Time Monitoring & Anomaly Detection – Leveraging machine learning to identify irregularities throughout all data pipelines, including missing and stale data, prolonged tasks, operational failures, and delays in job initiation.
·   Root-Cause Analysis – Automated correlation of issues across your pipelines to detect root-cause of data issues and consolidate alerts
·   Automated Incident Resolution: Automate incident creation that aligns with ITSM systems to accelerate resolution and prevent data downtime.

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A Unified Trust Model

With Alation ensuring governance and data quality, and Pantomath maintaining operational integrity, organizations can:

· Trust AI Outputs - With governed, reliable data at the core.

· Accelerate Productization - Enabling a future-ready Data Product Marketplace.

·  Transform from Governance-by-Compliance to Governance-by-Design - Aligning policy, lineage and health into every layer of the stack.

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Key Benefits of the Alation + Pantomath Partnership

Use Cases: How Enterprises Benefit from Alation + Pantomath

Proactive AI Readiness & Data Health

With Alation’s enhanced data quality inspection and governance alongside Pantomath’s real-time operational observability, enterprises can confidently ensure their data is not only well-governed but also actively monitored for integrity and reliability.

End-to-End Observability of Regulatory Data

By leveraging Pantomath’s real-time anomaly detection and Alation’s proactive data quality inspection, organizations can detect and resolve data issues before they impact analytics and business decisions.

Trust in Self-Service

With Alation tracking governance lineage and Pantomath capturing operational pipeline lineage, organizations gain a complete understanding of data movement, transformations, and dependencies across the data stack.

Agentic-Enabled Pipelines

With Alation’s Data Quality Agent ensuring high-quality data exists and Pantomath continuously validating pipeline operations and reliability, analysts and data consumers can confidently use reliable, fresh, and error-free data for insights and decision making.

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Learn how Alation and Pantomath help you build trust, scale AI, and accelerate insight. Contact your Alation or Pantomath representative to schedule a demo or strategy session.

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