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Unity Catalog Open APIs bring unified governance and interoperability to the open lakehouse. Keep one copy of data, use any compute engine, and govern everything from one place with secure, scoped access for external engines through credential vending.
Unity Catalog was designed for the open lakehouse. Previously, data teams were stuck in silos, often forced to duplicate data across platforms just to use the tools they wanted. Every new platform or tool meant copying datasets, rebuilding access policies from scratch, and keeping everything in sync. The result was increased costs from redundant storage, policies that drifted out of sync, and fragmented data access and discovery.