DATA LAKE PLATFORM

Unify and Govern Your Data with Qlik's Data Lake Platform

Unify all your enterprise data with comprehensive data lake capabilities. Centralize storage, automate management, and deliver governed, analytics-ready data across your business.

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Build a centralized, scalable, and analytics-ready data lake

Establish a unified data lake that consolidates structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data with automated governance and management that ensures data remains organized, accessible, and trustworthy.

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Streamline data ingestion across cloud and on-premises sources

Ingest data from supported sources into your data lake with automated pipelines that handle diverse formats, schemas, and volumes while maintaining data integrity and quality.

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Automate data transformation and preparation with Qlik

Transform raw data lake contents into analytics-ready datasets with automated processing that cleanses, enriches, and structures data without manual ETL development.

Ensure governance, lineage, and security across the data lifecycle

Maintain control over data lake assets with comprehensive governance that tracks lineage, enforces policies, protects sensitive information, and ensures compliance throughout the data lifecycle.

How does Qlik's data lake platform work?

  • Step 1 – Connect and consolidate data from supported sources

  • Step 2 – Clean, transform, and catalog data in real time

  • Step 3 – Enable AI, BI, and analytics tools for unified access

  • Step 4 – Automate delivery and insights across the enterprise

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Why Qlik data lake platform?

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Data lake governance that prevents swamps

Maintain data lake organization and trustworthiness with automated cataloging, quality monitoring, and lineage tracking that ensures data remains discoverable and usable over time.

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Cloud-native architecture that grows with your needs

Scale storage and processing independently with cloud-native architecture that handles petabyte growth while maintaining consistent performance and cost efficiency.

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Simplify data lake management and access

Enable engineers to manage data lake infrastructure while empowering business users to discover and access data through intuitive catalogs and self-service tools.

Connect with your analytics and AI tools

Integrate data lakes with BI platforms, machine learning systems, and analytics applications through standard interfaces that enable diverse consumption patterns.

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Trusted for enterprise data lake management

Join organizations that centralized petabytes into governed data lakes with Qlik, enabling analytics, AI, and operational applications with unified, trusted data.

Key capabilities of Qlik's data lake solution

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Automated data ingestion and real-time replication

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Intelligent data cataloging and metadata management

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Secure access control and role-based permissions

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Built-in data transformation and quality monitoring

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Integration with BI, AI, and machine learning tools

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Enterprise-grade security and compliance controls

What our customers say

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We needed to consolidate data in one place, from heterogeneous sources, updated in almost real-time. That’s what Qlik enables for us.
Cédric Brignol
Project Manager, Airbus
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Data Lake Platform FAQs

How does Qlik prevent data lakes from becoming data swamps?

Automated cataloging, quality monitoring, lineage tracking, and policy enforcement maintain organization and trustworthiness, preventing the chaos that typically creates unusable data swamps.

Can the platform support both data lakes and data warehouses?

Yes, unified platform capabilities support both lake and warehouse patterns, enabling lakehouse architectures that combine the flexibility of lakes with the structure of warehouses.

How does the platform handle schema evolution in the lake?

Schema-on-read capabilities adapt to changing data structures while maintaining backward compatibility, with automated detection that alerts users to significant schema changes.

What storage formats does the data lake platform support?

The platform supports Parquet, ORC, Avro, JSON, CSV, and other formats with format conversion capabilities that optimize storage and query performance based on access patterns.

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