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AI-Ready Data: Pillar 1

Data Without Context Is Just Noise

Your teams spend weeks figuring out what fields mean. What if data arrived self-describing?

What Is Data Alignment?

Every piece of data has context, quality metrics, and lineage attached from creation. Instead of raw bytes with no explanation, data arrives ready to use.

The Three Parts of Alignment

Based on Gartner's AI-Ready Data framework

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Context & Semantics

Data needs meaning. A field called 'temp' could be temperature, temporary, or template ID.

Expanso adds semantic tags and business context at the source. Logs get parsed. Events get enriched. Data arrives self-documenting.

  • Automatic log parsing
  • Business context injection
  • Semantic tagging
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Quality Measurement

You can't improve what you don't measure. Quality issues caught late are expensive.

Expanso validates schemas, detects anomalies, and measures quality at the source. Bad data flagged before it moves.

  • Schema validation
  • Anomaly detection
  • Quality scores per record
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Lineage Tracking

Where did this data come from? What happened to it? Auditors ask. You need answers.

Lineage tracked from the source device, not from S3. Every transformation logged. Complete audit trail.

  • Lineage from edge device
  • Immutable transformation logs
  • Audit-ready trail

Problems This Solves

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Data Teams Waste Time on Context

Without

Logs arrive as raw strings. Engineers spend days figuring out what fields mean, what units are used, whether values are valid.

With Expanso

Data arrives with semantic tags, business context, documentation. Engineers start analysis immediately.

Faster time to insight
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Quality Issues Found Too Late

Without

Bad data reaches your warehouse. Teams discover nulls, duplicates, type mismatches during analysis. Cleanup is expensive.

With Expanso

Issues caught at source. Invalid data routes to dead-letter queues. Only clean data reaches platforms.

Issues caught at origin
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Lineage Gaps Kill Compliance

Without

Lineage starts when data lands in your warehouse. You can't prove what happened before. Auditors aren't happy.

With Expanso

Complete lineage from source to destination. Every transformation logged. Auditors get the full picture.

Complete audit trail

How It Works

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Deploy at Data Origins

Lightweight agents run wherever data is created - edge devices, gateways, servers, sensors.

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Define Alignment Rules

Declarative config defines context to add, quality checks to run, lineage to track. No custom code.

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Data Arrives Ready

Downstream platforms receive data with context, quality metrics, lineage attached. No post-processing.

Alignment in Practice

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Telemetry

Raw sensor readings get machine IDs, timestamps, unit conversions, operational context at the source.

Ready for predictive maintenance
Healthcare

Healthcare Device Data

Patient telemetry tracked from device to archive. Chain of custody proven for compliance.

HIPAA-ready lineage
Financial Services

Financial Transaction Logs

Events enriched with customer context, risk scores, regulatory flags at origination.

Real-time fraud detection

Stop Reverse-Engineering Your Data