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Data Mesh, Fabric & API Access
— ownership, integration, access

Data-as-a-Product at enterprise scale — data mesh ownership, data fabric integration and metadata, and API access that lets teams and AI agents consume governed data safely.

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Topics we cover
Data meshData fabricData-as-a-ProductData productsDomain ownershipFederated computational governanceSelf-serve data platformActive metadataData virtualisationData APIsGraphQL / REST data accessData sharingDelta Sharing / Iceberg RESTAPI-first dataAgent data access (MCP)Data marketplaceAdvanced AI & data training
Status quo · late 2026

What has changed — and why it matters now

01

Mesh vs fabric is resolved

The winning pattern combines lakehouse storage, fabric metadata and integration, and mesh ownership — not one versus the others.

02

Mesh is organisational

It succeeds when a central team is the bottleneck and domains are mature; it fails when adopted by small teams for fashion. We tell you which you are.

03

Agents are data consumers

AI agents access data through APIs and MCP servers; data products need contracts, permissions and rate limits designed for machines.

How we approach it

Our method for Data Mesh, Fabric & API Access

01ReadinessDomain maturity, platform capability, governance appetite — mesh, fabric or centralised first.
02Product definitionData product canvas: owner, consumers, contract, SLOs, quality, access.
03PlatformSelf-serve capabilities, templates, catalogue, policy automation.
04Access layerREST/GraphQL data APIs, sharing protocols, MCP servers for agents, gateways.
05EnableFederated governance forums and advanced AI & data training for domain teams.
In depth

Building blocks

Data products

Discoverable, addressable, trustworthy, interoperable, secure — with contracts.

Fabric layer

Active metadata, virtualisation, integration across clouds and SaaS.

Sharing

Delta Sharing, Iceberg REST catalogues, OneLake shortcuts, clean rooms.

APIs for people and agents

Governed data APIs, MCP servers, rate limits, auditing.

Training

Data engineering, GenAI, agentic and multi-agent courses for your teams.

What you get

Deliverables

Data mesh & data fabric designAPI access for automationAdvanced AI & data training
Technology-agnostic

Platforms we work across

We design for the outcome first and choose the platform second — across Microsoft, AWS and Google Cloud, and every major AI provider.

Microsoft Fabric & PurviewDatabricks (Delta Sharing, Unity Catalog)SnowflakeGoogle Dataplex & Analytics HubAWS DataZoneStarburst / TrinoAnthropic MCP
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