Stage 4 of 6

Unified Data Foundation

The single source of truth: every event stored once, in an open format, with metadata and governance applied consistently across raw, curated, and analytics-ready data.

🗃 CXOS Data Lakehouse

Apache Iceberg + S3 Compatible Storage

Raw Events → Curated Data → Analytics Data Marts
Open Table Format (Iceberg)
Zero-Copy Architecture
Time Travel & Versioning
Schema Evolution
Partitioning & Clustering
Lifecycle Management

🧠 Metadata Layer

Central Nervous System

Catalog
Lineage
Data Dictionary
Policies & Entitlements

🔒 Governance & Security

Access Control (RBAC/ABAC)
Privacy & Consent
Data Classification
Audit Logs
Encryption (At Rest & In Transit)

Real World Example

All events are stored in the data lakehouse once, in open formats. You can query raw events from yesterday or aggregated data from last year without moving or duplicating data.