| Licensing Unit | Represents the entitlement for one Virtual Processor Core (VPC) for the IBM Watsonx.data software. |
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| Product Focus | Part of the IBM Watsonx.data platform, an open, hybrid, and governed data lakehouse solution. |
| Purpose | Enables organizations to unify data management for AI and analytics workloads across hybrid cloud environments. |
| Workload Support | Designed to support various analytical workloads, data warehousing, data science, and machine learning. |
| Data Format Compatibility | Compatible with open table formats such as Apache Iceberg, Parquet, and ORC. |
| Query Engine Integration | Leverages multiple query engines (e.g., Presto, Spark) for optimized data access and processing. |
| Deployment Flexibility | Supports cloud-native deployment across diverse cloud providers and on-premises environments. |
| Scalability | Facilitates independent scaling of compute and storage resources. |
| Governance Capabilities | Includes features for data governance, security, and metadata management within the Watsonx.data platform. |