Business users want faster and easier access to trusted data to make accurate business decisions, while technology organizations want to simplify data management. Forrester invented the tech category “data fabric” that addresses these goals and continues to evolve to support data democratization. Our updated data fabric architecture reflects new technology enhancements and highlights new business opportunities for applications, insights, and analytics. This report explains why enterprise architecture (EA) pros should use data fabric to democratize data across the enterprise for various use cases.