Autonomous Data Fabric Architectures for Enterprise-Wide Intelligent Computing

Abstract

Modern enterprises generate massive volumes of data from cloud platforms, IoT devices, enterprise applications, social media, and AI systems, creating challenges in data integration, governance, scalability, security, and real-time analytics. Traditional data management approaches often struggle to handle these complex and distributed environments. This paper proposes an Autonomous Data Fabric (ADF) architecture that combines AI/ML, metadata-driven automation, knowledge graphs, intelligent orchestration, and policy-based governance to enable seamless, self-managing enterprise data ecosystems. The framework supports automated data discovery, semantic integration, adaptive workflows, continuous monitoring, and intelligent resource optimization while ensuring data quality, security, and compliance. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed ADF significantly improves data integration efficiency, governance, analytics performance, operational cost, and decision-making compared to conventional systems. Its scalable and self-adaptive design supports hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, edge, and on-premises environments, making it a robust solution for enterprise digital transformation and next-generation intelligent data management.