# Capability Domains (/docs/Data/capability-domains)



Data is best understood as a focused data and analytics layer.

Business Intelligence [#business-intelligence]

This domain provides data exploration and dashboarding.

| Capability        | Main components | Purpose                               |
| ----------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Dashboards and BI | Superset        | Explore and visualize analytical data |

Data Ingestion And ETL [#data-ingestion-and-etl]

This domain moves and transforms data between systems.

| Capability         | Main components | Purpose                                                            |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Ingestion and sync | Airbyte         | Connect sources and destinations through repeatable data pipelines |

Event Streaming [#event-streaming]

This domain supports event-driven data movement.

| Capability         | Main components | Purpose                                             |
| ------------------ | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Streaming backbone | Kafka           | Carry event streams between producers and consumers |

OLAP [#olap]

This domain stores and queries analytical workloads at scale.

| Capability                 | Main components | Purpose                                           |
| -------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| ML pipelines and notebooks | Kubeflow        | Build, run, and track ML, DL, and GenAI workflows |

Why This Matters [#why-this-matters]

Data gives the platform a clear place for data-intensive services that should not be folded into the Runtime foundation or the CoreAI application layer.