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Reading Time: 2 minutes In recent years, there has been a growing interest in data architecture. One of the key considerations is how best to handle data, and this is where data mesh and data fabric come into play. But what are the key…
Reading Time: 3 minutes While cleaning up our archive recently, I found an old article published in 1976 about data dictionary/directory systems (DD/DS). It was written by L. Delport. Nowadays, we no longer use the term DD/DS, but “data catalog” or simply “metadata system”….
Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the last few years, there has been a strong focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns. ESG represents the standards used by socially conscious investors to screen potential investments. It takes a holistic view that sustainability extends beyond…
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the gradual rise in digitization across many organizations, the approach towards customer engagement has drastically evolved over the years. Particularly in recent times, there has been an ever-growing demand for organizations to be able to provide unified, effective and…
Reading Time: 4 minutes My previous post explained that, in my mind, the data lakehouse differs hardly at all from the traditional data warehouse architectural design pattern (ADP). It consists largely of the application of new cloud-based technology to the same requirements and constraints…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today, many applications call themselves “data catalogs.” The idea seems, on the face of it, easy to understand: a data catalog is simply a centralized inventory of the data assets within an organization. Data catalogs also seek to be the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many businesses are moving towards a cloud-based approach in terms of managing their data, but that doesn’t mean that incorporating the cloud into businesses is an easy process. Also, after moving to a cloud-based environment, many organizations realize that their…
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Le roi est mort, vive le roi.” This phrase—the king is dead, long live the king—marks the transfer of power from one monarch to the next. In times of potentially troublesome change, the apparent paradox and inner poetry of these…
Reading Time: 4 minutes To understand how to accelerate and simplify cloud data integration and leverage cloud marketplaces, we first need to understand: What exactly is cloud data integration? It is nothing more than a consolidation of data from disparate data sources in which…
Reading Time: 3 minutes At the heart of every organization lies a data architecture, determining how data is accessed, organized, and used. For this reason, organizations must periodically revisit their data architectures, to ensure that they are aligned with current business goals. Here, as…
