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data engineering consulting

Should We Get Rid Of ETLs?

AWS has jumped on the bandwagon of removing the need for ETLs. Snowflake announced this both with their hybrid tables and their partnership with Salesforce. Now, I do take a little issue with the naming “Zero ETLs”. Because at the very surface the functionality described is often closer to a zero integration future, which probably…
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December 30, 2022 0
data engineering consulting

Data warehouses vs Data Lakes vs Databases – Which One Do You Need

By Reseun  McClendon Today, your enterprise must effectively collect, store, and integrate data from disparate sources to both provide operational and analytical benefits. Whether its helping increase revenue by finding new customers or reducing costs, all of it starts with data. Data analysts, data scientists, engineers, and managers all require a robust data storage solution for…
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December 19, 2022 1
data strategy cost reduction

Reducing Data Analytics Costs In 2023 – Doing More With Less

If you haven’t started looking for ways to improve your data analytics budget for 2023, then you’re probably already behind. The truth is that between all of the various economic indicators and investor letters, everyone is looking to improve audit all parts of their business. Especially where there has likely been bloat. One of those…
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December 11, 2022 3
big data consulting

What Is Shadow IT?

At my very first job in data, I was an analyst on a finance team. I was working with a senior engineer who had built out several new automated processes and was managing a data warehouse and several other applications. We were supporting 4-5 financial analysts who were relying on our data to report to…
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November 29, 2022 0
data security consulting

Security And Privacy In The Modern Data World

If you’ve worked as a DBA or data engineer, then you’ve likely had to deal with data access requests. These basic data requests can go from quick requests to endless data access requests that bog down entire data teams. This has been heavily driven by the fact that companies want to be data-driven. Meaning an…
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October 29, 2022 0

What Is Data Governance

Photo by Christopher Gower on Unsplash By Reseun  McClendon Data Governance is the set of principles and procedures an organization uses to manage data during its life cycle. More specifically, data governance encompasses all that is done to ensure data is private, secure, accurate, available, and usable. The data life cycle may include the data’s acquisition, use, and disposal…
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September 24, 2022 0
data catalog landscape

26 Data Catalogs – From Open Source To Managed

It can be easy to take certain tools for granted when you work for companies with mature infrastructure. One of my favorite tools at Facebook was iData. iData was Facebook’s data discoverability tool. It provided a lot of functionality that I have started to miss. This included the baseline functions you would expect including the…
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August 22, 2022 0
databricks consulting

What Is Databricks?

Databricks is a company that aims to make managing big data easy. By utilizing Apache Spark as its core processing engine, Databricks aims to make managing and processing big data easy. As one of the leading providers of big data solutions, Databricks has made a name for itself in the industry. What is Databricks? So,…
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July 9, 2022 0
data engineering consulting

 How To Build a Data-Based Business Strategy in 2022

Over the last 20 years or so, Big Data completely changed the face of business. Then the pandemic hit. While other industries skidded to a stop, the pace of technology development skyrocketed. Suddenly, our whole lives, from work to entertainment to hanging out with friends, were happening online. Worldwide, 97 percent of businesses sped up…
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May 27, 2022 0
data engineering scaling hiring

How To Set Up Your Data Strategy In 2022

The modern data stack has been discussed heavily in 2020 and 2021. But what wasn’t discussed enough was how to set up a successful data strategy. Truthfully, to drive value from your data you’re going to need to focus less on modernizing and more on your actual business problems. Driving business value with your data…
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April 26, 2022 0