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What is Microsoft Fabric? A big tech stack for big data

InfoWorld

It is built around a data lake called OneLake, and brings together new and existing components from Microsoft Power BI, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Factory into a single integrated environment. In many ways, Fabric is Microsoft’s answer to Google Cloud Dataplex.

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What is Microsoft Fabric and Why Should You Care?

Datavail

The Microsoft Fabric announcement at Microsoft Build 2023 has caused quite a stir in the data and analytics world. Microsoft Fabric is an all-in-one analytics solution that brings together seven Azure services on a shared SaaS foundation, in a unified experience combined with AI. Both structured and unstructured data are supported.

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The Good and the Bad of Databricks Lakehouse Platform

Altexsoft

What is Databricks Databricks is an analytics platform with a unified set of tools for data engineering, data management , data science, and machine learning. It combines the best elements of a data warehouse, a centralized repository for structured data, and a data lake used to host large amounts of raw data.

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Data Summit 2023 Event Recap

Datavail

Data Summit 2023 was filled with thought-provoking sessions and presentations that explored the ever-evolving world of data. From the technical possibilities and challenges of new and emerging technologies to using Big Data for business intelligence, analytics, and other business strategies, this event had something for everyone.

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Data Architect: Role Description, Skills, Certifications and When to Hire

Altexsoft

It serves as a foundation for the entire data management strategy and consists of multiple components including data pipelines; , on-premises and cloud storage facilities – data lakes , data warehouses , data hubs ;, data streaming and Big Data analytics solutions ( Hadoop , Spark , Kafka , etc.);

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What is OLAP: A Complete Guide to Online Analytical Processing

Altexsoft

As the topic is closely related to business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW), we suggest you to get familiar with general terms first: A guide to business intelligence. An overview of data warehouse types. What is data pipeline. Extract, transform, load or ETL process guide.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%). Fleschut says he will also hire more IT personnel this year, especially data scientists, architects, and security and risk professionals.

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