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Less is More: The Benefits of Streamlining Your Data Integration Workflow

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According to an IDG survey , companies now use an average of more than 400 different data sources for their business intelligence and analytics processes. What’s more, 20 percent of these companies are using 1,000 or more sources, far too many to be properly managed by human data engineers. Strategic planning and road mapping.

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Data Lake Explained: A Comprehensive Guide to Its Architecture and Use Cases

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Instead of relying on traditional hierarchical structures and predefined schemas, as in the case of data warehouses, a data lake utilizes a flat architecture. This structure is made efficient by data engineering practices that include object storage. Watch our video explaining how data engineering works.