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Reading Time: 3 minutes IT excels in copying data. It is well known organizations are storing data in volumes that continue to grow. However, most of this data is not new or original, much of it is copied data. For example, data about a…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently, we have seen the rise of new technologies like big data, the Internet of things (IoT), and data lakes. But we have not seen many developments in the way that data gets delivered. Modernizing the data architectures is the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Organizations are rethinking their current data architectures. Unfortunately, the majority considers it a challenge. Obviously, one of the reasons is that they don’t do this every day. Also, insights about how to design them has changed over time. This article…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Too often the design of new data architectures is based on old principles: they are still very data-store-centric. They consist of many physical data stores in which data is stored repeatedly and redundantly. Over time, new types of data stores,…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The concepts of logical data warehouse and logical data lake are getting traction. Organizations are starting to understand that these forms of data warehouses and data lakes are more practical and flexible than their more traditional physical counterparts. The technology…
Reading Time: 5 minutes If you check the reference logical architectures for big data analytics proposed by Forrester and Gartner, or ask your colleagues building big data analytics platforms for their companies (typically under the ‘enterprise data lake’ tag), they will all tell you…
Reading Time: 11 minutes Organizations today have an opportunity that’s too good not to seize. If they could access the full wealth of their data that is distributed across cloud and on-premises systems, they could leverage enterprise data to achieve several compelling benefits. These…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Banks are subject to numerous regulations that are designed to protect customers and ensure the stability of the financial system. Compliance with these regulations is essential, not only to avoid fines and legal penalties, but also to maintain the trust…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Digitization has been a boon for financial services, bringing the industry into a new age. However, it has also brought massive and growing data volumes that can be either a goldmine or an indecipherable pool, depending on each organization’s ability…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Some say that data is the new “black gold,” but I believe that just like crude oil, data has little value until you extract it, refine it, and put it to use. In this post, I will share some of…
