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Metadata-Driven Data Warehouses are Ideal

TDAN

A metadata-driven data warehouse (MDW) offers a modern approach that is designed to make EDW development much more simplified and faster. It makes use of metadata (data about your data) as its foundation and combines data modeling and ETL functionalities to build data warehouses.

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Understanding the Differences Between Data Lakes and Data Warehouses

Smart Data Collective

Data lakes and data warehouses are probably the two most widely used structures for storing data. In this article, we will explore both, unfold their key differences and discuss their usage in the context of an organization. Data Warehouses and Data Lakes in a Nutshell. Key Differences.

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The Data Warehouse is Dead, Long Live the Data Warehouse, Part I

Data Virtualization

The post The Data Warehouse is Dead, Long Live the Data Warehouse, Part I appeared first on Data Virtualization blog - Data Integration and Modern Data Management Articles, Analysis and Information. In times of potentially troublesome change, the apparent paradox and inner poetry of these.

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Metadata, the Neglected Stepchild of IT

Data Virtualization

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). Nowadays, we no longer use the term DD/DS, but “data catalog” or simply “metadata system”. It was written by L.

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The Data Lakehouse: Blending Data Warehouses and Data Lakes

Data Virtualization

Reading Time: 3 minutes First we had data warehouses, then came data lakes, and now the new kid on the block is the data lakehouse. But what is a data lakehouse and why should we develop one? In a way, the name describes what.

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A Cost-Effective Data Warehouse Solution in CDP Public Cloud – Part1

Cloudera

Today’s customers have a growing need for a faster end to end data ingestion to meet the expected speed of insights and overall business demand. This ‘need for speed’ drives a rethink on building a more modern data warehouse solution, one that balances speed with platform cost management, performance, and reliability.

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Cost Conscious Data Warehousing with Cloudera Data Platform

Cloudera

Why worry about costs with cloud-native data warehousing? Have you been burned by the unexpected costs of a cloud data warehouse? If not, before adopting a cloud data warehouse, consider the true costs of a cloud-native data warehouse. These costs impede the adoption of cloud-native data warehouses.