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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

Though you may encounter the terms “data science” and “data analytics” being used interchangeably in conversations or online, they refer to two distinctly different concepts. Meanwhile, data analytics is the act of examining datasets to extract value and find answers to specific questions.

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Build a transactional data lake using Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue, and cross-account data shares using AWS Lake Formation and Amazon Athena

AWS Big Data

Building a data lake on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) provides numerous benefits for an organization. However, many use cases, like performing change data capture (CDC) from an upstream relational database to an Amazon S3-based data lake, require handling data at a record level.

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How Data Analytics Tools Eliminate Business Owner Headaches

Smart Data Collective

One study found that 77% of small businesses don’t even have a big data strategy. If your company lacks a big data strategy, then you need to start developing one today. The best thing that you can do is find some data analytics tools to solve your most pressing challenges.

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Detect, mask, and redact PII data using AWS Glue before loading into Amazon OpenSearch Service

AWS Big Data

We have defined all layers and components of our design in line with the AWS Well-Architected Framework Data Analytics Lens. Ingestion: Data lake batch, micro-batch, and streaming Many organizations land their source data into their data lake in various ways, including batch, micro-batch, and streaming jobs.

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Data governance in the age of generative AI

AWS Big Data

Data is your generative AI differentiator, and a successful generative AI implementation depends on a robust data strategy incorporating a comprehensive data governance approach. As part of the transformation, the objects need to be treated to ensure data privacy (for example, PII redaction).

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Data architecture strategy for data quality

IBM Big Data Hub

The first generation of data architectures represented by enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence platforms were characterized by thousands of ETL jobs, tables, and reports that only a small group of specialized data engineers understood, resulting in an under-realized positive impact on the business.

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Overcome these six data consumption challenges for a more data-driven enterprise

IBM Big Data Hub

Implementing the right data strategy spurs innovation and outstanding business outcomes by recognizing data as a critical asset that provides insights for better and more informed decision-making. Integrating data across this hybrid ecosystem can be time consuming and expensive. The volume of data assets.