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Differentiating Between Data Lakes and Data Warehouses

Smart Data Collective

While there is a lot of discussion about the merits of data warehouses, not enough discussion centers around data lakes. We talked about enterprise data warehouses in the past, so let’s contrast them with data lakes. Both data warehouses and data lakes are used when storing big data.

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Quantitative and Qualitative Data: A Vital Combination

Sisense

When these systems connect with external groups — customers, subscribers, shareholders, stakeholders — even more data is generated, collected, and exchanged. The result, as Sisense CEO Amir Orad wrote , is that every company is now a data company. This is quantitative data. Qualitative data benefits: Unlocking understanding.

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Building Better Data Models to Unlock Next-Level Intelligence

Sisense

The reasons for this are simple: Before you can start analyzing data, huge datasets like data lakes must be modeled or transformed to be usable. According to a recent survey conducted by IDC , 43% of respondents were drawing intelligence from 10 to 30 data sources in 2020, with a jump to 64% in 2021!