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Top Data Lakes Interview Questions

Analytics Vidhya

This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon. Introduction A data lake is a centralized repository for storing, processing, and securing massive amounts of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Data Lakes are an important […].

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A Detailed Introduction on Data Lakes and Delta Lakes

Analytics Vidhya

This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon. Introduction A data lake is a central data repository that allows us to store all of our structured and unstructured data on a large scale.

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Setting up Data Lake on GCP using Cloud Storage and BigQuery

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction A data lake is a centralized and scalable repository storing structured and unstructured data. The need for a data lake arises from the growing volume, variety, and velocity of data companies need to manage and analyze.

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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. Data Warehouses and Data Lakes in a Nutshell. A data warehouse is used as a central storage space for large amounts of structured data coming from various sources. Data Type and Processing.

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Look Out: Computer Vision in AI is Coming Into Sight

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

Unstructured data has been a significant factor in data lakes and analytics for some time. Twelve years ago, nearly a third of enterprises were working with large amounts of unstructured data. As I’ve pointed out previously , unstructured data is really a misnomer.

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Navigating Data Entities, BYOD, and Data Lakes in Microsoft Dynamics

Jet Global

There is an established body of practice around creating, managing, and accessing OLAP data (known as “cubes”). Data Lakes. There has been a lot of talk over the past year or two in the D365F&SCM world about “data lakes.” There are virtually no rules about what such data looks like. It is unstructured.

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Data Lakes on Cloud & it’s Usage in Healthcare

BizAcuity

Data lakes are centralized repositories that can store all structured and unstructured data at any desired scale. The power of the data lake lies in the fact that it often is a cost-effective way to store data. Deploying Data Lakes in the cloud. Best practices to build a Data Lake.

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