How does a data warehouse, database, data mart and data lake work together?

How does a data warehouse, database, data mart and data lake work together?

Every organisation’s data will be unique, therefore they will require a data storage solution that is the right fit for their organisation. There are multiple options which include a data warehouse, database, data mart and data lake. Each serves a different purpose and can be used together in a connected data ecosystem or independently to […]

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Migrate data with Spark to Elasticsearch – What you need to know (1)

Migrate data with Spark to Elasticsearch – What you need to know

Migrating your data can be a challenging process, however, it can become a necessity. Organisations will migrate their data from one solution to another for multiple reasons including to reduce costs, improve performance or gain better flexibility. In this article, we will look at migrating data with Spark to Elasticsearch and if this is something […]

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Cloud Migration what you need to know

Cloud migration – what you need to know

As highlighted by Zippa, around 94% of enterprises are using cloud services in 2022, with it becoming an essential component of a great data strategy. It can help businesses become more agile, remain competitive and significantly cut costs. Organizations that are hesitant to adopt a cloud strategy may find it challenging to compete with competitors […]

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Business Intelligence Platforms – how to choose the one right for you (1)

Business Intelligence Platforms – how to choose the one right for you

What are Business Intelligence (BI) Platforms? Business Intelligence is the process of understanding an organisation’s data to better understand the business performance, current activity and results, customers and more. This helps businesses make decisions based on their data in confidence. The entire process involves collecting data from multiple sources, which can range from databases that […]

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Migrating to the cloud Choose the right cloud migration strategy

Migrating to the cloud? Choose the right cloud migration strategy

Forbes found that cloud solutions achieve a 4.01 high ROI compared to on-premise solutions, making the business case for adopting the cloud irrefutable. This statistic alone offers a great incentive for businesses to migrate to the cloud. The cloud can help businesses become agile, improve the performance of their data and easily scale up and […]

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Managed Data Services what you need to know

Managed Data Services – what you need to know

According to Global Newswire, there has been a shift from traditional in-house towards outsourcing models with around 60% of organisations being dependent on outsourcing companies. There is no evidence of a decline in this shift or approach as managed services offer several benefits, most importantly a reduction in costs. Managed services are becoming paramount across […]

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Agile Development A beginners guide

Agile development – A beginners guide

There are many different methodologies and processes that can be used for software development, and ‘agile’ is a general term for a set of frameworks that function on key principles and values involving specific activities that occur in short spaces of time, followed by reviews and adjustments, and new working cycles. By using different types […]

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Data Management as a service (DMaaS) A guide

Data Management as a service (DMaaS) – A guide

Data Management as a Service (DMaaS) is a cloud-based technology allowing companies to build and maintain data frameworks for their data needs – including receiving information, transforming data types, digging into (mining) the data, filing, and archiving, securing specific information, and transmitting information both internally and externally. […]

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