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Why big data and streaming go hand in hand
As I've previously written, data analytics historically analyzed data after it stopped moving and was stored, often in a data warehouse. But in the era of big data, data needs to be continuously analyzed while it’s still in motion – that is, while it’s streaming. This allows for capturing the real-time value of data
Why an agile mind-set will lead to better data prep and analytics
.@philsimon on the need to adopt agile methodologies for data prep and analytics.
Data preparation and data wrangling, Part 2 (yippee, bring your lasso)
In Part 1 of this two-part series, I defined data preparation and data wrangling, then raised some questions about requirements gathering in a governed environment (i.e., ODS and/or data warehouse). Now – all of us very-managed people are looking at the horizon, and we see the data lake. How do