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Modernize your legacy databases with AWS data lakes, Part 2: Build a data lake using AWS DMS data on Apache Iceberg

AWS Big Data

This is part two of a three-part series where we show how to build a data lake on AWS using a modern data architecture. This post shows how to load data from a legacy database (SQL Server) into a transactional data lake ( Apache Iceberg ) using AWS Glue. Delete the bucket.

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Enriching metadata for accurate text-to-SQL generation for Amazon Athena

AWS Big Data

Enterprise data is brought into data lakes and data warehouses to carry out analytical, reporting, and data science use cases using AWS analytical services like Amazon Athena , Amazon Redshift , Amazon EMR , and so on. Table metadata is fetched from AWS Glue. The generated Athena SQL query is run.

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Run Apache XTable in AWS Lambda for background conversion of open table formats

AWS Big Data

Initially, data warehouses were the go-to solution for structured data and analytical workloads but were limited by proprietary storage formats and their inability to handle unstructured data. Eventually, transactional data lakes emerged to add transactional consistency and performance of a data warehouse to the data lake.

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How BMW streamlined data access using AWS Lake Formation fine-grained access control

AWS Big Data

To achieve this, they aimed to break down data silos and centralize data from various business units and countries into the BMW Cloud Data Hub (CDH). This led to inefficiencies in data governance and access control.

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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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How EUROGATE established a data mesh architecture using Amazon DataZone

AWS Big Data

The following requirements were essential to decide for adopting a modern data mesh architecture: Domain-oriented ownership and data-as-a-product : EUROGATE aims to: Enable scalable and straightforward data sharing across organizational boundaries. Eliminate centralized bottlenecks and complex data pipelines.

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Monitoring Apache Iceberg metadata layer using AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, and AWS CloudWatch

AWS Big Data

In the era of big data, data lakes have emerged as a cornerstone for storing vast amounts of raw data in its native format. They support structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, offering a flexible and scalable environment for data ingestion from multiple sources.

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