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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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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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Collibra Brings Effective Data Governance to Line-of-Business

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

Collibra is a data governance software company that offers tools for metadata management and data cataloging. The software enables organizations to find data quickly, identify its source and assure its integrity.

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Use Apache Iceberg in a data lake to support incremental data processing

AWS Big Data

Apache Iceberg is an open table format for very large analytic datasets, which captures metadata information on the state of datasets as they evolve and change over time. Iceberg has become very popular for its support for ACID transactions in data lakes and features like schema and partition evolution, time travel, and rollback.

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Bridging the gap between mainframe data and hybrid cloud environments

CIO Business Intelligence

A high hurdle many enterprises have yet to overcome is accessing mainframe data via the cloud. Giving the mobile workforce access to this data via the cloud allows them to be productive from anywhere, fosters collaboration, and improves overall strategic decision-making.

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Expand data access through Apache Iceberg using Delta Lake UniForm on AWS

AWS Big Data

Under the hood, UniForm generates Iceberg metadata files (including metadata and manifest files) that are required for Iceberg clients to access the underlying data files in Delta Lake tables. Both Delta Lake and Iceberg metadata files reference the same data files.

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How Cloudinary transformed their petabyte scale streaming data lake with Apache Iceberg and AWS Analytics

AWS Big Data

When evolving such a partition definition, the data in the table prior to the change is unaffected, as is its metadata. Only data that is written to the table after the evolution is partitioned with the new definition, and the metadata for this new set of data is kept separately.

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