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Data Engineering Zoomcamp – Data Ingestion (Week 2)

Hepta Analytics

DE Zoomcamp 2.2.1 – Introduction to Workflow Orchestration Following last weeks blog , we move to data ingestion. We already had a script that downloaded a csv file, processed the data and pushed the data to postgres database. This week, we got to think about our data ingestion design.

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15+ Best Data Engineering Tools to Explore in 2023

Knowledge Hut

Here, we'll take a look at the top data engineer tools in 2023 that are essential for data professionals to succeed in their roles. These tools include both open-source and commercial options, as well as offerings from major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. What are Data Engineering Tools?

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A Definitive Guide to Using BigQuery Efficiently

Towards Data Science

BigQuery separates storage and compute with Google’s Jupiter network in-between to utilize 1 Petabit/sec of total bisection bandwidth. The storage system is using Capacitor, a proprietary columnar storage format by Google for semi-structured data and the file system underneath is Colossus, the distributed file system by Google.

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Unstructured Data: Examples, Tools, Techniques, and Best Practices

AltexSoft

What is unstructured data? Definition and examples Unstructured data , in its simplest form, refers to any data that does not have a pre-defined structure or organization. It can come in different forms, such as text documents, emails, images, videos, social media posts, sensor data, etc.

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Top Data Lake Vendors (Quick Reference Guide)

Monte Carlo

We continuously hear data professionals describe the advantage of the Snowflake platform as “it just works.” Snowpipe and other features makes Snowflake’s inclusion in this top data lake vendors list a no-brainer. AWS is one of the most popular data lake vendors. A picture of their Lake Formation architecture.

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The Good and the Bad of Databricks Lakehouse Platform

AltexSoft

What is Databricks Databricks is an analytics platform with a unified set of tools for data engineering, data management , data science, and machine learning. It combines the best elements of a data warehouse, a centralized repository for structured data, and a data lake used to host large amounts of raw data.

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Data Pipeline Architecture Explained: 6 Diagrams and Best Practices

Monte Carlo

Why is data pipeline architecture important? Databricks – Databricks, the Apache Spark-as-a-service platform, has pioneered the data lakehouse, giving users the options to leverage both structured and unstructured data and offers the low-cost storage features of a data lake.