Tag: data transformation
Astronomer’s High Hopes for New DataOps Platform
Astronomer last month rolled out a new observability product called Astro Observe that’s aimed at giving customers the full picture of how their data is flowing using Apache Airflow, the open source data orchestration Read more…
Still Too Much Duct Tape in Data Transformation, dbt Labs’ Handy Says
While real progress has been made in streamlining some aspects of big data analytics workflows, there is still too much duct tape keeping it all together, according to Tristan Handy, the founder and CEO of dbt Labs, whic Read more…
J.P. Morgan Launches ‘Containerized Data’ Solution in the Cloud
Getting access to consistent, high-quality data ranks as one of the toughest challenges in big data, advanced analytics, and AI. It’s a challenge that is being taken up by Fusion by J.P. Morgan with its new Containeriz Read more…
Matillion Bringing AI to Data Pipelines
Data engineers historically have toiled away in the virtual basement, doing the dirty work of spinning raw data into something usable by data scientists and analysts. The advent of generative AI is changing the nature of Read more…
DataForge Sets New Standard for the Future of Data Platforms
Data engineering often requires the utilization of SQL scripting for data transformation within the database. However, this can result in lengthy scripts, recurring copy-paste patterns, the need for schema changes across Read more…
Data Quality Getting Worse, Report Says
For as long as “big data” has been a thing, data quality has been a big question mark. Working with data to make it suitable for analysis was the task that data professionals spent the bulk of their time doing 15 yea Read more…
Tristan Handy’s Audacious Vision of the Future of Data Engineering
Tristan Handy is a lot of things: co-creator of dbt, founder and CEO of dbt Labs, and self-described “startup person.” But besides leading dbt Labs to a $4 billion valuation, he is one more thing: An audacious dreame Read more…
dbt Labs Tackles Data Project Complexity with Mesh at Coalesce
Adoption of dbt has skyrocketed since it was launched just seven years ago, and today, more than 30,000 organizations use the open source software in production. The complexity of data projects has also increased, with 5 Read more…
Starburst Brings Dataframes Into Trino Platform
Starburst customers who prefer to manipulate data using dataframes as opposed to regular SQL will be happy with a pair of announcements made today. That includes the introduction of PyStarburst, which provides a PySpark- Read more…
In Search of Data Model Repeatability
Everybody wants to be data-driven--that much is clear. But that desire doesn’t necessarily translate into real business results, especially in competitive industries like ecommerce. Data quality has long been a burr Read more…
Semantic Layer Belongs in Middleware, and dbt Wants to Deliver It
The folks at dbt Labs think the data transformation tool is the proper place to implement and manage a semantic data layer, as opposed to the BI tool or the data warehouse, where it has traditionally resided. And later t Read more…
Data Integration and Observability Provider Crux Nabs $50m in Funding
Crux, a cloud-based provider of data integration and observability tools that claims to have more than 250 data connectors, today announced that it raised $50 million in a Series B round of venture capital. The San Franc Read more…
Inside AutoTrader UK’s Data Observability Pipeline
In the course of shifting its analytics estate to the cloud, AutoTrader UK has adopted many new tools and technologies, including BigQuery, Looker, and dbt, which have helped to democratize data access among users. Along Read more…
8 Key Considerations for Embarking on a Data Integrity Journey
Modern enterprises are reliant on data, and as the volume of it increases, making that data useful is absolutely critical. However, more data also means the likelihood of incomplete, inconsistent data sets is on the rise Read more…
The ‘Rage Design’ Behind Flatfile’s Onboarding Success
David Boskovic was excited to join a company called Envoy back in 2016. He had worked with B2B startups since he was 18, and was looking forward to helping another tech startup scale an idea. But that excitement turned t Read more…
AWS Tackles Real-Time Data Transformation with S3 Object Lambda
Cloud object stores like S3 have become the default storage repository for many companies. But operational challenges arise when one tries to use a single object store as a universal repository for multiple applications, Read more…
Cloud Is the New Center of Gravity for Data Warehousing
The great migration of data into the cloud didn’t start in 2020, but it certainly accelerated throughout the year. And according to a new survey from IDG, the overwhelming majority of companies are planning to expand t Read more…
Informatica Likes Its Chances in the Cloud
Quick: Name a company that made its name in the 1990s and 2000s by providing data integration tools for enterprise analytics running in on-prem data centers, but has since pivoted the cloud and was even named Snowflake� Read more…
Why You Need Data Transformation in Machine Learning
Thanks to machine learning and the advancements in software and technology, enterprises can now process and understand their data much faster using modern tools with established algorithms. This effectively allows them t Read more…
How ML Helps Solve the Big Data Transform/Mastering Problem
Despite the astounding technological progress in big data analytics, we largely have yet to move past manual techniques for important tasks, such as data transformation and master data management. As data volumes grow, t Read more…