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AWS Master Data Management: Architecture, Tools and Best Practices

Data analytics success relies on providing end-users with quick access to accurate and quality data assets. Companies need a high-performing and cost-effective data architecture that allows users to access data on demand while also providing IT with data governance and management capabilities.

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Streaming Data Architecture — Key Components and Patterns

Building a modern streaming architecture ensures flexibility, enabling you to support a diverse set of use cases. It abstracts the complexity of traditional data processing architecture into a single self-service solution capable of transforming event streams into analytics-ready data warehouse.

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Automating Data Pipelines — Types, Use Cases, Best Practices

By the end of 2024 it is estimated that 75% of enterprises will shift from piloting to operationalizing AI, driving a 500% increase in streaming data and analytics infrastructures. This will make automating data pipelines even more essential. In order to fully leverage the potential of your data universe, you must acquire complete control and visibility over all of your data's sources and destinations.

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Python for FinTech — FinTech Projects and Use Cases

FinTech is a combination of the terms "finance" and "technology." It refers to any business that leverages technology to improve or automate financial services and operations. Python comes in handy in a broad range of FinTech use cases. Its clear programming language syntax and amazing ecosystem of tools make it one of the best technologies.

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How is Python Used in Finance? — Python Applications in Finance

The finance sector is evolving daily, and now financial institutions are not only concerned with finance, but also with technology as an asset. Technology provides a competitive advantage as well as increased speed in the rate and frequency of financial transactions by financial institutions, among other things. Python is the most popular programming language in finance. Because it is an object-oriented and open-source language, it is used by many large corporations, including Google, for a variety of projects.

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What is Data Maturity & How to Climb the Data Maturity Scale?

Data is one of the most valuable assets that a company can have today. Harnessing the full potential data offers can offer a wealth of benefits. You’d be surprised how many companies fall down on making the most out of data, so read on to find out how you can jump ahead of the pack in that respect. One of the best ways to do this is to understand data maturity and put yourself on the right path to climb the data maturity scale. But which data maturity models should you choose to be able to do that?

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What is Airflow and the best contexts to use it?

Apache Airflow is a platform that is used to programmatically authoring, scheduling, and monitoring workflows. It is completely open-source and is especially useful in architecting complex data pipelines.

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AWS Lambda Architecture Best Practices

With the evolution of technology from mainframe computers to personal computers and cloud computing, the one thing that is constant is the need to make technology more efficient, convenient and affordable.

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AWS Serverless Architecture — Why does it matter?

A serverless cloud computing execution model is one where the cloud provider dynamically manages the provision and allocation of servers. When you want to build an app, your development structure is broken down into two major parts. The first part includes general expectations for the running of the app, this is what AWS calls the “undifferentiated heavy lifting” generally found in every app and usually common from one to the other and includes things like setting up and running the servers where you deploy the app or running your CD tools.

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Why do you need a Data Lake, and how AWS can help you with that?

AWS provides the most comprehensive, secure, and cost-effective portfolio of services for every step of building a data lake and analytics architecture. These services include data migration, cloud infrastructure, management tools, analytics services, visualization tools, and machine learning. In this post we analyze the available solutions.

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The Modern Strategy for Your Data: Introducing AWS Data Flywheel

New data-driven apps, data lake architectures, products, and services create more data that can be stored and managed in the cloud, which allows organizations to develop new capabilities and apps, gain new insights, and deliver new products. Presented strategy is a step-wise, repeatable process, which must be run project by project, like turning a flywheel, building momentum with each turn.