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How Apache Iceberg Is Changing the Face of Data Lakes

Snowflake

Data storage has been evolving, from databases to data warehouses and expansive data lakes, with each architecture responding to different business and data needs. Traditional databases excelled at structured data and transactional workloads but struggled with performance at scale as data volumes grew.

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Why Open Table Format Architecture is Essential for Modern Data Systems

phData: Data Engineering

The world we live in today presents larger datasets, more complex data, and diverse needs, all of which call for efficient, scalable data systems. Though basic and easy to use, traditional table storage formats struggle to keep up. Track data files within the table along with their column statistics.

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Hands-On Introduction to Delta Lake with (py)Spark

Towards Data Science

Concepts, theory, and functionalities of this modern data storage framework Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Introduction I think it’s now perfectly clear to everybody the value data can have. To use a hyped example, models like ChatGPT could only be built on a huge mountain of data, produced and collected over years.

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The State of Data Engineering in 2024: Key Insights and Trends

Data Engineering Weekly

Grab’s Metasense , Uber’s DataK9 , and Meta’s classification systems use AI to automatically categorize vast data sets, reducing manual efforts and improving accuracy. Beyond classification, organizations now use AI for automated metadata generation and data lineage tracking, creating more intelligent data infrastructures.

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The Evolution of Table Formats

Monte Carlo

As organizations seek greater value from their data, data architectures are evolving to meet the demand — and table formats are no exception. At its core, a table format is a sophisticated metadata layer that defines, organizes, and interprets multiple underlying data files.

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DataOps Architecture: 5 Key Components and How to Get Started

Databand.ai

A DataOps architecture is the structural foundation that supports the implementation of DataOps principles within an organization. It encompasses the systems, tools, and processes that enable businesses to manage their data more efficiently and effectively. As a result, they can be slow, inefficient, and prone to errors.

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Data Pipeline Observability: A Model For Data Engineers

Databand.ai

They’re betting their business on it and that the data pipelines that run it will continue to work. Context is crucial (and often lacking) A major cause of data quality issues and pipeline failures are transformations within those pipelines. Most data architecture today is opaque—you can’t tell what’s happening inside.