Analytics

Why Does My Business Need to Transform Data?

Fivetran pipelines reliably load your data to your chosen destination, but then what? Without joining, filtering, and aggregating your data, your business can’t produce data models to answer critical business decisions. This is why data transformations are essential to every business looking to maximize value from the data they collect from disparate sources.

The Wonderful World of Data Governance with Disney Streaming's Anita Lynch | Rise of The Data Cloud

In this episode, Anita Lynch, Vice President of Data Governance at Disney Streaming, talks about the importance of first-party data, the nuances of data governance and privacy, how to prioritize data, and much more. Connect with Anita Lynch

When to Use Change Data Capture

Automated ETL (extract, transform, load) and data integration workflows are essential for the modern data-driven organization, and they can swiftly and efficiently migrate data from sources to a target data warehouse or data lake. But ETL must run at regular intervals — or even in real-time — so how can you know which information is fresh and which information you’ve already ingested? Solving this problem is the goal of change data capture (CDC) techniques.

Why CFOs Should Champion the Consumption Business Model

Traditionally, CFOs focus on cost and cost control when managing the financial actions of a company. “Value” is assessed by putting a quantifiable number behind everything. It’s time to shift that mindset and take into account a different kind of value—the kind you can derive from an investment. Rather than worrying solely about the bottom line, ask the question: If you spend more today, what will you end up creating tomorrow?

The Future of the Modern Data Stack

The Modern Data Stack is quickly picking up steam in tech circles as the go-to cloud data architecture, and although its popularity has been quickly rising, it can be ambiguously defined at times. In this blog post we’ll discuss what it is, how it came to be, and where we see it going in the future. Regardless of whether you’re new to the modern data stack or have been an early adopter, there should be something of interest for everyone.