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AWS re:Invent 2022 - More Orchestration, More Collaboration, More Streaming Data - in Real-time!

What an incredible week in Las Vegas for this year’s annual AWS re:Invent conference. The last time we were in-person for re:Invent pre-Covid, the show had grown to over 60,000 attendees. This year the energy and sheer volume of activity felt like we were right back there. The difference from 2019 in where the industry is, however, was readily on display throughout the week.

Key criteria in software selection - Support

I used to work with organizations to support their software evaluations, selections, and implementations. What regularly started as a desire for greater visibility into data, generally turned into a need for better management of data across their ecosystems. Basically, organizations cannot look at individual data and analytics projects without evaluating their needs in a cohesive manner. The reality is that selecting a new set of tools for data optimization requires a lot of effort.

Keboola and Snowflake Inspire Companies To Simplify Their Data Architecture

In this episode of “Data Cloud Now,” host Ryan Green chats with Pavel Dolezal and Petr Hunka of Keboola about a new wave of interest among businesses to take advantage of the latest developments in Snowflake and Keboola technologies to simplify their data architectures. “People are now more interested in changing the whole company to be data driven, changing business processes with AI, instead of changing just one part,” says Dolezal, “And Snowflake has definitely changed how the game is played.”

Defining a Technical Architecture

When doing long-term planning for an organization, it is really helpful to start with a statement of what the architecture is and what that architecture will encompass. The architectural definition of the technology that will be used will serve as a long-term guide for making technical decisions. In addition, a properly built architecture serves as an instrument of focus, direction, and prioritization for the organization.