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Why lift-and-shift isn’t copy-and-paste

Lift-and-shift is potentially a very efficient method to move your applications to the cloud. You need to be aware, though, of the implications of the pay-as-you-go pricing model that comes with a cloud deployment. Check out our 3 tips to ensure lift-and-shift delivers the most cost-effective solution.

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How to query your S3 Data Lake using Athena within an AWS Glue Python shell job

AWS Glue, the serverless ETL service of AWS, supports two types of jobs: Spark and Python shell. In this article, we'll focus on Python shell jobs and explain how you can make optimal use of your S3 Data Lake using Athena within Python shell jobs.

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Data Mesh - Beyond the buzz

Chances are you have recently heard a lot about data mesh, a decentralized approach to sharing, accessing, and managing analytical data. So, let's dive into a practical example to help you understand what a data mesh stands for.

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Everything you really need to know about a data lakehouse

Data lakehouses are the talk of the town when it comes to data architecture. But why is that? And why is that happening right now? Let's take a refreshing dive into the history of data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses.

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