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Do You Speak Data🤔? A Case for Data Literacy

With data becoming an invaluable asset, the ability to understand, analyse, and utilize it is more critical than ever. We provide an insightful exploration of data literacy, shedding light on the roles of data consumers and data producers. Discover how data fluent cultures and robust data product ecosystems can transform your organization into a data literate powerhouse.

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Microsoft Fabric: The Game-Changer in Data Analytics?

Microsoft introduced Fabric this week. Possibly and probably the game-changing solution that can transform data analytics and integration. We dived into what Microsoft has unveiled with Microsoft Fabric and how this can impact Data Engineers, Analysts and Scientists. But we also have some open questions that we will answer once we are finished testing this exciting technology.

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A Culture of Support: How Datashift Helped Me Grow as a Data Engineer

When Pieter joined Datashift as a data engineer, he was initially taken aback by the new challenges ahead of him. Despite having prior experience as a data analyst, he knew that data engineering would require him to learn a whole new set of tools and technologies. However, Pieter quickly found that he could rely on his colleagues at Datashift for support and guidance. Read his complete story here.

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5 factors that make your data team successful

What makes a data team succeed? Over the years, we at Datashift have worked closely with many clients to create long-term value using their data. In the process, we've identified 5 factors essential to making data teams successful.

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Spark your Infrastructure: Terraform to deploy AWS Glue Pyspark job

Tired of manually provisioning and managing your infrastructure? Well, then it's time to adopt best practices and treat your infrastructure as code. In this blog post, we’ll be diving into the world of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using one of the most popular tools available - Terraform.

By the end of this post, you’ll have a better understanding of how to leverage Terraform to deploy your AWS Glue Pyspark jobs, giving you a more automated and scalable infrastructure. So, let’s get started and spark your infrastructure!

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AI for every business

How can you successfully generate business value from AI? For sure, it is no easy task to get started with AI and machine learning. So check our practical examples of how AI technology and machine learning algorithms can be applied to 8 business domains.

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Why Collibra is the best data governance tool

Data governance is no longer optional. Businesses are on a path to data-driven decision-making and privacy laws are dictating the need for data integrity, security and compliancy. Choosing the right data governance software is an essential part of the road to data mastery. In this article we discuss why we believe Collibra is the best data governance tool in the market.

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Why software engineering best practices matter so much in data projects

With the rise of modern data platforms and cloud-based solutions, BI has become just one part of a much larger data ecosystem. This evolution has presented data teams with a host of new challenges, primarily in terms of the skills and expertise to create and manage data products that meet the needs of data consumers.

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Let’s face it: data doesn’t drive business value

Like oil, data has no value in its raw format. Instead, the value of your data lies in its potential to generate insights or products: it needs to be extracted, refined, and processed before it can generate value. So what does it cost to create value from your data? And how to quantify the business value of a data project?

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