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How AI and data analytics drive demand for relevant business data

How AI and data analytics drive demand for relevant business data

October 23, 2024

Data is everywhere, but unlocking its value is often a complex task. Today, the emergence of AI makes this important job even more critical,...

Has the notion of a single data source for Financial Services run its course?

Has the notion of a single data source for Financial Services run its course?

January 20, 2023

More than any other industry, Financial Services is likely to only partially realize the elusive utopian state of 'the single source of truth' for...

Building a federated data lakehouse with Starburst Galaxy

Building a federated data lakehouse with Starburst Galaxy

January 11, 2023

We are eleven days into the new year, and I have spent the past two weeks exerting unreasonable amounts of effort trying to make...

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2023: For Data Rebels

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2023: For Data Rebels

January 5, 2023

Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared a few examples of what it means to be a data rebel. Hopefully you’ve recognized yourself in...

Simplified Cloud Storage Governance with Starburst and Immuta

Simplified Cloud Storage Governance with Starburst and Immuta

January 4, 2023

Accessing data in cloud storage has been an ongoing challenge for analysts, data engineers, and organizations as a whole. Additional work is required to...

Implications of Data Mesh: Redefining the Role of the CDO

Implications of Data Mesh: Redefining the Role of the CDO

January 3, 2023

In 2019, Zhamak Dehghani defined a new approach to manage data based on decentralized ownership of data. As a refresher, Data Mesh is based...

Over 80 Data & Analytics Statistics, Data, Trends, and Facts

Over 80 Data & Analytics Statistics, Data, Trends, and Facts

December 28, 2022

Most organizations have data and continue to generate and collect it on a daily basis, but have a far more difficult time in getting...

What Are The Different Types Of Data Products

What Are The Different Types Of Data Products

December 16, 2022

As we’ve gone from Data Mesh theory to practice, organizations have been shifting their focus towards the central tenet of Data Mesh — building...

Optimizing Operations with a Data Product Runbook

Optimizing Operations with a Data Product Runbook

December 13, 2022

As we begin to see greater maturity across the Data Mesh designs that early adopters have put in place, we can start to better...

How data and schema interact with a data lake and data warehouse

How data and schema interact with a data lake and data warehouse

December 6, 2022

After years of building enterprise data warehouses, at first glance, a data lake architecture may appear to be similar to a data warehouse. After...

Optimize your Data Products for Competitive Differentiation

Optimize your Data Products for Competitive Differentiation

November 21, 2022

A recent Gartner survey of over 2,000 CIOs highlighted the importance of accelerating the time to value from their digital investments. The survey also...

Apply Product Thinking to Data

Apply Product Thinking to Data

November 7, 2022

At Kin + Carta, we approach Data Mesh beyond the purely technical and architectural angle. Instead, as experts in Data and Product Thinking, we...

Countdown to Trino Summit 2022

Countdown to Trino Summit 2022

November 1, 2022

It’s finally here! We are closing in on the final countdown to Trino Summit 2022, and I can feel myself getting more excited with...

Risk Management and Compliance Best Practices for Data Mesh

Risk Management and Compliance Best Practices for Data Mesh

October 31, 2022

With the rising popularity of Data Mesh, risk management and compliance best practices should be integrated when a business adopts this robust data management...

Accenture Master Class: How to Adopt a Data Product Mindset

Accenture Master Class: How to Adopt a Data Product Mindset

October 17, 2022

Since Datanova: The Data Mesh Summit and our in-person executive discussions on data products and Data Mesh, we’ve been validating the data product approach...

Data Mesh TV: Data is like Water

Data Mesh TV: Data is like Water

October 14, 2022

Years ago, the phrase, “Data is the new oil” became very popular.  It was a strong statement that affirmed the importance of data. While...

The Data Virtualization Evolution is Just Beginning

The Data Virtualization Evolution is Just Beginning

October 4, 2022

Data virtualization revolutionized the data infrastructure space by serving data consumers directly on top of data stores, without the need to move data elsewhere....

Accenture Master Class: Creating Data Products

Accenture Master Class: Creating Data Products

September 27, 2022

Since Datanova: The Data Mesh Summit and our in-person executive discussions on data products and Data Mesh, we’ve been validating the data product approach...

PwC Data Mesh Study: TL;DR for Busy Executives

PwC Data Mesh Study: TL;DR for Busy Executives

September 26, 2022

Over the past few years, executives have shown interest in Data Mesh as a potential new solution to their data problems. In fact, out...

Five Exciting Big Data Trends Worth Taking a Closer Look

Five Exciting Big Data Trends Worth Taking a Closer Look

September 20, 2022

After Covid-19, many business executives faced one of the toughest leadership tests to turn this challenge into an amazing opportunity. What did the business...

The Difference Between Micro-Partitioning vs. Indexing and a Better Way

The Difference Between Micro-Partitioning vs. Indexing and a Better Way

September 8, 2022

When optimizing your analytics database performance, one of the most important decisions is to choose how data is stored and accessed. There are two...

Accenture Master Class: Why Organizations Should Create Data Products

Accenture Master Class: Why Organizations Should Create Data Products

September 6, 2022

Since Datanova: The Data Mesh Summit and our in-person executive discussions on data products and Data Mesh, we’ve been validating the data product approach...

Data Lake Solutions Foster a Range of Analytics Use Cases

Data Lake Solutions Foster a Range of Analytics Use Cases

August 31, 2022

Data lakes enable the implemention of a wide range of solutions, including raw data collection, flexible data access for users, and building fast and...

Identify threats faster with a security data lake

Identify threats faster with a security data lake

August 26, 2022

The glory days of SIEM are over. Security teams are not only measured by their ability to collect as much data as possible, but...

Data Mesh TV: Better Business Results & Storytelling with The Data Whisperer

Data Mesh TV: Better Business Results & Storytelling with The Data Whisperer

August 3, 2022

He is a superhero (Master Data), he is The Data Whisperer and he is a very funny guest. Scott Taylor joined us for episode...

Data Mesh TV: Data Monetization with Data Mesh

Data Mesh TV: Data Monetization with Data Mesh

July 19, 2022

Sure, data is valuable, but quantifying that value is difficult for most organizations. In this episode of Data Mesh TV, we discuss how Data...

Starburst Lakehouse: Data Warehouse Functionality, Without The Cost

Starburst Lakehouse: Data Warehouse Functionality, Without The Cost

July 14, 2022

Next-Gen data management and analytics strategies We’ve all lived it. Heard it. Adapted to it. The next analytics strategy with numerous ‘modern’ technologies to...

A Better Solution For Managing and Maintaining Data Pipelines, Now In Public Preview

A Better Solution For Managing and Maintaining Data Pipelines, Now In Public Preview

July 6, 2022

Customers who want a single, super fast and easy-to-use solution for both interactive and longer-running data pipeline queries now have a solution: take advantage...

SOC 2 Type 2 Certification: What A Ride And Wonderful Accomplishment!

SOC 2 Type 2 Certification: What A Ride And Wonderful Accomplishment!

June 30, 2022

I’ve been at Starburst now for over a year and it has been a great joy to work here and be associated with such...

Starburst Acquires Varada To Deliver Faster (and Cheaper) Data Lake Analytics

Starburst Acquires Varada To Deliver Faster (and Cheaper) Data Lake Analytics

June 23, 2022

I’m excited to announce the acquisition of Varada, a data analytics accelerator, based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. Varada offers a data lake analytics...

Employee Perspective: Accelerating Data-Driven Insights in AdTech

Employee Perspective: Accelerating Data-Driven Insights in AdTech

June 16, 2022

Before I joined Starburst, I worked in the AdTech industry where companies buy and sell user data for online targeting advertisement campaigns or ML/AI-based...

Let’s Get Granular: Why Granularity Impacts Role-Based Access Control

Let’s Get Granular: Why Granularity Impacts Role-Based Access Control

June 14, 2022

About a month into my first job I finished building my first data pipeline ever. I soaked in the “I Made THAT!” moment, and...

Data Mesh TV: Leveraging International Data Management Standards In Your Data Mesh

Data Mesh TV: Leveraging International Data Management Standards In Your Data Mesh

June 7, 2022

Long before big data, data management was seen as a formidable opponent and we continue to strive for better ways of having a better...

The Benefit Of Using An Externally-Audited Data Analytics Solution

The Benefit Of Using An Externally-Audited Data Analytics Solution

June 2, 2022

As a business begins to see the challenges of distributed data access, the selection of a query engine becomes critical for business operations.  For...

More than a 100 Data Products: Vista Leverages Valuable Data with a Data Mesh

More than a 100 Data Products: Vista Leverages Valuable Data with a Data Mesh

June 1, 2022

At Vista, we strive to help small businesses grow, find new customers and live out their dreams. We give businesses the ability to create...

Data Lake Analytics for Smart, Modern Data Management

Data Lake Analytics for Smart, Modern Data Management

May 27, 2022

Best-in-class organizations need fast, reliable data analytics that enable business leadership to identify patterns and key insights that will help them predict the best...

The Past, Present, and Future of Trino

The Past, Present, and Future of Trino

May 24, 2022

Recently, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ravit Jain on his show “The Ravit Show” to discuss the evolution of Trino and where...

An Introduction to the Data Mesh Execution Model

An Introduction to the Data Mesh Execution Model

May 17, 2022

In our last post, we covered how to determine whether Data Mesh is right for your organization. It was a post that we extended...

Early Adoption of the Self-Service Data Infrastructure

Early Adoption of the Self-Service Data Infrastructure

May 16, 2022

Ten years ago, an earlier version of Data Mesh — self­-service data infrastructure and data as a product — was implemented at British Telecom...

Data Mesh TV: Building A Digital Operations Model With A Data Mesh

Data Mesh TV: Building A Digital Operations Model With A Data Mesh

May 12, 2022

Data-driven organizations are modernizing and transforming their operating model to exploit new and existing digital capabilities. The transformation imperative is responding to the demand...

Eight Considerations To Determine Whether Data Mesh Is Right For Your Organization

Eight Considerations To Determine Whether Data Mesh Is Right For Your Organization

May 3, 2022

As Data Mesh early adopters have gained momentum within their respective organizations and moved beyond what Data Mesh is, now the question that’s asked...

Starburst and Data Products: The Key to a Data Mesh

Starburst and Data Products: The Key to a Data Mesh

April 28, 2022

The key to success for any company is deriving business value from data in a robust, scalable, and timely fashion. A huge part of...

Unlocking the Value of a Data Mesh Through Metadata

Unlocking the Value of a Data Mesh Through Metadata

April 21, 2022

Discoverable. Understandable. Trustworthy. These are just a few of the key ideas of a Data Mesh infrastructure. Go through all of them and you’ll...

Data Mesh TV: Overcoming Data Access Challenges

Data Mesh TV: Overcoming Data Access Challenges

March 29, 2022

We have been addressing data access challenges for a long time. For many years, the objective was to lock data down. We built layers...

Simplifying Policy Enforcement for Your Data Mesh with Starburst Enterprise and Immuta

Simplifying Policy Enforcement for Your Data Mesh with Starburst Enterprise and Immuta

March 23, 2022

This blog was co-authored by Alex Breshears, Product Manager at Starburst In today’s global economy, it’s impossible to understate the importance of being able...

How data mesh and a data fabric are fundamentally changing the role of the data engineer

How data mesh and a data fabric are fundamentally changing the role of the data engineer

March 15, 2022

In the last year, Data Mesh has become one of the most talked-about topics in the data analytics space. As companies struggle to unlock...

The 2022 State of Data: A Sneak Peek

The 2022 State of Data: A Sneak Peek

March 10, 2022

I participated in a panel discussion with Karl Eklund, Principal Architect at Red Hat, and William Schnoeppner, Director of Research and Consulting at EMA...

Gartner® Report: Are Data Fabric and Data Mesh the Same or Different?

Gartner® Report: Are Data Fabric and Data Mesh the Same or Different?

March 7, 2022

Data Fabric and Data Mesh continue to sustain legions of hype and debate. Data and analytics leaders are longing for a new roadmap, beyond...

Jump Start Your Data Mesh Strategy

Jump Start Your Data Mesh Strategy

March 4, 2022

There is business urgency to deliver data-driven results today. The Data Mesh journey will require a transformational change program (people & process), but getting...

Data Mesh TV: A CDO Discussion on the Data Mesh Journey

Data Mesh TV: A CDO Discussion on the Data Mesh Journey

February 23, 2022

Imagine with us, you are the CDO and you're building strategic alignment to start a Data Mesh program. Executives have read the business case...

The Benefits of a Big Data SQL Query Engine

The Benefits of a Big Data SQL Query Engine

February 16, 2022

So why use a big data SQL query engine? Well, have you suffered from the following problems with processing and analyzing big data via...

Data Mesh TV: Quantifying Risk on a Mesh

Data Mesh TV: Quantifying Risk on a Mesh

February 8, 2022

In a recent episode of Data Mesh TV, I spoke with Adrian Estala, VP of Data Mesh Consulting Services on quantifying risk. ...

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2022: #5, Join our Immuta-Sponsored Data Product Lab

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2022: #5, Join our Immuta-Sponsored Data Product Lab

February 2, 2022

Let this summit be the one that will pull you out of your PJs and into the data products lab with your lab coat...

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2022: #3, Hear Customer Stories

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2022: #3, Hear Customer Stories

January 28, 2022

Start off the year right by registering for our two-day virtual conference, Datanova: The Data Mesh Summit. As of late, with the rise of...

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2022: #4, Accenture Master Class

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2022: #4, Accenture Master Class

January 19, 2022

So far, we’ve highlighted a few reasons why you should attend Datanova: The Data Mesh Summit: The Woz and Justin Borgman. The next reason...

Don’t Hit Reset On Your Digital Transformation

Don’t Hit Reset On Your Digital Transformation

January 18, 2022

Digital transformation reimagines business models by integrating digital capabilities with people and processes. Over the past few years, you’ve made material investments in your...

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: Principle of Federated Computational Governance

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: Principle of Federated Computational Governance

January 11, 2022

Despite the investments and effort poured into next-generation data storage systems, data warehouses and data lakes have failed to provide data engineers, data analysts,...

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2022: #6, Zhamak Dehghani, Creator of Data Mesh

6 Reasons to Attend Datanova 2022: #6, Zhamak Dehghani, Creator of Data Mesh

January 7, 2022

The self-professed “troublemaker” Zhamak Dehghani, who coined Data Mesh will join us for not one but two sessions! ...

Data Mesh: Federated Computational Governance

Data Mesh: Federated Computational Governance

January 4, 2022

Data Mesh is based on four central concepts, the fourth of which is federated computational governance. In this blog, we’ll explore what that means...

Enabling Data Sovereignty with Starburst Stargate

Enabling Data Sovereignty with Starburst Stargate

December 29, 2021

In the data analytics and compliance world, data sovereignty is a concept that has our attention. Policy makers suggest that the best way to...

2022-25 Data Strategy: Three New Actionable Ideas for the CDO

2022-25 Data Strategy: Three New Actionable Ideas for the CDO

December 15, 2021

As a former CDO, I know that CDOs and digital transformation leaders are currently refreshing their 2022-25 strategies and looking for new ways to...

Starburst Stargate: One Cluster to Rule Them All

Starburst Stargate: One Cluster to Rule Them All

December 9, 2021

I think of Starburst Stargate as the Lord of the Rings feature. Or the galactic empire feature. In a prior blog post, I introduced...

Data Mesh: Self-Service Data Infrastructure

Data Mesh: Self-Service Data Infrastructure

December 7, 2021

Data Mesh is based on four central concepts, the third of which is self-service data infrastructure. In this blog, we’ll explore what that means...

Starburst Achieves AWS Data & Analytics Competency

Starburst Achieves AWS Data & Analytics Competency

November 23, 2021

Starburst is pleased to announce that we have achieved our Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data & Analytics Competency! ...

Data Fabric vs. Data Mesh: What’s the Difference?

Data Fabric vs. Data Mesh: What’s the Difference?

November 18, 2021

I am increasingly getting asked about Data Fabric vs Data Mesh. They are both emerging paradigms designed to solve a prevalent problem in modern...

Data Mesh: 6 Myths and Misconceptions

Data Mesh: 6 Myths and Misconceptions

November 9, 2021

According to Gartner’s recent research1, IT budgets are on the rise as companies have a vested interest in technologies aimed at composability. Mastering the...

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: Principle of Self-Service Data Platform

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: Principle of Self-Service Data Platform

October 26, 2021

Despite the investments and effort poured into next-generation data storage systems, data warehouses and data lakes have failed to provide data engineers, data analysts,...

Data Mesh: Data as a Product

Data Mesh: Data as a Product

October 21, 2021

Data Mesh is based on four central concepts, the second of which is data as a product. In this blog, we’ll explore what that...

Data Mesh Architecture: Domain-oriented Ownership

Data Mesh Architecture: Domain-oriented Ownership

October 14, 2021

A data mesh architecture is based on four central concepts, the first of which is domain-oriented ownership.  In this blog, we’ll explore what that...

Data as a Product

Data as a Product

October 5, 2021

Despite the investments and effort poured into next-generation data storage systems, data warehouses and data lakes have failed to provide data engineers, data analysts,...

The Analytics Engine for Distributed Data

The Analytics Engine for Distributed Data

October 1, 2021

The idea of a single source of truth has been around since the beginning of big data. However, over the years, through the data...

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: Principle of Domain Ownership

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: Principle of Domain Ownership

September 21, 2021

Despite the investments and effort poured into next-generation data storage systems, monolithic, centralized data warehouses and data lakes have failed to provide the line...

Data Mesh: Embracing Decentralized Data Paradigms

Data Mesh: Embracing Decentralized Data Paradigms

September 20, 2021

Many data and analytics practitioners have heard about this socio-technical paradigm shift, Data Mesh, and would like to learn more. But before describing what...

Does the data mesh make data integration harder?

Does the data mesh make data integration harder?

September 17, 2021

Every five years, a small group of leaders in the data management research community get together to do a self assessment --- what are...

Countdown to Big Data LDN

Countdown to Big Data LDN

September 17, 2021

We’re only days away from the biggest data and analytics event in the UK: Big Data LDN. The Starburst EMEA team is more than...

How Data Mesh Scales Data Virtualization

How Data Mesh Scales Data Virtualization

September 15, 2021

Today’s business forecast: sunny with a 100% chance of data driving our economy. It’s a fact that data leaders and organizations want to make...

The Intelligent Edge

The Intelligent Edge

September 13, 2021

Today’s digital world is an expanding frontier of emerging technologies. There are endless innovations, inspired by data, informed by data, enabled by data, and...

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: After the Inflection Point

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: After the Inflection Point

August 24, 2021

Despite the investments and effort poured into next-generation data storage systems, data warehouses and data lakes have failed to provide data engineers, data analysts,...

Hybrid Distributed Data Store and RDBMS

Hybrid Distributed Data Store and RDBMS

August 12, 2021

As companies shift their analytical ecosystems from on-premise to cloud and try to avoid “data lock-in”, we’re noticing some very interesting data patterns. This...

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: The Inflection Point

Data Mesh Book Bulletin: The Inflection Point

August 10, 2021

Despite the investments and effort poured into next-generation data storage systems, data warehouses and data lakes have failed to provide data engineers, data analysts,...

Data Federation and Data Virtualization Never Worked in the Past But Now it’s Different

Data Federation and Data Virtualization Never Worked in the Past But Now it’s Different

July 13, 2021

Thirty years ago it was already commonplace for large businesses to have hundreds --- even thousands of different database instances managing data from the...

What is Data Literacy?

What is Data Literacy?

July 6, 2021

As I walked out of my lecture on data literacy in New York a few years back, a member of the audience told me,...

Query Federation Made Simple at Comcast

Query Federation Made Simple at Comcast

June 24, 2021

The media and telecommunications provider now known as Comcast began as a regional operator with just five channels and 12,000 customers. Today, Comcast has...

Trino on Ice IV: Deep Dive Into Iceberg Internals

Trino on Ice IV: Deep Dive Into Iceberg Internals

June 8, 2021

Trino on ice I: A gentle introduction to Iceberg Trino on ice II: In-place table evolution and cloud compatibility with Iceberg Trino on ice...

Gartner Report Provides Actionable Advice on How to Modernize Your Data Strategy

Gartner Report Provides Actionable Advice on How to Modernize Your Data Strategy

June 2, 2021

The pace of digital adoption is impossible to ignore, yet many data and analytics teams continue to follow the same conventional practices rather than...

Starburst Supports Launch of Delta Sharing, the First Open Protocol for Secure Data Sharing

Starburst Supports Launch of Delta Sharing, the First Open Protocol for Secure Data Sharing

May 26, 2021

At Starburst, we believe in building optionality into your data architecture & strategy. To us, optionality means building for flexibility so that you don’t...

Trino on Ice III: Iceberg Concurrency Model, Snapshots, and the Iceberg Spec

Trino on Ice III: Iceberg Concurrency Model, Snapshots, and the Iceberg Spec

May 25, 2021

Trino on ice I: A gentle introduction to Iceberg Trino on ice II: In-place table evolution and cloud compatibility with Iceberg Trino on ice...

Data Pandemic Stories: How Data Drives Digital Transformation in a Crisis, by EMIS

Data Pandemic Stories: How Data Drives Digital Transformation in a Crisis, by EMIS

May 12, 2021

After insightful data pandemic stories from Tableau, Privacera, and Promethium, we’re happy to bring you a story from Richard Jarvis, Chief Analytics Officer at...

Trino on Ice II: In-Place Table Evolution and Cloud Compatibility with Iceberg

Trino on Ice II: In-Place Table Evolution and Cloud Compatibility with Iceberg

May 11, 2021

Trino on ice I: A gentle introduction to Iceberg Trino on ice II: In-place table evolution and cloud compatibility with Iceberg Trino on ice...

Trino On Ice I: A Gentle Introduction To Iceberg

Trino On Ice I: A Gentle Introduction To Iceberg

April 27, 2021

Trino on ice I: A gentle introduction to Iceberg Trino on ice II: In-place table evolution and cloud compatibility with Iceberg Trino on ice...

Data Mesh: The Answer to the Data Warehouse Hypocrisy

Data Mesh: The Answer to the Data Warehouse Hypocrisy

March 25, 2021

Note: I start this piece with some technical background that has nothing to do with the data mesh, and is only relevant to data...

The Future of Analytics: In Conversation With Matt Fuller

The Future of Analytics: In Conversation With Matt Fuller

February 5, 2021

Datanova is just next week. More than 2,000 data and analytics leaders will join us to learn more about how to unlock the value...

Starburst Secrets – Hiding Sensitive Presto Credentials

Starburst Secrets – Hiding Sensitive Presto Credentials

August 26, 2020

As Presto continues to rapidly become the SQL engine of choice powering the modern big data consumption layer, security is at the top of...

The Death of Apache Drill

The Death of Apache Drill

August 6, 2020

One of the things that really drew me to and got me excited about Trino over 4 years ago was that it wasn’t tied...

Consumption Layers 101

Consumption Layers 101

July 12, 2019

The typical big data infrastructure is a Frankenstein’s monster of legacy hardware, cloud connections, and storage environments. Data exists in different silos, in every...

"I Got Options" - The Power of Optionality in Enterprise Data Architectures

July 9, 2019

“I got, I got, I got, I got options” - Pitbull It’s the 1980s and computers are revolutionizing industries of all shapes and sizes.  A...

Starburst Enterprise & Databricks Delta Lake Support

Starburst Enterprise & Databricks Delta Lake Support

June 13, 2019

TL;DR - There is now Starburst Enterprise Databricks Delta Lake compatibility.   Delta Lake The big data ecosystem has many components but the one...

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