Click here to learn more about Joe deBuzna. The term “hybrid cloud” has no single definition. When it was first used, it typically meant a combination of a private and public cloud. Since then, the term has taken on a broader meaning, including (public) cloud offerings from multiple vendors. For this post, I’m using Gartner’s […]
Seven Major Benefits of Using Log-Based CDC for Data Replication: A Use Case
Click here to learn more about Joe deBuzna. In this blog, we will talk about what a global water company achieved with real-time data replication. The world’s water resources are stretched beyond all previous limits, and the toughest industrial water process challenges still lay ahead. One global water technologies and solutions company (which I’ll refer […]
Trusting Data Delivery: What to Look for in a Data Validation Solution for Replication
Click here to learn more about Joe deBuzna. Many of us have experienced moving to a new home or city. And in any moving process, it’s common to end up with missing valuables or broken items that leave you wondering if you should have packed better, picked a different moving company, or just thought through […]
Data Lake or Data Warehouse?
Click here to learn more about Joe deBuzna. Abandoning a data warehouse for a data lake may not be the answer. Over the last few decades, we’ve seen an explosion in the use of data warehousing within the IT industry. It was all the rage for doing analytics and reporting. Data warehouses are popular because […]
Using CDC to Power Real-time Analytics
Click here to learn more about author Joe DeBuzna. Snowflake is the first data warehouse and analytics service to be built for the cloud. Since Snowflake’s introduction in 2012, companies have flocked to it in order to minimize costs and simplify implementation and management of their data warehouse infrastructure. With Snowflake’s cloud-native architecture, organizations no […]
What Is Data Streaming? A Data Architect’s Guide
Click to learn more about author Joe deBuzna. In the past decade, there has been an unprecedented proliferation of Big Data and Analytics. The term Big Data has been loosely used in so many different scenarios that it’s fair to say – Big Data is really what you want it to be – it’s just … […]
Four Methods of Change Data Capture
Click to learn more about author Joe deBuzna. As its name suggests, Change Data Capture (CDC) techniques are used to identify changes. CDC can be the basis to synchronize another system with the same incremental changes, or to store an audit trail of changes. The audit trail may subsequently be used for other uses e.g. to update a […]
Three Key Requirements for Continuous Integration in Cloud Environments
Click to learn more about author Joe deBuzna. In my previous blog post I discussed hybrid cloud computing. The phrase Hybrid Cloud Computing is used to describe the coexistence of multiple environments, at least one of which is a cloud environment. Hybrid cloud computing introduces new data integration requirements for data/database-dependent application. In this blog post, I will discuss […]
Hybrid Cloud Computing: What Does it Mean?
Click to learn more about author Joe deBuzna. My previous blog post, The Cloud is Now, covered motivations on why organizations adopt the Cloud, and why IT is now embracing Cloud Computing. However, a move to the Cloud can be a complex undertaking, especially for organizations running many applications or even multiple on-premises data centers. Business […]
The Cloud is Now
Click to learn more about author Joe deBuzna. Organizations have adopted the Cloud with open arms and for good reason, but not without challenges. Organizations large and small are embracing the Cloud. Data Security concerns that were prevalent in the early days of Cloud Computing have largely been addressed, and most IT departments in organizations are […]