This Article originally appeared in ITProfessional Magazine.
"Data lakes” has become the new buzzword for organizations dealing with never-ending and increasingly complex and costly requirements for using all of their data sources to produce value. Whether that value is in analyzing past performance, predicting customer needs, automating processes, or creating new products and services, the building block of any of these value streams is data—in all of its shapes, sizes, speeds, formats, quality, and richness...