In the first post of this series (here) I suggested that Hadoop could be effectively used as the platform for staging. Figure 2 describes the result. In this post I will extend the architecture by adding a data federation feature and turning the entire picture into a logical data warehouse… and then we’ll consider the…

In this series I will present a perspective on how the classic EDW architecture is changing under the influence of new technologies, new requirements, and new economics. Part 1 will show the first of three architectural changes by introducing a data lake into the picture… in Part 2 we’ll extend the picture by adding a…