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Everything You Need to Know About Snowpark Architecture

August 12th, 2024 By Asimiyu Musa in Data Warehousing, Snowflake

Data professionals such as data engineers, scientists, and developers often use various tools and programming languages to get their work done. For your organization, these preferences can lead to overly…

Fivetran Pricing Model Update: What’s Changing and How It Affects Users

April 23rd, 2025 By Rajashree Bhat in Platform, Product

Key Takeaways As of March 1, 2025, Fivetran charges monthly active rows per connector rather than across your account, ending bulk-pricing benefits Predicting bills requires manual MAR estimates for each…

Cloud Data Ingestion Simplified 101

June 20th, 2024 By Suraj Poddar in Data Ingestion, Data Strategy

The surge in Big Data and Cloud Computing has created a huge demand for real-time Data Analytics. Companies rely on complex ETL (Extract Transform and Load) Pipelines that collect data…

Talend vs Airflow: Which Data Integration Tool is Right for You?

August 23rd, 2024 By Arjun Narayan in Platform, Product

Choosing the right data integration tool is crucial for managing workflows and ensuring your data pipelines are efficient and reliable. Talend and Airflow are two powerful tools in this space,…

How to Use MySQL ALTER TABLE command?

November 11th, 2024 By Christina Rini in Data Engineering

MySQL is the most popular open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Oracle Corporation, and it has become a staple for developers and data professionals.  It is very important…

Boomi vs Informatica: A Comprehensive Gartner-rated iPaaS Comparison for 2025

April 23rd, 2025 By Rajashree Bhat in Platform, Product

Today's world is all about data hence, choosing the right Integration Platform as a Service-or iPaaS-enterprises will further seek streamlined operations, better quality of data, and ease in connecting diverse…

Understanding Databricks Architecture

November 22nd, 2024 By Gagandeep Kaur in Data Warehousing

Do you have a fascination with Databricks architecture but you get lost with all the terms being used out there? Let’s break it down simply! If you are just getting…

Fivetran vs ADF: Key Differences, Features and Use Cases Compared

April 23rd, 2025 By Arjun Narayan in Platform, Product

Fivetran and Azure Data Factory, also known as ADF, are two popular names when it comes to data integration. Both powerful platforms are used for moving data sources to your…

MySQL Query Optimization: Techniques for Speeding Up Your Database Explained

December 20th, 2024 By Maria Asghar in Best Practice, Data Strategy, Database Management System, MySQL

MySQL is one of the most popular open-source relational database management systems (RDBMS)  used for various applications. As databases grow in size and complexity, it impacts overall performance of application…

What is ETL Architecture? [Diagram, Steps, Challenges and Best Practices]

January 27th, 2025 By Khawaja Abdul Ahad in Data Integration, ETL

The average organization generates 2.5 quintillion bytes1 of data daily. Businesses globally prioritize data management due to its exponential growth. How can organizations extract, convert, and load (ETL) meaningful and…

What are Databricks Materialized Views and How to Boost Query Performance Using Them?

November 15th, 2024 By Christina Rini in Data Engineering

Accessing and performing large volumes of data is crucial in data analytics and engineering. As datasets grow larger and more complex, executing queries repeatedly can become a bottleneck, slowing down…

How to Extract Snowflake Data Observability Metrics Using SQL

August 21st, 2024 By Asimiyu Musa in Data Engineering

Ensuring the quality and reliability of data is crucial in today’s data-driven world, as it is essential for making informed decisions and improving operational efficiency. This is where data observability…

Hevo vs Matillion: 6 Key Comparisons You Should Know

September 13th, 2024 By Muskan Kesharwani in Platform

Key Takeaways Hevo and Matillion both deliver powerful ELT, but they shine in different scenarios: Connectors & Setup Hevo: 150+ pre-built connectors (plus custom REST), fully no-code drag-and-drop. Matillion: 150+…

The Data Engineering Wrap-Up: 2024’s Biggest Trends

December 19th, 2024 By Sid Lasley in Data Engineering

With the year 2024 nearing its end, it is time to examine the significant trends and advancements that have impacted the field of data engineering. If you’re like me, you’ve…

Introduction to Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring

November 14th, 2024 By Maria Asghar in Data Warehousing

Databricks Lakehouse is an open data management architecture which combines the scalability, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility of data lakes with the data management and ACID transactions of data warehouses. Databricks Lakehouse…

Simplifying Business Data: The Power of Data Centralization 

December 15th, 2024 By Sarang Ravate in Data Engineering, Data Strategy

There is no denying the fact that in the modern business world, information reigns supreme because that is what is crucial in making decisions. The problem comes when this information…

Streamlining Data Management with Deletion Vectors Databricks

November 14th, 2024 By Muhammad Usman Ghani Khan in Data Warehousing

Managing today’s flood of data is not a small task. Every organization is balancing a constant stream of new information with the need to meet regulatory standards, keep data clean…

Amazon S3 Tables: AWS Has Finally Entered the Open Table Format War

December 9th, 2024 By Suraj Poddar in AWS, Data Strategy

The explosion of data from devices, applications, and systems has driven the need for scalable, efficient storage and analytics solutions. Amazon S3, known for its durability and flexibility, evolves further…

Choosing Between Star Schema and Snowflake Schema: A Comprehensive Guide

November 21st, 2024 By Neha Sharma in Data Strategy

In today’s data-driven world, choosing the right schema to store data is equally important as collecting it. Schema design plays a crucial role in the performance, scalability, and usability of…

PostgreSQL Query Optimization: 10 Best Tricks & Techniques (Explained with Code)

December 20th, 2024 By Raju Mandal in Database Management System, PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is one of the most popular open-source choices for relational databases. It is loved by engineers for its powerful features, flexibility, efficient data retrieval mechanism, and on top of…