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Published inOct 2023
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Gareth Eagar
Gareth Eagar
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Gareth Eagar

Gareth Eagar has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, starting in South Africa, working in the United Kingdom for a while, and now based in the USA. Having worked at AWS since 2017, Gareth has broad experience with a variety of AWS services, and deep expertise around building data platforms on AWS. While Gareth currently works as a Solutions Architect, he has also worked in AWS Professional Services, helping architect and implement data platforms for global customers. Gareth frequently speaks on data related topics.
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Data governance, security, and related topics are some of the most important topics to cover in a book that is all about data. Having the most efficient data pipelines, the fastest data transformations, and the best data consumption tools is not worth much if the data is not kept secure and governed correctly. Data must also be stored and accessed in a way that complies with local laws, and the data needs to be cataloged so that it is discoverable and useful to the organization.Sadly, it is not uncommon to read about data breaches and poor data handling by organizations, and the consequences of this can include reputational damage to the organization, as well as potentially massive penalties imposed by the government. It is also not uncommon for organizations to find that they have massive quantities of data, but that they are getting very little value from that data since it is siloed, of poor quality, or users...

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Published in: Oct 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804614426

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Gareth Eagar

Gareth Eagar has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, starting in South Africa, working in the United Kingdom for a while, and now based in the USA. Having worked at AWS since 2017, Gareth has broad experience with a variety of AWS services, and deep expertise around building data platforms on AWS. While Gareth currently works as a Solutions Architect, he has also worked in AWS Professional Services, helping architect and implement data platforms for global customers. Gareth frequently speaks on data related topics.
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