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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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In Chapter 1, An Introduction to Data Engineering, we looked at the challenges introduced by ever-growing data sets, and how the cloud can help solve these analytic challenges. However, there are many different cloud services, open-source frameworks, file formats and architectures that can be used in analytic projects, depending on business requirements and objectives. In this chapter, we will discuss how analytical technologies have evolved and introduce the key technologies and concepts that are foundational for building modern analytical architectures, irrespective of whether you build them on AWS or elsewhere.The content in this chapter lays an important foundation, as it will provide an introduction to concepts that we will build on in the rest of the book.In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • The evolution of data management for analytics
  • A deeper dive into data warehouse concepts and architecture...
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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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