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Published inMar 2022
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ISBN-139781801815932
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Pradeep Menon
Pradeep Menon
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Pradeep Menon

Pradeep Menon is a seasoned data analytics professional with more than 18 years of experience in data and AI. Pradeep can balance business and technical aspects of any engagement and cross-pollinate complex concepts across many industries and scenarios. Currently, Pradeep works as a data and AI strategist at Microsoft. In this role, he is responsible for driving big data and AI adoption for Microsoft’s strategic customers across Asia. Pradeep is also a distinguished speaker and blogger and has given numerous keynotes on cloud technologies, data, and AI.
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This chapter covered the data analytics layer, which is a vital element in a data lakehouse. We explained that transforming data into insights is the core aim of any data analytics platform, and we looked at how this can be achieved in detail.

We started by exploring some of the different business requirements of data analytics. Then, we covered different users and how they interact with data analytics. We showed how descriptive and advanced analytics form the broad categories of analytics that organizations typically require. We then discussed the characteristics of these categories in detail. Next, we drilled down into different analytics capabilities within these categories. After that, we discussed five analytics capabilities that are important for fulfilling the analytical needs of an organization.

We then mapped the three components of the data analytics layer with their analytics capabilities. Finally, the chapter discussed the sub-components required in each of...

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Published in: Mar 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801815932

Author (1)

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Pradeep Menon

Pradeep Menon is a seasoned data analytics professional with more than 18 years of experience in data and AI. Pradeep can balance business and technical aspects of any engagement and cross-pollinate complex concepts across many industries and scenarios. Currently, Pradeep works as a data and AI strategist at Microsoft. In this role, he is responsible for driving big data and AI adoption for Microsoft’s strategic customers across Asia. Pradeep is also a distinguished speaker and blogger and has given numerous keynotes on cloud technologies, data, and AI.
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