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Data Engineering with AWS
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Data Engineering with AWS

by Gareth Eagar
December 2021
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
482 pages
11h 27m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Data Engineering

Data engineering is a fast-growing career path, and a role in high demand, as data becomes ever more critical to organizations of all sizes. For those that enjoy the challenge of putting together the "puzzle pieces" that build out complex data pipelines to ingest raw data, and to then transform and optimize that data for various data consumers, it can be a really rewarding career.

In this chapter, we look at the many ways that data has become an important and valuable corporate asset. We also review some of the challenges that organizations face as they deal with increasing volumes of data, and how data engineers can use cloud-based services to help overcome these challenges. We then set the foundations ...

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