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Introducing Data Meshes

Before we start designing and implementing a data mesh architecture, it is important to understand Why consider a data mesh? This chapter briefly walks through the history of business intelligence (BI) and analytics. We will go through the events and transitions of how analytics has evolved over the last few decades and the current challenges that make a data mesh architecture an alternative to traditional centralized analytical systems.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Exploring the evolution of modern data analytics
  • Discovering the challenges of modern-day enterprises
  • Data as a product (DaaP)
  • Data domains
  • The data mesh solution

Exploring the evolution of modern data analytics

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