The noble effort to build a “data-centric” culture is really a journey, not a destination. With that perspective, we can understand that no matter how good a given environment seems to be –especially compared to whatever existed before – there’s always room for enhancement. As more technologies, strategies, and disciplines emerge, the ongoing evolution ensures constant improvement. […]
Innovating with Data Mesh and Data Governance
Large organizations want to create a flexible environment to innovate and respond quickly based on new data insights. But at the same time, these businesses want some structure for good Data Quality, data fit for consumption, simplifying and speeding up data access. Using a data mesh, which is a decentralized data architecture (collecting, integrating, and analyzing […]
Data Mesh Architecture Benefits and Challenges
ThoughtWorks consultant Zhamak Dehghani created the concept of data mesh as a self-serve, domain-oriented design that later evolved into a data-as-a-product design. By integrating and analyzing data from disconnected systems all at once, the data mesh architecture benefits the organization by eliminating the need to pull data from multiple systems and preprocess it. In a […]
What Is Data Mesh?
Data mesh is a type of organization and architectural paradigm, or – in simpler words – a distributed architecture for Data Management. The goal is to provide accessibility by distributing the data in the way that the end user needs it. It allows teams to embrace a self-serve data architecture design where they can look at data as […]
Data Mesh 101
In today’s complex business environment, data lakes and data warehouses may not be sufficient to meet organizational requirements. From the perspective of agility, both data lakes and data warehouses have limitations when it comes to maintaining and managing various types of data. Enter data mesh. The idea of a data mesh was born when Zhamak Dehghani, the […]
Data Mesh Architecture Fundamentals
A data mesh architecture is a network design that allows data to be routed across multiple paths between network nodes. Whereas traditional network designs routed data along a single path, data mesh architecture enables data to be routed simultaneously across multiple paths between nodes. This architecture provides several advantages over other architectures, such as a hub-and-spoke […]
Could the Data Mesh Solve Your Data Lake Scaling Issues?
Click to learn more about author Mathias Golombek. Is data mesh architecture the right approach for your organization and its data democratization journey? In my recent blog series, I delved into one of 2021’s hottest data topics – data democratization – exploring how it can fit into a business’ overarching data strategy along with some practical advice on how to implement […]