What is a Data Lake?
A data lake is a system or storage repository that holds vast amounts of raw data. Typically stored in its native format of “data as-is,” without having to structure it, data lakes offer organizations numerous benefits that complement their existing analytic strategies. As an essential piece of the Data Management structure, data often takes its form through dashboards and visualizations to big data processing, real-time analytics, and machine learning to guide better business decisions.

Course Description
A data lake is a system or storage repository that holds vast amounts of raw data. Typically stored in its native format of “data as-is,” without having to structure it, data lakes offer organizations numerous benefits that complement their existing analytic strategies. As an essential piece of the Data Management structure, data often takes its form through dashboards and visualizations to big data processing, real-time analytics, and machine learning to guide better business decisions.
The “What is…?” series of data fundamentals courses, along with associated packaged Learning Plans, are meant to help data and non-data professionals build a common language and understanding between them on significant data-related topics such as Data Management, Data Governance, Data Stewardship, Data Modeling, Data Architecture, and many others.
These courses provide a means to develop a level of cooperative understanding between business users, executives, teams, and technical professionals across your organization, so that everyone can be on the same page as you move forward with your data programs and initiatives.
Purpose
To gain a solid understanding in the core concepts of a data lake and why it is an instrumental Data Management platform.
Outcome:
- Learn textbook and practical definitions of data lakes
- Understand how to deal with complex and diversified data
- Identify how to store different types of data in their original formats
- Distinguish the differences between structured and analyzed data
This Course Includes:
- A 13-minute educational training video
- A 6-question exam
- Materials made available for download once the exam has been completed
- Self-paced and on-demand e-learning
- Unlimited course access
- Course CEUs: 0.5 hours
Individual Course Price: $49
We offer several bulk licensing options for corporate and group use.
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