A Modern Data Stack Improves Analytics in Seven Key Ways
A modern data stack (MDS) can significantly improve an organization's analytics capabilities by reducing engineering costs, increasing data literacy, and simplifying data engineering tasks. Key components of an MDS include automated data integration, a cloud data warehouse for rapid query speeds, and a business intelligence tool for easy data visualization and report generation. Real-world examples from Fivetran customers demonstrate the benefits of an MDS across seven important metrics: reduced data engineering overhead, increased data team capacity, ability to execute new data projects, decreased reporting time, improved infrastructure reliability, enhanced data literacy, and increased strategic performance metrics.
Company
Fivetran
Date published
Dec. 21, 2020
Author(s)
Jeff Tietz
Word count
1342
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Language
English