Buzzwords Debunked
Data Lake
A data lake is a large storage area where raw files get dumped in whatever form they arrive, to be sorted out later. In practice, later often never arrives, and the lake becomes a swamp nobody can search. For most small businesses this is a term to recognize, not a thing to build.
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