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This fragmentation creates a complex maze where data becomes inaccessible and inconsistent, hampering AI initiatives and slowing innovation. As the volume and variety of data grow, so do the difficulties in managing, governing, and deriving value from it.
Envisioning an Open Data Stack: The Hybrid Lakehouse
The future organizations envision is an open data stack—a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective platform that combines the best of data lakes and warehouses into an open hybrid lakehouse. This architecture aims to deliver warehousing capabilities without the associated high costs, enabling data engineers and scientists to access and analyze data seamlessly using familiar open-source tools.
Key features include: