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Business and IT collaboration is critical; miscommunication hampers the success of either architecture.
Companies with legacy infrastructures tend to prefer a middle-ground approach, balancing innovation with stability.
A decentralized approach is inevitable for certain sectors where agility and domain control are paramount.
The consensus was that selecting the right architecture depends heavily on the organization’s maturity, goals, and existing infrastructure.
The Convergence of Data Lakes and Warehouses
Another focal point was the blurring lines between data lakes and data warehouses. Historically, data lakes managed unstructured data and enabled flexible analytics, while data warehouses handled structured, transactional data for operational reporting.