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Data Automation

What Are Intelligent Data Pipelines?

Learn how intelligent data pipelines produce business results at game-changing velocity via a unified tech stack and scaled automation.

Michael Leppitsch

April 26, 2023

Data Mesh

Benefits of Data Mesh and Top Examples to Unlock Success

Discover the benefits of Data Mesh through real-world examples, and learn how this innovative approach to data architecture unlocks success.

Jon Osborn

April 20, 2023

Impact Engineering

The Post-Modern Data Stack: Boosting Productivity and Value

The 'post-modern data stack' aims to remedy the complexity and inefficiencies of the 'modern data stack,' enabling engineering teams to focus on creating value and improving productivity.

Sean Knapp

April 19, 2023

The Ascend Platform

Spotlight: Data Partitioning

Data partitioning creates subsets of the data that improve performance and reduce cost. Discover the powerful partitioning capabilities of Ascend.

Michael Leppitsch

April 17, 2023

Data Engineering 101

How to Ensure Data Integrity at Scale By Harnessing Data Pipelines

We developed a framework with a sequence of stages to implement data integrity quickly and measurably via data pipelines.

Michael Leppitsch

April 12, 2023

Data Mesh

Data Mesh vs. Data Fabric: Which One Is Right for You?

Understanding data mesh vs data fabric is critical in determining which architecture is better suited to your organization.

Jon Osborn

April 7, 2023

Impact Engineering

Why Analytics Engineers Are the New Must-Hire for Data Teams

Analytics engineers represent the pattern of “moving up the stack” and bringing data teams closer to business exposure and decisions.

Paul Lacey

April 5, 2023

The Ascend Platform

New Connectors, Productivity Improvements

Major upgrade to our connector framework to add new connectors in a few days at no cost and performance tuning under the hood to reduce costs.

Michael Leppitsch

April 3, 2023

Impact Engineering

6 Top Data Engineering Predictions for 2023

Sean Knapp predicts six data engineering trends for this year based on customer discussions and conversations with other leaders.

Sean Knapp

March 23, 2023

The Ascend Platform

Spotlight: Managing Storage, Reducing Costs

Moving around, processing, and extracting value from data costs money. Features in Ascend address the source of these costs. Let’s get into it!

Michael Leppitsch

March 20, 2023

Data Mesh

What Is a Data Mesh?

How is a data mesh the solution to rigid, monolithic architectures? Discover what a data mesh is and how it offers speed and scalability.

Jon Osborn

March 14, 2023

Team Ascend

Join the Free 2023 Data Pipeline Automation Summit

Discover five reasons to join our 2023 Data Pipeline Automation Summit — completely virtual and free — and register now!

Jenny Hurn

March 8, 2023

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