Why AWS Glue DataBrew?
Having the right tools is a crucial factor in enabling organizations to become data-driven, and AWS Glue DataBrew is one such tool. It is part of the AWS Glue family, which was introduced at re:Invent 2020.
Initially, when AWS Glue was launched in August 2017, it was targeted at developers and data engineers who were writing Apache Spark code. The goal was to provide them with a platform that offered both compute and storage resources to run their Spark code. This allowed them to take advantage of the speed and ease of use of Apache Spark, which is 100 times faster than Hadoop for large-scale data processing, while also leveraging the benefits of the cloud, such as elasticity, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
As the adoption of the public cloud increased and became more mainstream over time, AWS Glue evolved to meet the changing needs of enterprises. Initially, it was primarily used as an ETL tool, but it has since expanded to become a more comprehensive...