Designing an online retail data platform
An online retailer wants to create an analytics platform to collect and analyze all the data generated by their e-commerce website. This platform aims to provide capabilities that allow for real-time data processing and analytics to improve customer experiences, optimize business operations, and drive strategic decision-making for the online retail business.
After long discussions with the team, we identified four main requirements to consider:
- Handle large volumes of transaction data: The platform needs to efficiently ingest and transform large volumes of transaction data. This needs to be done by accounting for scalability, high throughput, and cost-effectiveness.
- Provide real-time insights: Business analysts require immediate access to real-time insights derived from transaction data. The platform should support real-time data processing and analytics to enable timely decision-making.
- There’s a need to combine batch...
