Summary

In this chapter, we delved into data warehousing, tracing its evolution and spotlighting the leading players shaping the current market landscape.

You learned about the fundamental aspects of a modern CDWH, including critical features such as scalability, the strategic separation of computing and storage functions, access management, and security. These insights have provided a solid foundation for understanding how contemporary data warehouses operate and what makes them integral to data management strategies.

In the last part of this chapter, we shone a spotlight on the industry’s heavyweights – Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, and the Databricks Lakehouse platform. You now have a clearer understanding of the distinctive advantages each of these platforms offers, and how choosing the right one largely depends on factors such as your specific requirements, existing technological infrastructure, budget constraints, and the technical proficiency...