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Feature launch: Snowflake Streaming integration
Feature launch: Snowflake Streaming integration
With our Snowflake Streaming integration, you can get customer event data from every source into Snowflake faster (and save on your Snowflake bill!). Read the launch blog to learn more.
Unified data platform: How it works & why you need one
by Ryan McCrary
Understanding event data: The foundation of your customer journey
by Danika Rockett
Event streaming: What it is, how it works, and why you should use it
by Brooks Patterson
Why Data and Engineering Teams Need to Own the CDP
Why Data and Engineering should own CDP implementation & management. Here, we'll cover all of the benefits to Engineering led CDP implementation and management.
The Complete Customer Data Stack
In this article, we break down the ideal architecture for “the complete customer data stack” from the perspective of the data engineer. Learn all about it here.
Reinventing the On-Prem Deployment Model
Regardless of the SaaS software delivery model's success, there are still challenges with the adoption of SaaS, especially in the enterprise market where security and compliance are of great importance.
Data Engineering: Perception vs. Reality
Many organizations don't exactly understand what data engineering is or what a data engineer does. This post highlights a few myths related to data engineering and talks more about their contribution to the business teams.
Why RudderStack Used Postgres Over Apache Kafka for Streaming Engine
In this post, we answer the all-important question – “Why we did not prefer Apache Kafka over PostgreSQL for building RudderStack.” We discuss some of the challenges with using Apache Kafka over our implemented solution that uses PostgreSQL.
The Data Engineering Megatrend: A Brief History
Earlier this year, Tomasz Tunguz gave a presentation on five trends in data and the "megatrend" that is powering them all. This post discusses the history of that data engineering megatrend over the past 20 years.
The Stack of the Future: Building a Warehouse-First CDP on Snowflake Using RudderStack
Get to know about the building of the first warehouse CDP on Snowflake using RudderStack & explains the high-scale customer data needs by the engineering team.
Part 1: The Evolution of Data Pipeline Architecture
This blog talks about ETL, ELT, and the history, present, and future of data pipelines. You will know the good and bad things about various data pipeline approaches.
Part 2: The Evolution of Data Pipeline Architecture
In this post, we will go through a number of changes that have happened, both in the market and in terms of the technologies that are available. We will propose a new architecture that addresses the issues we mentioned in part 1.
