In order to succeed in creating a data driven enterprise it is clear that choosing the right data architecture is now critical. This session explores the evolution of data and analytics architecture and looks at what is needed to shorten time to value and create a data driven enterprise. It looks at the pros and cons of data lake, lakehouse and data mesh architectures and asks: Is there a best approach? Is a lot more than this needed to succeed?

Target Audience: Data architects, CDOs, CAOs, enterprise architects, data scientists, business analysts
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of data architectures used in supporting analytical workloads
Level: Advanced

Extended Abstract:
In many companies today the desire to become data driven goes all the way to the boardroom. The expectation is that as more and more data enters the enterprise, it should be possible to understand and use it to quickly and easily drive business value. In order to succeed in creating a data driven enterprise it is clear that choosing the right data architecture is now critical. However, data and analytics architecture has been evolving over recent years to a point where now there are multiple options. Is it a data lake that is needed? Is it a lakehouse? Or is it a data mesh? Should this be the focus or is it just vendor hype to fuel their own interests?  What are the pros and cons of these options? Is there a best approach? Is a lot more than this needed to succeed? This session explores the evolution of data and analytics architecture and looks at what is needed to shorten time to value and create a data driven enterprise.

• Data and analytics - where are we?
• Data and analytics architecture evolution
• Architecture options and their pros and cons - data lake Vs lakehouse Vs data mesh
• The shift to data fabric, DataOps, and MLOps to industrialise pipeline development and model deployment
• Using a data and analytics marketplace to putting analytics to work across the enterprise