Beyond the Data Warehouse: What Are the Repository Options Today?

With the rise of unstructured big data, which now comprises roughly 80% of all enterprise data under management, a new wave of data repositories has come into use that don’t always use a data warehouse.

Data lakes are different. Their purpose is to store, secure and avail access to aggregated combinations of structured and unstructured data that are tailored to a particular area of the business.

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