Everyone knows that data is important. Modern enterprises compete with data and win with the agility and insight it provides.
Thus the "Big Data Era" as metaphorically captured by terms such at Data Lakes, Data Reservoirs, Data Swamps, Data Streams and myriad others that attempt to describe the pools of liquid gold that this valuable data represents.
It seems everyone today is swimming in data. With many figuratively drowning in it.
With so much data and so much opportunity, big data has become a team sport at most large organizations today. This makes sense. There simply aren't enough data scientists to carry the entire load. And while IT has skills and is ready to help, they already have a huge backlog. So business leaders are redirecting their resources to "jump in" with both feet.
The first strokes the business analysts learn are typically the self-service visualization and analysis tools like Tableau, Qlik and Spotfire. Over time these analysts swim their way toward the deep end of the data lake where the data preparation challenges are more difficult.
Self-service data preparation tools, including Cisco Data Preparation, help these analysts successfully navigate these deeper waters.
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Cisco Data Preparation provides helps business analysts "swimmers" glide across big data waters. It is:
For a quick introduction to features and benefits, check out the Cisco Data Preparation Data Sheet.
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