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Data Operations | Feature & Analytics Engineering | Data Visualization | Data Scientist in progress

📈 🎯 Want to learn how leading companies are using data to drive real business results? Right this way!👇 Last week, I had the privilege of attending the #Databricks #DataAISummit, where several organizations showcased successful business cases with data-driven solutions. Here are my key takeaways, focusing on the common factors and tools implemented in these successful solutions: 💡 The phrase "Everybody's ready for AI except your data" resonated throughout the conference, highlighting the critical need for robust data governance. Data fragmentation poses a significant challenge, hindering organizations from fully realizing the potential of AI. Databricks addresses this head-on with tools like Unity Catalog and Delta Lake Uniform. Unity Catalog consolidates code, tables, and models in a single location, streamlining auditing and monitoring. Delta Lake Uniform, a unified data storage system, bridges the gap between data lakes and data warehouses, eliminating data silos and ensuring consistent data formats across teams. 💡 While powerful tools like these are essential, they're not a silver bullet. A successful data strategy requires a shift in mindset. The concept of building compound AI systems instead of monolithic models extends to the design of the entire data architecture. A cohesive and adaptive data strategy is paramount when building pipelines. The key is iterative development, adding tech stacks only when necessary and simplifying them when possible, always keeping the end goal in mind. In this spirit, Databricks is fully embracing a "serverless world," reducing infrastructure management overhead and freeing data teams from tasks like cluster tuning, version management, and capacity planning. Moreover, it’s crucial we embrace a product-oriented mindset, treating pipelines, data, models, and dashboards as evolving products. This includes backing them up with divided environments/workspaces along with their respective version control branches. Always using CI/CD tools for admin, testing, and deployments. In short, we must treat the data ecosystem as you would treat any IT development process. 💡 In a cookieless environment, your company might be "sitting on a gold mine" if you own your first-party data. However, even with proper mining and the right infrastructure, this data remains untapped until it's fully adopted internally and shared externally with vendors in your ecosystem. This is where culture becomes a critical component of the data process. To truly unlock the value of this data, we need to foster a culture that facilitates its adoption across the entire organization. This is the only way to achieve true "data intelligence" and optimize your business. What are some of your favorite resources or tools for data governance, and what are your thoughts on the future of data governance in the age of AI? #DataIntelligence #DataStrategy #DataGovernance #DataEngineering #UnityCatalog #DeltaLake #CICD #AI

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