At a recent DC Data Engineering Meetup, a community group Silectis created and sponsors, we had the pleasure of having Tim Tutt, CEO of Night Shift Development as our guest speaker. Through Tim's presentation about using data engineering to enable data analytics through the masses, our teams started to notice how complementary our products are. We … [Read more...] about Watch: Generating Data for Story-Driven Demos
How to Approach Your Data Engineering Transformation
Should you build your own tooling, take a "best of breed" approach, or buy a turnkey data engineering platform? We've got you covered.Data Engineering Platforms: Build, Best of Breed, or Buy?Every company wants to be data-driven. Modern organizations that thrive based on data have a common strength: a solid data engineering practice. How … [Read more...] about How to Approach Your Data Engineering Transformation
Employee Spotlight: Getting to Know Brendan Freehart Data Engineer at Silectis
Ever wondered what it’s like to work at Silectis? We’re spotlighting our employees to give you a peek into our lives in and outside of work. For our first spotlight, we hear from Brendan Freehart, a true Silectis veteran who's been with the company for almost 3 years.Brendan is a Data Engineer at Silectis, meaning he partners with our clients … [Read more...] about Employee Spotlight: Getting to Know Brendan Freehart Data Engineer at Silectis
Demo: Supercharging Data Engineering with Magpie for Snowflake®
For those using a robust analytics database, such as the Snowflake® Data Cloud, adding the power of a data engineering platform can help maximize the value you’re getting out of that database. In this demo, we’ll show you how native tools in the Magpie data engineering platform play well with Snowflake, ultimately, allowing your team to do more in … [Read more...] about Demo: Supercharging Data Engineering with Magpie for Snowflake®
Data Engineering Glossary
If you’re new to data engineering or are a practitioner of a related field, such as data science, or business intelligence, we thought it might be helpful to have a handy list of commonly used terms available for you to get up to speed. This data engineering glossary is by no means exhaustive, but should provide some foundational context and … [Read more...] about Data Engineering Glossary
Meet Magpie: The End-to-End Data Engineering Platform (VIDEO)
If you’ve been following along with Silectis over the past couple of years, you are familiar with our data engineering platform, Magpie. You’re aware of the many outcomes it puts at the fingertips of data engineers, and teams of data practitioners more largely. If you’re new around here, not to worry. We can catch you up quickly. We are excited to … [Read more...] about Meet Magpie: The End-to-End Data Engineering Platform (VIDEO)