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)
Defining Data Engineering for the Modern Enterprise | Data Week DC Talk (VIDEO)
The practice of data engineering has evolved, and will continue to do so — what does this mean for today’s data engineering teams trying to make sense of it all?So much more than ETL, Silectis believes data engineering within enterprises must adapt to meet the ever-changing needs of the business. In his talk for Data Week DC, CEO Demetrios … [Read more...] about Defining Data Engineering for the Modern Enterprise | Data Week DC Talk (VIDEO)