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
Knowing Your Data Starts with Data Lineage
Data lineage can be a tremendously useful tool for data engineering and analytics, but is often treated as an afterthought both because of the challenges in implementation and the fact that it has not been broadly available within organizations. Many practitioners have never had access to data lineage information and may not know what they are … [Read more...] about Knowing Your Data Starts with Data Lineage
Data Lineage Now Available with Silectis Magpie Data Engineering Platform
We’re excited to share that Silectis has released a new suite of automated data lineage features within Magpie, the end-to-end data engineering platform. These features equip users with knowledge of where data originates, when it was published, and who it was published by. This additional context provides users the transparency and accountability … [Read more...] about Data Lineage Now Available with Silectis Magpie Data Engineering Platform
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®