Avoid data swamp
New technologies have reduced the cost of storing massive volumes of data. While many organisations have embraced the ‘data lake’ concept, the reasons for storing massive volumes of data are often unjustified and seldom clear.
All too often, the data stored is unfit for purpose, lacking standardisation or duplicated. Sound familiar?
A data lake can easily turn into a data swamp that has significant overheads but serves little purpose.