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Evolution of Data Processing
- Humans and businesses have been collecting data for thousands of years, starting with clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia.
- Data production and processing has exploded in the 21st century due to the ubiquity of the internet, smartphones, and e-commerce.
- Data is now being produced continuously, from diverse sources, and is being analyzed by many applications within businesses.
Modern Business Needs
- Businesses still require reporting, but also need the ability to generate faster insights and power AI/ML capabilities.
- Faster insights lead to better and faster decision-making, while AI/ML capabilities can provide differentiation for businesses.
Batch vs. Streaming Processing
- Batch processing is useful for powering business reporting and BI tools, but is insufficient for generating faster insights and powering AI/ML.
- Streaming processing can provide real-time data processing, enabling faster insights and better support for AI/ML use cases.
Streaming Architecture
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Producing and Storing Data:
- Use CDC (Change Data Capture) tools like AWS DMS or Debezium to stream data changes from databases to streaming storage like Amazon Kinesis or Apache Kafka.
- This reduces load on databases and provides low-latency data ingestion.
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Processing Data in Motion:
- Use a managed service for Apache Flink to continuously process the streaming data, perform filtering, enrichment, and aggregation.
- Flink's stateful processing capabilities enable complex event processing and machine learning inference.
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Writing Data to Data Store:
- Use a serverless service like Amazon Data Fusion to ingest data into different destinations, including data lakes like Apache Iceberg.
- Iceberg supports updates and schema evolution, which are important for streaming use cases.
Key Takeaways
- Streaming can enable real-time insights and synchronize systems with continuous data production.
- Streaming can satisfy both latency-tolerant and latency-sensitive use cases, replacing the need for separate batch and streaming architectures.
- Streaming technologies are becoming more mature, cost-effective, and easier to use, making them suitable for mission-critical workloads.
Call to Action
- Learn more about streaming technologies by exploring the session catalog and workshops.
- Identify use cases where you can start implementing streaming, even starting small.
- Provide feedback on the session to help improve future content.