It would be an understatement to say that the hype surrounding the data lake is causing confusion in the industry. Today’s newcomer to the data world vernacular – the “data lake” – is a term that has endured both the scrutiny of pundits who harp on the risk of digging a data swamp and, likewise, the vision of those who see the potential of the concept to have a profound impact on enterprise data architecture.
As the data lake term begins to come off its hype cycle and face the pressures of pragmatic IT and business stakeholders, the demand for clear dat