Every firm wants to leverage data for insights. But to accomplish this, there needs to be a true source of all data. The creation of data lakes have started. These are massive databases combing different firm data sources. This leads to the importance of data governance and master data management. What does it take to create and curate the data? How can such data be of use to firms?

Questions Tracey will ask Steven:

1. What is a data lake?

2. What are the advantages of using a data lake?

3. How do data lakes differ from the tradition data warehouse?

4. Why could a firm invest in a data lake?

5. What would it take to build a data lake?

6. What tools would need? Any best practices?

Moderator:

@Tracey Pardo - IS Improvement and Reporting Analyst, Cooley LLP

Speaker:

@Steven Heathcock - Data Strategy Manager, Cooley LLP