Meshy Marts: Are Data Products Just Data Marts? with Matthew Darwin (English)

We’re happy to welcome Matthew Darwin from Firebolt who will explore the relationship between data products and data marts.

Abstract:

A frequent question I’ve encountered when trying to understand exactly what a Data Product, as described by Data Mesh, actually is, is whether they’re simply a data mart?

Wikipedia describes a data mart as a subset of data oriented towards of specific business line or team (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mart).

So on the face of it, this sounds very similar to a data product, being the output of a domain’s data. To understand this question fully, we need to look into the approaches taken when modeling both for a data mart, and for a data product; who is doing the modeling and when.

We need to understand the usage of these, and whether there are any requirements for a data product that extend beyond the scope of a data mart.

Speaker:

After a short period as a professional saxophonist, Matthew has now been involved in the data space for around 18 years, as a DBA, Head of Data, consultant and data architect.

He is most interested in providing efficient and performant data solutions in a wide range of applications, from operational to analytic, and all too often likes to pretend he is a real engineer. He currently works as a Solution Architect in EMEA for Firebolt.

Agenda:

19:00 Welcome & Introduction
19:10 Meshy Marts: Are Data Products Just Data Marts? (Matthew Darwin)
20:00 Discussion & Conclusion