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Guidelines for Migrating Your Data Warehouse to the Cloud

Thursday, April 22, 2021
12:40 PM - 01:30 PM
Intermediate

Many companies today are looking to migrate their existing data warehouse to the cloud as part of a data warehouse modernization program.  

This session looks at the benefits of migrating data warehouses to the cloud environment and at how to go about it.

We will cover:   

  • Why migrate your data warehouse to the cloud? 
  • Cloud-based analytical RDBMSs 
  • Approaches to migrating a data warehouse to the cloud – what are the options?
  • De-risking a data warehouse migration project before you migrate anything 
  • Steps involved in migrating an existing data warehouse to the cloud 
  • Dealing with cloud DW migration issues (e.g., SQL differences)
  • Managing and integrating cloud and on-premises data using a cloud-based data lake and iPaaS or cloud ETL software   
  • Integrating streaming data and big data analytics into a cloud-based data warehouse 
  • Training and deploying machine learning models into your cloud data warehouse
  • Managing access to cloud-based data warehouses 
  • Integrating cloud-based data warehouses, big data, and streaming with your BI tools  

Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson

Managing Director
Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd

Mike Ferguson is the Managing Director of Intelligent Business Strategies. An independent IT industry analyst, he specializes in Data Management,  analytics, big data, and enterprise architecture. With over 40 years of experience, Mike has consulted for dozens of companies on BI/Analytics, data strategy, technology selection, enterprise architecture, and Data Management. Mike is also conference chairman of Big Data LDN, the largest data and analytics conference in Europe, and a member of the EDMCouncil CDMC executive advisory board. He has spoken at events all over the world and written numerous articles. He was formerly a principal and co-founder of Codd and Date – the inventors of the Relational Model, and a Chief Architect at Teradata. He teaches classes in: Data Warehouse Modernization, Big Data Architecture & Technology, Centralized Data Governance of a Distributed Data Landscape, Practical Guidelines for Implementing a Data Mesh, Embedded Analytics, Intelligent Apps & AI Automation, Migrating your Data Warehouse to the Cloud, Modern Data Architecture, and Data Virtualization.