Data Mesh Learning Newsletter #047
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August has been a busy month in the Data Mesh Learning community. We’ve hosted some engaging discussions, published new videos to our YouTube channel, and launched a new program for community members to become more involved. Read on for more details!
Data Mesh Learning Deputy Program
We’re very excited to announce the Data Mesh Learning Deputy Program, which recognizes members of the data mesh community who are helpful, engaged and actively participating in activities that help educate users along their data mesh journey. If you are passionate about data mesh or have been on a data mesh journey and have knowledge to share, we encourage you to apply to become a Data Mesh Learning Deputy today!
Deadline Extended! Data Mesh Survey Closes September 8
If you’re are pursuing data mesh at your company–no matter what stage--please take our short survey to help your peers understand what worked for you (and what didn’t): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DMLjourney
We have extended the survey deadline to midnight PT on Friday, September 8.
The aggregated insights will be shared with the community to help others with best practices and learnings. Results will be previewed at the DML Meetup @ Big Data London on September 20 and delivered in a whitepaper shortly thereafter. Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts!
Data Mesh Days
We hosted the first-ever Data Mesh Days event in May, with a focus on data mesh implementations and best practices for life sciences. The event was live-streamed and recorded for viewing on demand. You can find the full event including individual session recordings on the Data Mesh Days YouTube playlist.
Hosted by the Data Mesh Learning community, Data Mesh Days provide a vendor-neutral space where data leaders and practitioners can gather to share and learn about data mesh. Each event will focus on a different industry, and our next event will be held in October with a focus on financial services!
Data Mesh Roundtables
We have been hosting a weekly series of roundtable discussions to cover all things data mesh; the discussions are facilitated by Scott Hirleman and Jean-Georges Perrin. Data mesh roundtables are virtual, video calls open to anyone who wants to join and participate. You can find recordings of these discussions on the Data Mesh Learning YouTube channel.
Don’t miss our next roundtable later this week!
When: Thursday, August 31 at 9:30 am PT / 12:30 pm ET
What: Data Without Borders: data mesh and international organizations where data is subject to local regulations
How to Join: Register via the Data Mesh Learning Meetup page to receive the call Zoom link
Data Mesh Content Unzipped
Finding the Right Balance
Omar Khawaja
Finding a good socio-technical balance in data mesh implementations.
The Data Product Strategy | Becoming Metrics-First
Animesh Kumar, Travis Thompson & Samadrits Ghosh
Looking at a metrics model for data product management.
Welcome to the Open Data Contract Standard
Jean-Georges Perrin
A look at version 2.2 of the Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS).
Community Conversations
ICYMI: These are some featured conversations from the Data Mesh Learning Slack group that have taken place recently. You can join the conversation in Slack here.
How should you manage ownership of data products an in organisation?
The pros & cons of using Apache Arrow from a technical perspective
How should a data mesh implementation interact with the operational plane?
How should you organise data products on Google Cloud Platform?
How can you effectively implement semantic layers in data mesh?
Upcoming Events
Join the Data Mesh Learning Meetup Group to be notified of upcoming virtual events.
Weekly Data Mesh Open Roundtable: Data Without Borders
Online - August 31 @ 12:30pm EDT
A weekly series of roundtable discussions open to all to join and get involved - this week’s discussion is about using data mesh where local regulations can impact your work.
Weekly Data Mesh Open Roundtable: Inside a Data Contract
Online - September 7 @ 12:30pm EDT
A weekly series of roundtable discussions open to all to join and get involved - this one is taking a deep dive into data contracts.
Data Mesh Belgium Meetup #2
ACA Group (Hasselt Office) - September 18 @ 5:30pm local time
The second local meetup for the Data Mesh Belgium meetup group where they will be taling about data products and data mesh architecture.
Big Data London: Data Mesh Learning Meetup
Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London September 20 @ 6:00pm local time
We’re hosting an in-person meetup at Big Data London this year! Agenda to be announced soon.
The Data Mesh Learning local Meetup Program is another great opportunity for individuals and companies to connect, learn from one another and help accelerate the adoption of Data Mesh principles. If you’re interested in being a part of a local chapter, drop us an email at community@datameshlearning.com.
Community Sponsor: Striim
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