Change data capture: The critical link for Airbnb, Netflix and Uber

The modern data stack (MDS) is foundational for digital disruptors. Consider Netflix. Netflix pioneered a new business model around video as a service, but much of their success is built upon real-time streaming data. They’re using analytics to push highly relevant recommendations to their viewers. They’re monitoring real-time data to maintain constant visibility to network performance. They’re synchronizing their database of movies and shows with Elasticsearch to enable users to quickly and easily find what they’re looking for. This has to be in real time, and it has to be 100 percent accurate. Old-school extract, transform, load (ETL) is simply… [Continue Reading]