Data Mesh

Many enterprises are investing in a next-generation data lake, hoping to democratize data at scale to provide business insights and ultimately make automated intelligent decisions. In this practical book, author Zhamak Dehghani reveals that, despite the time, money, and effort poured into them, data warehouses and data lakes fail when applied at the scale and speed of today's o...

Many enterprises are investing in a next-generation data lake, hoping to democratize data at scale to provide business insights and ultimately make automated intelligent decisions. In this practical book, author Zhamak Dehghani reveals that, despite the time, money, and effort poured into them, data warehouses and data lakes fail when applied at the scale and speed of today's organizations. A distributed data mesh is a better choice.

Dehghani guides architects, technical leaders, and decision makers on their journey from monolithic big data architecture to a sociotechnical paradigm that draws from modern distributed architecture. A data mesh considers domains as a first-class concern, applies platform thinking to create self-serve data infrastructure, treats data as a product, and introduces a federated and computational model of data governance. This book shows you why and how.

Examine the current data landscape from the perspective of business and organizational needs, environmental challenges, and existing architectures

Analyze the landscape's underlying characteristics and failure modes

Get a complete introduction to data mesh principles and its constituents

Learn how to design a data mesh architecture

Move beyond a monolithic data lake to a distributed data mesh

Zhamak Dehghani works with Thoughtworks as a principal consultant, with a focus on distributed systems architecture and digital platform strategy at Enterprise. She is a member of the Thoughtworks Technology Advisory Board and contributes to the creation of the Thoughtworks Technology Radar. Zhamak has worked as a software engineer and architect for 20 years in the areas of dis...

Zhamak Dehghani works with Thoughtworks as a principal consultant, with a focus on distributed systems architecture and digital platform strategy at Enterprise. She is a member of the Thoughtworks Technology Advisory Board and contributes to the creation of the Thoughtworks Technology Radar. Zhamak has worked as a software engineer and architect for 20 years in the areas of distributed computing communications, as well as embedded device technologies and she has contributed to multiple patents on embedded mobile sensing devices.