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Date Published
Author
Alex Noonan
Word count
983
Language
English
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None

Summary

Servco, a Hawaiʻi-based company founded in 1919, has transformed its data management system from disconnected legacy systems to a unified cloud-native platform using Google Cloud's BigQuery and Dagster. The new approach allows for self-service culture where analysts can access well-documented, trusted data directly, improving efficiency and enhancing data usage across the organization. Key takeaways include choosing the right orchestrator, building semantic models, unified tools for efficiency, and preparing for governance in data workflows. Servco's transformation is ongoing, with plans to migrate more data sources to the cloud and scale their models as user access increases. The company aims to share data by demystifying it and making it accessible in a usable way, enabling internal customers to see value in accessing the data themselves.