Businesses can make their data more powerful and execute it in a way that supports progress for tomorrow by using modern data stacks, including tools such as ELT data pipelines and cloud data warehouses.

Before loading the data into the target device, ETL (extract, transform, load) transforms the data at the staging area and redacts sensitive data. The use of streaming ETL reduces the latency of transformations and ETL pipelines can optimize uptime and handle edge cases. Alternatively, ELT (extract, load, transform) loads raw data directly into the target device, where it is transformed. The latency of this pipeline is reduced when there are few or no transformations. A generic edge case solution will result in downtime or increased latency in ELT.

That depends on each case. ETL tools usually do a good job of moving data from different sources into a relational data warehouse. If that works for you, there’s no urgent need to replace it. However, there are a few scenarios where ELT tools should definitely be considered. For example, an ELT solution may be a better option if your biggest challenges are the increasing volume, velocity and variety of data sources being consumed.