Articles What is a “Data Lake”? By Derrick Martins on July 23, 2014 • ( Leave a comment ) I have frequently been hearing the term data lake. Being the curious person that I am, I decided to go in search of a definition. Currently, the company Pivotal is responsible for marketing the term. However, I believe the term was originally coined by Dan Woods of CITO Research back in 2011. Anyhow, here is a basic description of a data lake. Share this:Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related Categories: Articles Tagged as: Big Data, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Lake