December 2021 – Welcome to the Blog of Paul Andrew

Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 2

Posted on December 22, 2021January 2, 2022 by mrpaulandrew

Data Mesh vs Azure -Theory vs practice Use the tag Data Mesh vs Azure to follow this blog series. As a reminder, the four data mesh principals: domain-oriented decentralised data ownership and architecture.data as a product.self-serve data infrastructure as a platform.federated computational governance. Source reference: https://martinfowler.com/articles/data-mesh-principles.html In Part 1 of this blog series we looked … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 2 →

Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 1

Posted on December 15, 2021March 7, 2022 by mrpaulandrew

Data Mesh vs Azure - Theory vs practice Use the tag Data Mesh vs Azure to follow this blog series. Context and Background The concepts and principals of a data mesh architecture have been around for a while now and I've yet to see anyone else apply/deliver such a solution in Azure. I'm wondering if … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 1 →

Training Events and Speaking in 2022 – Q1

Posted on December 14, 2021May 18, 2022 by mrpaulandrew

I've already got several events in the calendar for the first quater of 2022! Assuming travel plans are permitted I'm really looking forward to speaking and attending the following events. Hope to see you there or online: SQL Portugal Data MeetUp https://www.meetup.com/sqlport-data/ 6th Jan - An Introduction to Azure Data Integration Pipelines3rd Feb - Azure … Continue reading Training Events and Speaking in 2022 – Q1 →

Good Data Governance – My Thoughts

Posted on December 3, 2021 by mrpaulandrew

A long time ago in a glaxy far far away... 🙂 ... Someone asked me what I thought 'good' Data Governance might look like for a given data platform - warehouse or analytics solution. This included all aspects of data governance is was a very broad question. To add some actual context, not related to … Continue reading Good Data Governance – My Thoughts →

About Me

mrpaulandrew

Paul (AKA @mrpaulandrew) is the Founder & CTO of Cloud Formations, a specialist data consultancy based in the UK. With nearly 20 years’ experience designing and delivering Microsoft data architectures, Paul leads a passionate team of engineers, supporting businesses small and large with scalable cloud platforms. Business value delivered through data insights. Over the years, Paul has covered the breadth and depth of design patterns and industry leading concepts, including Lambda, Kappa, Delta Lake, Data Mesh and Data Fabric. Paul is also a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, director for the Data Relay community conference, East Midlands user group leader, book author and mentor. In addition to the day job(s), Paul is a father of three, husband, foodie, runner, blood donor, geek, Lego, and Star Wars fan! Lastly, Paul confesses to enjoying a Ramstein playlist when given half a chance to do some coding for a customer project.