Are you on the hunt for the best tools for managing data lakes? Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage and eOne Solution’s virtual integration tool, Popdock, is the best option for seamless data integration and management. Here’s why.

Our Favorite Data Lake Option: Azure Data Lake

What is an Azure Data Lake?

At eOne Solutions, our favorite way to store data is in a Microsoft Azure Data Lake. An Azure Data Lake is a storage account hosted in Azure, Microsoft’s public cloud. They provide a cost-effective way for you to archive that data. This enables you to access that data in the cloud even after you decide to turn off and retire your on-premise SQL server.

In addition to these perks, your customer will still have full control over all the data in their Azure account. The data lake is stored in their account, not anywhere else.

What Does an Azure Data Lake Cost?

During any data migration, data should be gone through and cleaned up so you aren’t paying for wasted space. Whether you’re moving all your data to a data lake or bringing some or all of it over to your new system, this clean-up process is important if you want to save money and maintain optimal performance for your new system.

That being said, Azure Data Lakes are incredibly cost-effective.

Is Data Secure with an Azure Data Lake?

Rest assured, your data is secure in an Azure Data Lake.

You can read more about Microsoft’s security, compliance, and privacy protocols for Azure in detail on Microsoft’s Trust Center. You can also view this list of compliance and certifications for Azure and Azure’s compliance documentation.

Popdock – Your Essential Data Lake Companion

Convenience is key for productivity, adoption, and getting your daily tasks done. That’s one of the reasons why eOne Solutions created Popdock.

Popdock is the bridge that connects the contents of your data lake with your system. It makes data easy to view inside the Popdock app or through the Popdock interface inside your system.

Popdock Tools for Managing Data Lakes

Unlike regular data lake management, there is a better, easier, and more accessible way to manage your data and data lake.

Typically, interacting with and managing data lakes is more on the developer side of specialties. However, you don’t need to be a developer to manage a data lake with Popdock. You don’t need help uploading or accessing that history ever again. It is approachable enough for any team member to access the data they need.

Popdock is an easy solution to archive any data to your data lake/Azure Data Lake and provides users with self-service, cloud-reporting abilities. Your team no longer needs to rely on your IT department and data engineers/data specialists to access the necessary data you need to do your job. Popdock empowers end users with better data access so you can answer data questions in any app.

With Popdock, you can:

  • Simplify reporting and take the reliance off your IT department
    • Search
    • Filtering
    • Grouping/subgrouping
    • Adding/removing columns
    • Combine data
    • Use calculations to translate data
    • Export and share
  • Customize, calculate, and format
    • Use your terminology: Rename fields and columns on standard lists and custom lists that make sense for your team
    • Add calculated fields using functions or scripting
    • Use restrictions and parameters to filter data
    • Create and use global variables to use throughout Popdock
  • Visualize data with charts and summaries
    • Take universal actions: Copy values and rows
    • Make connector-specific actions: Things you can do specifically to that source system (e.g., for helpdesk app data, you can update a ticket, open the record, or change the ticket status)
    • Take custom actions: Processes you can create yourself to open a website or call an API (e.g., call an automation in Microsoft Power Automate or eOne’s SmartConnect to run)

Popdock Data Lake Upload Tool

The Popdock Data Lake Upload Tool allows you to hook into your on-premise systems, extract the data, and move it to the data lake, preparing it for you to use to embed data in other systems. This tool is a part of Popdock, and you are not charged an additional cost to use it.

Accessing Historical Data with Popdock

Whether you have already moved or are planning on moving from one system to another, you can access your historical data with Popdock.

Harnessing the power of Popdock and an Azure Data Lake, you can turn off your old SQL Server and system and view your historical data in your new system’s interface, whenever you want.

Accessing All Types of Data with Popdock

With Popdock, you can archive all types of data, not just historical data.

Sometimes you may need to offload older data from a system because it’s a more affordable way of storing data. Other times, you may need to do a full backup of certain sets of data or an entire database.

Whatever the case may be, you can archive and access any kind of data with Popdock and an Azure Data Lake.

Setting up Reports with Popdock

No matter what your needs are for data storage and viewing, you can set up reports quickly and easily, and access whatever data you need to work with and view. It’s easy to set up reports using Popdock’s fast, simple-to-use interface, as it connects your system to the contents of your Azure Data Lake.

Learn more by visiting our website.

Is Popdock Secure?

Everything we do at eOne Solutions ensures your data is secure and that you have control over it. We never store your data. Your data is stored in your accounts, and you’re just granting Popdock access to read the data.

Reach Out for More Information

To simplify your data lake management, you don’t need to hire a data engineer or specialist.

Whether you need to access your data from a data lake from multiple apps, migrate historical data to your new system, connect and work amongst multiple cloud-based apps, perform seamless integrations from your on-prem systems to a cloud-based app, or a number of other scenarios, Popdock can provide exactly the help, support, and performance you need to work efficiently and surpass your goals.

Don’t waste time, money, and effort. Increase accessibility and efficiency by using Popdock as your data access interface and easily access external data in any of your apps.

To go more in-depth on configuring an Azure data lake, check out our video. It goes through the setup, storage account creation, and securing data.

Please contact our sales team at sales@eonesolutions.com or 888-319-3663 if you have any questions on software and tools for managing data lakes. They are always eager to provide help and answers for your data access and migration needs.