Data Mesh: What’s different about it, what it means to DWP and how you might approach it yourselves

This event is part of One Yorkshire, a three-month virtual series of curated events, seminars, workshops and get-togethers for everyone in, from or into Yorkshire, created to deliver a real business boost to our community. Events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to attend.

Data Mesh is an emerging architectural paradigm for big data that addresses the challenges inherent in the data lake and data warehouse approaches. Rather than centralising data, data meshes connect distributed datasets. And data ownership and governance are federated, with data quality maintained by the domain owners who understand the data best. It is a self-service paradigm, with data shared as a product for others to self-serve and consume.

Sounds like a panacea, doesn’t it? But how easy will it be for government departments to adopt it?

In this talk, Scott Logic’s Andrew Carr will define exactly what a data mesh is, illustrate its vast potential but also offer a candid explanation of the challenges you will face in adopting this emerging paradigm. To bring this to life in a departmental context, Charlie Boundy, DWP Deputy Director and Head of Data Science, will set out the department’s technology and data vision and the central place of the data mesh within it. Andrew will conclude by recommending an agile, incremental approach your department can take to prepare your technology and ways of working while the paradigm matures.

Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2916129611949/WN_ArLbKspYQwCKIw0Ue5BCRg