Streaming Analytics on Google Cloud Platform

About Streaming Analytics on Google Cloud Platform

Review

from course in this _series_ :

"I like the detail, especially highlighting the specifics of the test. The detail makes this course worth the investment including the summary at the end and the quizzes that test my knowledge."

-- Valentina Kibuyaga Welcome to

Streaming Analytics on Google Cloud Platform

This is the _

Fifth and final

_ course in a series of courses designed to help you attain the coveted

Google Certified Data Engineer.

Additionally

, the series of courses is going to

show you

the role of the

_data engineer on the Google Cloud Platform_

. While this is a

short course

the topic matter is

_dense_

and while you won't have to author is Java Pipelines for the exam you will need to know a lot about how they are created and executed. At this juncture, the

Google Certified Data Engineer

is the only

real world certification

for data and machine learning engineers.

NOTE:

This is

NOT

a course on

programming

Apache Beam Pipelines. This is a very targeted course on understanding how Apache Beam and Cloud Dataflow provide us with an infrastructure to build pipelines for streaming data. The course will

provide the learner

with the

nomenclature

and

process

understanding they'll need to pass the

_Certified Data Engineering Exam._

Streaming data processing

is a big deal in

big data

these days, and for good reasons. Businesses crave ever more timely data, and switching to streaming is a good way to

achieve lower latency.

The massive,

unbounded data sets

that are increasingly common in modern business are more easily tamed using a system designed for such

never-ending volumes of data.

Processing data

as it arrives spreads workloads out more evenly

over time

, yielding

more consistent

and

predictable consumption of resources

. In

Google Cloud Platform

the main tool we use for

building

these _pipelines_

Cloud Dataflow

. The product itself is a fusion of the code written by Google developers and that of the Apache foundation. The project that came out of that business cohabitation is

Apache Beam

. Apache Beam (

B

atch + str

EAM

) is a

model

and

set of APIs

for doing both batch and streaming data processing. It was open-sourced by Google (with Cloudera and PayPal) in 2016 via an Apache incubator project. In this course, we are going to learn about

Apache Beam

and

Cloud Dataflow.

While the course is an entry level course streaming will be new to many. Like most of my other courses in this series, I’ll attempt to

break down

more complicated topics

pictorially

.

Five Reasons to take this Course.

1) You Want to be a Data Engineer

It's the number one job in the world. (not just within the computer space) The growth potential career wise is second to none. You want the freedom to move anywhere you'd like. You want to be compensated for your efforts. You want to be able to work remotely. The list of benefits goes on.

2) The Google Certified Data Engineer

Google is always ahead of the game. If you were to look back at a timeline of their accomplishments in the data space you might believe they have a crystal ball. They've been a decade ahead of everyone. Now, they are the first and the only cloud vendor to have a data engineering certification. With their track record I'll go with Google.

3) The Growth of Data is Insane

Ninety percent of all the world's data has been created in the last two years. Business around the world generate approximately 450 billions transactions a day. The amount of data collected by all organizations is approximately 2.5 Exabytes a day. That number doubles every month.

4) Apache Beam in Plain English

Apache Beam pipelines require basic programming skills. The Google Certified Data Engineering exam will require you are able to identify the parts of a Beam Pipeline in addition to understanding some of the vernacular and nuances behind streaming data.

5) You want to be ahead of the Curve

The data engineer role is new. While you’re learning, building your skills and becoming certified you are also the first to be part of this burgeoning field. You know that the first to be certified means the first to be hired and first to receive the top compensation package. Thank you for your interest in

Streaming Analytics on Google Cloud Platform

and we will see you in the course!!