Data Management at Scale

Piethein Strengholt
19 min readJul 11, 2023

Over the last few years, decentralized architectures have emerged as the new paradigm for managing data at large. They are meant to scale distribution of data between teams, while aiming for higher value and a faster time to market.

In this article, I would like to unpack how to implement such a federated design. We cover many different things. We’ll begin with a short reflection on your data strategy, and whether you should start with a centralized or decentralized approach. Then we’ll go through the phases of implementing a data architecture, from setting the strategic direction, to…

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Piethein Strengholt

Hands-on data management professional. Working @Microsoft.