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Whitepaper · 36 Pages

The Enterprise Data Platform Architecture Decision Guide

Lakehouse vs data warehouse vs data lake. Fabric vs Databricks vs Snowflake. Cloud-native vs hybrid. The most consequential data architecture decision your organization will make this decade — analyzed with frameworks, not vendor marketing.

What's Inside This Whitepaper

  • Architecture Comparison Matrix — lakehouse, data warehouse, and data lake evaluated across 12 dimensions
  • Platform Head-to-Head — Microsoft Fabric vs Databricks vs Snowflake with workload-specific recommendations
  • 5-Year TCO Model — total cost of ownership analysis including: compute, storage, licensing, implementation, and operations
  • Migration Complexity Assessment — effort estimation by source platform and migration pattern
  • Vendor Lock-In Analysis — which platform decisions create lock-in and which preserve portability
  • Decision Framework — the 10 questions that determine which architecture fits your organization
  • Reference Architectures — 4 industry-specific architecture blueprints (healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing)

Who This Whitepaper Is For

CDOs & Data Architects

Make the data platform decision with a vendor-neutral framework backed by real TCO data.

CTOs & VP Engineering

Present a defensible architecture recommendation to the board with data-backed analysis.

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