Emerging Architectures and Disruptive Paradigms

In Emerging Architectures and Disruptive Paradigms, Prof. Marcão takes the reader on a fascinating and accessible journey to the heart of the new ways of treating, understanding, and transforming data into real value. This book is an invitation to dive into a technological universe that, although invisible, shapes our everyday experiences - from movie recommendations to fighting bank fraud.

With a clear and professorial language, the author translates what is most current in the field of Data Warehousing and analytical intelligence. The reader will find in this volume not only technical knowledge, but a real change of perspective on the role of data in the contemporary world.

Here, technology ceases to be a mystery and becomes a powerful tool for personal and professional transformation.

In this book, you will understand:
- How modern architectures like Lambda, Kappa, Medallion, and Data Lakehouse work.
- The impact of cloud computing on the storage and processing of large volumes of data.
- The role of disruptive technologies such as Edge Computing, Blockchain, Generative AI and Quantum Computing.
- The importance of governance, security, and privacy, including a focus on Zero Trust architecture.
- How leading companies use data to innovate and gain competitiveness.
- The costs, timelines, benefits, and pitfalls of today's leading technology solutions.
- What differentiates an efficient system from a failed project - based on real cases.

By the end of the reading, you will be able to:
- Confidently understand the fundamentals and trends in data architecture.
- Make more informed decisions about technology solutions in your company or career.
- Identify real opportunities to apply data in your context.
- Dialogue with specialists, managers and stakeholders with clarity and propriety.
- Develop a strategic vision about the role of data in a digitized world.

This is a book that teaches, instigates and empowers. Whether you're just starting out or have experience, you'll gain clarity where there was confusion before-and insight where there was only technique before.

This book is ideal for:
- Information technology and data science professionals.
- Managers and leaders who need to make data-driven decisions.
- Students of technical and university courses in the areas of data, systems or business.
- People in career transition to the data and technology area.
- Curious and enthusiastic people who want to understand how the digital world really works.

More than a technical book, this work is a tool for intellectual growth, professional updating and transformation of worldview. With real-world examples, accessible language, and conceptual depth, Emerging Architectures and Disruptive Paradigms proves that learning about data can-and should-be an engaging, practical, and inspiring experience.

Get it now and transform your relationship with data. Because in the twenty-first century, those who understand data, understand the future.

About the author.
Prof. Marcão is a prolific writer with more than 300 publications in several languages. His writing, marked by clarity and depth, translates complex concepts into accessible and impactful narratives. A university professor by vocation and a mentor by essence, he imprints in each book a philosophy that values what is meaningful, guiding the reader not only to understand, but to transform.