Amazon Glue

Amazon Glue is a fully managed, serverless extract, transform, and load (ETL) service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It simplifies the process of preparing and combining data for analytics, machine learning, and application development, acting as a central metadata repository (Glue Data…

Key facts

First appeared: 2016
Category: technology
Problem solved: Amazon Glue was created to address the significant operational overhead and complexity involved in traditional ETL processes, particularly in cloud-native environments. It automates tasks like schema discovery, data cataloging, code generation, and infrastructure provisioning, making it easier for users to build and manage data pipelines without needing to manage servers or clusters.
Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud

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Notable users

Discovery Inc.
Nasdaq
Epic Games
Siemens
T-Mobile