> no analyst deals only with one db, they have to deal with an increasing number of data sources Which is why I mentioned federation. Most data sources in an e

> no analyst deals only with one db, they have to deal with an increasing number of data sources Which is why I mentioned federation. Most data sources in an enterprise are SQL native or accessible and it does not make sense to dump a SQL database into S3 just to be able to combine it with other forms of data. Federation means you can operate across multiple databases (eg do Cross database joins etc.)