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Data Sources, Databases, ETL Tools

Navigating the Data Landscape:#

Exploring Data Sources, Databases, and ETL Tools for Machine Learning Projects

Introduction
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Data sources: Data sources refer to the origins or locations from which data is collected or generated. They can include various platforms, systems, devices, or applications that generate or store data, such as databases, APIs, files, sensors, social media platforms, or web services.

Databases: Databases are organized collections of structured data that are stored, managed, and accessed using database management systems (DBMS). They provide a structured way to store and retrieve data efficiently, enabling data storage, retrieval, manipulation, and querying operations for various applications.

ETL tools: ETL stands for Extract, Transform, Load. ETL tools are software applications or platforms designed to facilitate the extraction, transformation, and loading of data from multiple sources into a target destination, such as a data warehouse or database. These tools help automate and streamline the process of collecting data from diverse sources, performing data transformations or cleansing, and loading the processed data into a centralized storage or analytics platform.

Machine learning projects require various types of data, such as text, image/video, tabular, or voice/music. These data may be divided into timeseries or non-timeseries data, as well as stored, live/stream, or real-time data depending on liveness. Volume may range from a few megabytes to several petabytes/exabytes per day, depending on the data’s source. Managing such varied data types, volumes, and liveness requires different technologies for storage, access, transmission, processing, and analysis, of which hundreds are available.

Extracting data from a range of prototypes, technologies, and security systems is difficult due to the differing connectors, authentications, and authorizations required. This article aims to present various data format/data storage/data management technologies that can be applied in a data science project, which can include databases, data sources, and ETL tools. It is unlikely that any single project would require all these systems/technologies, but it is essential to have an overview of the available technologies and their complexity of data processing, storage, transmission, and analysis, particularly when dealing with multiple technologies simultaneously.

Finally, a list of over 200+ data sources, databases, and ETL tools is provided, each with distinctive features for handling specific data types, scale, security, and performance requirements.

List of Data Technologies
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SnoNameCategory
1Act CRMCRM & ERP
2Active DirectoryCOLLABORATION
3AcumaticaCRM & ERP
4Adobe AnalyticsMARKETING
5ADPACCOUNTING
6AirtableCOLLABORATION
7AlfrescoCOLLABORATION
8Amazon AthenaBIG DATA & NOSQL
9Amazon AuroraRDBMS
10Amazon DynamoDBBIG DATA & NOSQL
11Amazon MarketplaceE-COMMERCE
12Amazon RDSRDBMS
13Amazon RedshiftBIG DATA & NOSQL
14Amazon S3FILE & API
15Apache AvroFILE & API
16Apache CassandraBIG DATA & NOSQL
17Apache H BaseBIG DATA & NOSQL
18Apache HiveBIG DATA & NOSQL
19Apache ImpalaRDBMS
20AsanaCOLLABORATION
21Authorize.NetE-COMMERCE
22AutifyCOLLABORATION
23Avalara AvataxACCOUNTING
24AWS ManagementCOLLABORATION
25Azure Analysis ServicesRDBMS
26Azure Cosmos DBBIG DATA & NOSQL
27Azure Data CatalogBIG DATA & NOSQL
28Azure Data Lake StorageBIG DATA & NOSQL
29Azure ManagementCOLLABORATION
30Azure SynapseRDBMS
31BasecampCOLLABORATION
32Big CommerceE-COMMERCE
33BlackbaudACCOUNTING
34BoxFILE & API
35BugzillaCOLLABORATION
36Bullhorn CRMCRM & ERP
37CasandraNon Relational Data Storage
38CockroachDBBIG DATA & NOSQL
39ConfluenceCOLLABORATION
40CouchbaseBIG DATA & NOSQL
41CSVFILE & API
42DatabricksBIG DATA & NOSQL
43DataRobotCOLLABORATION
44DBVisualizerRelational Data Storage
45Digital OceanFILE & API
46DocuSignCOLLABORATION
47DropboxFILE & API
48Dynamics 365 FinOpsCRM & ERP
49Dynamics Business CentralCRM & ERP
50Dynamics GPACCOUNTING
51Dynamics NavACCOUNTING
52eBayE-COMMERCE
53Edgar OnlineE-COMMERCE
54ElasticSearchBIG DATA & NOSQL
55EmailCOLLABORATION
56EnterpriseDBRelational Data Storage
57EnterpriseDBRDBMS
58Epicor ERPCRM & ERP
59ETL GreenplumRDBMS
60EvernoteCOLLABORATION
61Exact OnlineCRM & ERP
62Facebook AdsMARKETING
63FedExE-COMMERCE
64Financial ForceCRM & ERP
65FreshbooksACCOUNTING
66FreshdeskACCOUNTING
67GithubCOLLABORATION
68GmailCOLLABORATION
69Google AdsMARKETING
70Google AnalyticsMARKETING
71Google BigQueryBIG DATA & NOSQL
72Google CalendarCOLLABORATION
73Google Cloud StorageFILE & API
74Google ContactsCOLLABORATION
75Google Data CatalogBIG DATA & NOSQL
76Google Dataset
77Google DriveFILE & API
78Google SheetsCOLLABORATION
79Google SpannerBIG DATA & NOSQL
80GraphQLBIG DATA & NOSQL
81Harper DBBIG DATA & NOSQL
82HDFSFILE & API
83HighriseCRM & ERP
84HPCC SystemsBIG DATA & NOSQL
85HubSpotMARKETING
86IBM Cloud ObjectzBIG DATA & NOSQL
87IBM Cloud SQL QueryFILE & API
88IBM CloudantBIG DATA & NOSQL
89IBM Db2RDBMS
90Instagram AdsMARKETING
91JDBC-ODBC BridgeRDBMS
92Jira by AtlassianCOLLABORATION
93Jira Service DeskCOLLABORATION
94JSONFILE & API
95KintoneCOLLABORATION
96LDAPFILE & API
97LinkedIn AdsMARKETING
98Log Files from OSFILE & API
99MagentoE-COMMERCE
100MailChimpMARKETING
101MariaDBRDBMS
102MarketoMARKETING
103MarkLogicBIG DATA & NOSQL
104Microsoft AdsMARKETING
105Microsoft Dynamics 365 SalesCRM & ERP
106Microsoft ExcelFILE & API
107Microsoft SQL ServerRDBMS
108Microsoft TeamsCOLLABORATION
109MongoDBBIG DATA & NOSQL
110MongoDB AtlasBIG DATA & NOSQL
111MS AccessRDBMS
112MS CDSFILE & API
113MS Exchange ConnectorCOLLABORATION
114MS OneDriveFILE & API
115MS OneNoteCOLLABORATION
116MS PlannerCOLLABORATION
117MS ProjectCOLLABORATION
118MYOBACCOUNTING
119MySQLRDBMS
120Neo4JNon Relational Data Storage
121NetSuiteCRM & ERP
122ODataFILE & API
123OdooCRM & ERP
124Open Exchange RatesE-COMMERCE
125OracleRDBMS
126Oracle DBRelational Data Storage
127Oracle EloquaMARKETING
128Oracle Sales CloudMARKETING
129ParquetFILE & API
130PaypalACCOUNTING
131PDFFILE & API
132PinterestMARKETING
133PostgreSQLRDBMS
134PrestoBIG DATA & NOSQL
135Presto DBBIG DATA & NOSQL
136QuandlE-COMMERCE
137QuickbaseCOLLABORATION
138QuickBooks OnlineACCOUNTING
139ReckonACCOUNTING
140RedisBIG DATA & NOSQL
141RedisDBNon Relational Data Storage
142RESTFILE & API
143RSSFILE & API
144Sage 300CRM & ERP
145SageACCOUNTING
146SalesforceCRM & ERP
147Salesforce ChatterMARKETING
148SAP Business One DICRM & ERP
149SAP Business OneRDBMS
150SAP BusinessObjects BICOLLABORATION
151SAP ByDesignCRM & ERP
152SAP ConcurACCOUNTING
153SAP ERPCRM & ERP
154SAP FieldglassE-COMMERCE
155SAP HANARDBMS
156SAP HANA XS AdvancedRDBMS
157SAP Hybris c4cRDBMS
158SAP NetweaverCRM & ERP
159SAP Success FactorsCOLLABORATION
160SAS DatasetsBIG DATA & NOSQL
161SAS xptFILE & API
162SendGridMARKETING
163ServiceNowCRM & ERP
164SFTPFILE & API
165SharePointCOLLABORATION
166ShipStationE-COMMERCE
167ShopifyE-COMMERCE
168SlackCOLLABORATION
169SmartsheetCOLLABORATION
170SnowflakeBIG DATA & NOSQL
171SplunkMARKETING
172SQL Analysis ServicesRDBMS
173SquareE-COMMERCE
174StreakCRM & ERP
175Sugar CRMCRM & ERP
176Suite CRMCRM & ERP
177SurveyMonkeyMARKETING
178Sybase IQRDBMS
179SybaseRDBMS
180TallyCRM & ERP
181TaxJarACCOUNTING
182TeradataRDBMS
183TrelloCOLLABORATION
184TrinoBIG DATA & NOSQL
185TsheetsACCOUNTING
186TSVFILE & API
187TwilioFILE & API
188TXTFILE & API
189UPSE-COMMERCE
190USPSE-COMMERCE
191VeevaCRM & ERP
192WasabiFILE & API
193WordPressCOLLABORATION
194WorkdayACCOUNTING
195X-CartE-COMMERCE
196xBaseRDBMS
197XeroACCOUNTING
198Xero Workflow MaxCOLLABORATION
199XMLFILE & API
200YouTube AnalyticsMARKETING
201ZendeskCOLLABORATION
202Zip FilesFILE & API
203Zoho BooksACCOUNTING
204Zoho CRMCRM & ERP

Conclusion:
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In the ever-expanding landscape of data-driven technologies, understanding and harnessing the power of data sources, databases, and ETL tools are crucial for successful machine learning projects. This article has provided a good summary list for data science.

We delved into the concept of data sources, highlighting their diverse nature and the wide array of platforms, systems, and applications that contribute to the data ecosystem. Recognizing the origins and types of data is essential for sourcing relevant and reliable datasets that drive machine learning models forward.

Additionally, we examined the significance of ETL tools, which streamline the extraction, transformation, and loading of data from multiple sources into centralized destinations. These tools automate the data integration process, ensuring that valuable insights can be derived from diverse and complex datasets.

Machine learning projects demand a careful consideration of data types, volumes, liveness, and technological requirements. By understanding the available data storage, management, and processing technologies, data scientists can make informed decisions that align with project objectives and ensure optimal performance.

To aid readers in their data science endeavors, we provided a comprehensive list of over 200+ data sources, databases, and ETL tools. Each entry display the category of technology.

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Dr. Hari Thapliyaal

Dr. Hari Thapliyal is a seasoned professional and prolific blogger with a multifaceted background that spans the realms of Data Science, Project Management, and Advait-Vedanta Philosophy. Holding a Doctorate in AI/NLP from SSBM (Geneva, Switzerland), Hari has earned Master's degrees in Computers, Business Management, Data Science, and Economics, reflecting his dedication to continuous learning and a diverse skill set. With over three decades of experience in management and leadership, Hari has proven expertise in training, consulting, and coaching within the technology sector. His extensive 16+ years in all phases of software product development are complemented by a decade-long focus on course design, training, coaching, and consulting in Project Management. In the dynamic field of Data Science, Hari stands out with more than three years of hands-on experience in software development, training course development, training, and mentoring professionals. His areas of specialization include Data Science, AI, Computer Vision, NLP, complex machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, pattern identification, and extraction of valuable insights. Hari's professional journey showcases his diverse experience in planning and executing multiple types of projects. He excels in driving stakeholders to identify and resolve business problems, consistently delivering excellent results. Beyond the professional sphere, Hari finds solace in long meditation, often seeking secluded places or immersing himself in the embrace of nature.

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