{"id":5155,"date":"2026-02-25T08:43:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/insights\/what-is-a-modern-data-platform"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:43:39","slug":"what-is-a-modern-data-platform","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_pt","link":"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/en\/insights\/what-is-a-modern-data-platform","title":{"rendered":"What is a modern data platform?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A modern data platform ensures that the data present in your source systems is stored in your own cloud environment &#038; processed into data products relevant to your organization. Of course, this should be done in a controlled and secure manner. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that the exact appearance of a modern data platform varies from case to case, such a platform often consists of the following components:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Integration<\/li>\n<li>Data Storage<\/li>\n<li>Data Processing<\/li>\n<li>Data Analysis &#038; Usage<\/li>\n<li>Data Security &#038; Governance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What the &#8220;inside&#8221; of a data platform looks like is often described in a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/simplified\/data-architectuur\">data architecture<\/a><\/u>. A term previously commonly used to describe part of the operation of a data platform is &#8220;data warehouse. However, a modern data platform does more. A modern data platform may well include a data warehouse.   <\/p>\n<h3>When modern?<\/h3>\n<p>Not all data platforms are modern. We recognize &#8211; in outline &#8211; the following characteristics that distinguish a modern data platform from a traditional data platform: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8216;Unlimited&#8217; scale: <\/strong>modern data platforms decouple data processing from data storage, allowing them &#8211; if properly set up &#8211; to scale infinitely.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unstructured data: <\/strong>in addition to structured data, a modern data platform can also handle large amounts of unstructured or semi-structured data such as e.g. images. Often a &#8216;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/simplified\/data-lake\">data lake<\/a><\/u>&#8216; is often used for this purpose. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Real-time data operation<\/strong>: use cases requiring real-time data processing &#038; storage are a perfect fit for a modern data platform.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cloud-native: <\/strong>a modern data platform is made for the cloud with services that you purchase as a service and thus charge for what you actually use.<br \/>\nCommonly used cloud services<br \/>\nare AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automated: <\/strong>100% automation ensures that a modern data platform can be deployed quickly and new test or production environments can be created at the push of a button.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flexibility: <\/strong>source systems &#038; data models change and a modern data platform can deal with them more easily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another feature is that both data analysis and data science applications can be housed in a modern data platform.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, a modern data platform can better handle today&#8217;s data challenges &#038; organization. This requires flexibility &#038; scale, which is why these platforms often use cloud services. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A modern data platform ensures that the data present in your source systems is stored in your own cloud environment &#038; processed into data products relevant to your organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","knowledge_type":[58],"knowledge_category":[],"class_list":["post-5155","knowledge_pt","type-knowledge_pt","status-publish","hentry","knowledge_type-simplified"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_pt\/5155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_pt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge_pt"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledge_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_type?post=5155"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beeminds.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_category?post=5155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}