2Exploring data transformation with Google Cloud
- 2.1The value of data and types of data
Understand the value of data as fuel for business decisions and AI, the difference between structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, batch vs streaming processing, and the data lifecycle from generation to value.
- 2.2Google Cloud data management solutions
Understand the roles and selection of Google Cloud’s key data services: relational databases (Cloud SQL, Spanner), NoSQL (Firestore, Bigtable), object storage (Cloud Storage), data warehouse (BigQuery), data pipelines (Dataflow, Pub/Sub), and business intelligence (Looker).

