Google Cloud Dataflow is a next generation managed big data service based on the Apache Beam programming model. It provides a unified model for batch and streaming data processing, with an optimized execution engine that automatically scales based on workload. Customers report being able to build complex data pipelines more quickly using Cloud Dataflow compared to other technologies like Spark, an
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