One of the biggest challenges in modern computing is connecting data stored across the web with analytical data engines, often deployed on-premises, in near real-time. Pivotal Greenplum just made this challenge a lot easier by introducing Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service (AWS S3) external table support. To put a finer point on the challenge, modern applications running in the public clou
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