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title: "External Data Platforms as Part of the Modern Data Stack"
description: "Modernizing data architectures is top of mind for many IT, data, and analytics leaders. Incorporating external data should be a priority in this process."
canonical: "https://www.explorium.ai/resource/external-data-platforms-as-part-of-the-modern-data-stack/"
last-updated: "2022-11-17"
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# External Data Platforms as Part of the Modern Data Stack

> Modernizing data architectures is top of mind for many IT, data, and analytics leaders. Incorporating external data should be a priority in this process.

- Canonical URL: https://www.explorium.ai/resource/external-data-platforms-as-part-of-the-modern-data-stack/
- Last updated: 2022-11-17

Modernizing data architectures is top of mind for many IT, data, and analytics leaders. Providing users with the right data, at the right time, and in the right form is a requirement to improve an organization’s decision making processes. Much of this focus is on internal data only; however 79% of organizations consider external data very valuable.
External data platforms are a new requirement when modernizing your architecture that expand the use of external data in your  organization. An external data platform automates and streamlines the steps to incorporate external data - creating competitive advantages.

This paper will outline the core components of modern architectures and why an external data platform is a new requirement.