Welcome to the new episode of Raiffeisen Tech Podcast. Together with Robert Marek APEX Engineer, and Jacek Cieślak APEX Service Manager at Raiffeisen Tech Poland, weexplore the shift from traditional data lakes to a product-oriented, self-service approach to data.

In this episode:

🔹 Why is RBI Group focusing more on data products today,and what does it mean for the organization?
🔹 How does the APEX platform enable faster, automated,and standardized delivery of data products?
🔹 What role does governance and secure data sharing playin team collaboration?
🔹 And how does Service Management support usersthroughout their journey on APEX?
🔹 Plus, our classic Hot or Not segment busting mythsabout data products.
☕ And a relaxed “Coffeewith Jacek and Robert” chat about their personal passions and career stories.

Behind the scenes this episode wouldn’t exist withoutour podcast team: AleksandraKuźmińska, Ewa Kołnier, Klaudia Bednarczyk Mateusz Czerniakowski, MirkoIvanković, Monika Nowak, and Tomasz Przewłocki.

0:00 – Introduction

0:36 – Meet the Guests – brief introduction of Robert Marek and Jacek Cieślak

2:25 – Episode topics

2:53 – Why Data Products matter

4:10 – What is APEX?

7:00 – Moving beyond traditional data lakes

8:40 – How APEX supports data product development

11:34 – Data sharing and Governance

12:40 – Automation and faster delivery

14:30 – Service management responsibilities

16:37 – Onboarding New Teams 18:17 – Improving user productivity

20:45 – Practical examples of efficiency gains

23:15 – Service management and engineering collaboration

27:40 – What is the first step to implement APEX?

28:15 – Future of APEX in RBI

30:02 – Main advantages of migrating to APEX

34:15 – Organizational benefits

35:19 – True or False