Startups are helping cloud infrastructure customers avoid vendor lock-in

For much of the history of enterprise technology, companies tended to buy from a single vendor because it made managing the entire affair much easier while giving them a “single throat to choke” when something went wrong. On the flip side, it also put customers at the mercy of said vendor — and it wasn’t […] Continue reading Startups are helping cloud infrastructure customers avoid vendor lock-in

Snowflake combines its cloud-native data platform with Google Cloud’s AI, ML and analytics capabilities

Snowflake, the cloud data platform, announced general availability on Google Cloud, bringing together Snowflake’s cloud-native data platform with Google Cloud’s capabilities in AI, ML and analytics. Snowflake is now available in the us-central1 (Iowa) … Continue reading Snowflake combines its cloud-native data platform with Google Cloud’s AI, ML and analytics capabilities

After $479M round on $12.4B valuation, Snowflake CEO says IPO is next step

Snowflake, the cloud-based data warehouse company, doesn’t tend to do small rounds. On Friday night word leaked out about its latest mega round. This one was for $479 million on a $12.4 billion valuation. That’s triple the company’s previous $3.9 billion valuation from October 2018, and CEO Frank Slootman suggested that the company’s next finance […] Continue reading After $479M round on $12.4B valuation, Snowflake CEO says IPO is next step

Snowflake partners with Next Pathway to accelerate migration from legacy data warehouses to Snowflake

Snowflake, the data warehouse built for the cloud, and Next Pathway, the Automated Cloud Migration company, announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the migration from legacy data warehouses to Snowflake. Snowflake will license Next Pathway’s pr… Continue reading Snowflake partners with Next Pathway to accelerate migration from legacy data warehouses to Snowflake

DemystData selected to help empower users on the Snowflake Data Exchange

Snowflake, the data warehouse built for the cloud, announced DemystData has been selected to help empower users on the Snowflake Data Exchange. The partnership will enable DemystData to begin to bring its massive and growing repository of 500-plus data… Continue reading DemystData selected to help empower users on the Snowflake Data Exchange

Snowflake and FedResults partnership provides cloud-based solutions for government

Snowflake, the data warehouse built for the cloud, announced that it has a public sector distribution relationship with FedResults, a government-focused IT provider. This partnership will enable Snowflake and FedResults to provide secure, powerful, fle… Continue reading Snowflake and FedResults partnership provides cloud-based solutions for government

Snowflake co-founder and president of product Benoit Dageville is coming to TC Sessions: Enterprise

When it comes to a cloud success story, Snowflake checks all the boxes. It’s a SaaS product going after industry giants. It has raised bushels of cash and grown extremely rapidly — and the story is continuing to develop for the cloud data lake company. In September, Snowflake’s co-founder and president of product Benoit Dageville […] Continue reading Snowflake co-founder and president of product Benoit Dageville is coming to TC Sessions: Enterprise

Syncsort and Snowflake to support growing demand for advanced cloud analytics

Syncsort, the global leader in Big Iron to Big Data software, announced seamless data integration with Snowflake, provider of the only data warehouse built for the cloud. The new integration will enable mutual customers to access, transform and deliver… Continue reading Syncsort and Snowflake to support growing demand for advanced cloud analytics

Whose (usage) data is it, anyway?

Around the world, business customers now demand business-to-business (B2B) SaaS companies safeguard their usage data. More importantly, they want to know how SaaS companies use that type of data. Unlike personal data, usage data is generated any time b… Continue reading Whose (usage) data is it, anyway?