As Business Intelligence (BI) tools, data warehousing solutions, and enterprise data and application landscapes have advanced, it’s worth taking the time to rethink that old model, starting with the dichotomy between operational reporting (OR) and strategic analytics. There is a clear difference between operational reporting and BI, but they can and should work together. Companies use one or the other, and if they have both, there is a gap between them.
Snowflake’s Data Cloud is powered by a single engine. From day 1, we have been focusing on consistently evolving and improving this engine to allow existing workloads to run more efficiently and enable new workloads to run on Snowflake. The single engine approach translates into a single experience—from one consistent pricing model to an integrated approach combining performance, security, governance, and the foundation to seamlessly enable cross-region or cross-cloud scenarios.
Angles for Oracle simplifies the process of accessing data from Oracle ERPs for reporting and analytical insights; offering seamless integration with cloud data warehouse targets.
Companies are tightening the belts with one exception: data. The modern data stack shows no signs of a recession with Frank Slootman the CEO of Snowflake saying at their annual user conference they will not slow hiring plans. CNBC Tech Council executives noted how technology investments are business drivers, not cost centers. And Foundry’s annual cloud computing survey cites cloud analytics as a top growth driver. A digital economy is fueling this growth in the data sector.