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27 Apr 2017

Snowflake and Spark, Part 1: Why Spark?

Snowflake Computing is making great strides in the evolution of our Elastic DWaaS in the cloud. Here is a recent update from engineering and product management on our integration with Spark:

Spark

This is the first post in an ongoing series describing Snowflake’s integration with Spark. In this post, we introduce the Snowflake Connector for Spark (package available from Maven Central or Spark Packages, source code in Github) and make the case for using it to bring Spark and Snowflake together to power your data-driven solutions.

Read the rest of the post: Snowflake and Spark, Part 1: Why Spark?

Enjoy!

Kent

The Data W

Posted in Big Data, SnowflakeDB and tagged #bigdata, #BuiltForTheCloud, #cloud, #ElasticDW, #SnowflakeDB, @SnowflakeDB, cloud data warehouse, Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse, Spark

16 Nov 2016

Using the Snowflake Information Schema

It is my 1 year anniversary of becoming the tech evangelist for Snowflake Computing!

Hard to believe that a year ago I gave up independent consulting and joined this amazing team in San Mateo. While there has been a lot of travel recently with my speaking schedule, I have gotten to learn a ton about big data, the cloud, and modern issues in the world of BI and analytics. Things I would have missed out on had I keep doing what I had been doing.

And the more I speak at events, talk to prospects, customers, analysts, and data architects, like me, the more convinced I am that Snowflake has NAILED it! What we have built here is truely unique in the industry and is led by a truely genius team of database engineers. You should come work here too! Tell them the Data Warrior sent you!

So, happy anniversary to me and here is yet another post I did about one of our great features.

Snowflake Information Schema

Snowflake has a data dictionary that we expose to users. We call it the Information Schema. This post will give you some examples of how to use it. Enjoy!

Read the post here: Using the Snowflake Information Schema

Cheers everyone!

Kent

The Data Warrior

P.S. In case you missed it, you can now sign up online for a FREE trial of Snowflake – the data warehouse built for the cloud!

Posted in Big Data, Data Warehouse, SnowflakeDB and tagged #BuiltForTheCloud, #ElasticDW, #SnowflakeDB, @SnowflakeDB, cloud data warehouse, Elastic Data Warehouse | Leave a comment

20 Jul 2016

Where is the Data Warrior Now?

Hi folks. Time to update y’all on some upcoming speaking engagements for this summer and fall.

Here are a few talks I have scheduled:

Houston DAMA

When: August 9, 2016 1:30 PM

Where: BP Westlake Campus, Helios Plaza, Houston, TX

Topic 1: Harnessing the Elasticity of the Cloud for Analytics with Snowflake and Tableau

Topic 2: Agile Data Warehousing – Building a Virtualized ODS

Register: Houston DAMA Meetup

Agile Denver: BI Meetup #1

When: August 17, 2016 5:30 PM

Where: Charles Schwab, Lone Tree, CO (Denver Tech Center)

Topic: Agile Data Warehousing – Building a Virtualized ODS

Register: Agile BI Meetup

Agile Denver: BI Meetup #2

When: August 18, 2016 5:30 PM

Where: WebPT, Westminster, CO

Topic: Agile Data Warehousing – Building a Virtualized ODS

Register: Agile BI Meetup

Enterprise Dataversity

When: September 21, 2016 8:30 AM

Where: The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Ill

Topic: Data Warehousing in 2016 and Beyond

Register: Enterprise Dataversity

Utah Oracle Users Group (UTOUG) Fall Symposium

When: October 26, 2016

Where: Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus, SLC, Utah

Session #1: Agile Data Warehousing: Using Oracle Data Modeler (SDDM) to build a Virtualized ODS

Session #2: Agile Methods and Data Warehousing: How to Deliver Faster

Session #3: Data Warehousing in the Real World

Register: UTOUG Registration – Coming Soon!

Southern Fried Agile

When: October 28, 2016

Where: Charlotte Convention Center, NC

Topic: Agile Methods and Data Warehousing: How to Deliver Faster

Register: SFA Registration

East Coast Oracle (ECO) Users Conference

When: November 2 & 3, 2016

Where: Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown Hotel, Raleigh, NC

Topic #1: Agile Data Warehousing: Using Oracle Data Modeler (SDDM) to build a Virtualized ODS

Topic #2: Data Warehousing in 2016

Register: ECO Registration

There are more talks in the planning process so be sure to check back.

Hope to see you at one of these events!

Love your data!

Kent

The Data Warrior

Data Warrior LLC

Posted in Data Modeling, Data Warehouse, SnowflakeDB, User Groups and tagged #AgileDataWarehouse, #ElasticDW, #VirtualODS, @SnowflakeDB, agile, agile data warehouse, Data Modeling, Data Warehouse, data warehouse design, data warehousing, Snowflake, Tableau, visualizations | Leave a comment

05 Jul 2016

Introduction to Snowflake!

Heads up! I will be giving a webinar next week, called Enabling Cloud-Native Elastic Data Warehousing to introduce folks to the Snowflake Elastic Data Warehouse. Sign up here and join me on July 12th!

Special thanks to DAMA International for inviting me to do this!

See you there!

Kent

The Data Warrior

Posted in Big Data, Data Warehouse, SnowflakeDB and tagged #bigdata, #cloud, #ElasticDW, #SnowflakeDB, @KentGraziano, @SnowflakeDB, big data, data warrior, Elastic Data Warehouse, free webinar, from the author of A Checklist for Doing Data Model Design Reviews, from the author of An Introduction to Agile Data Engineering | Leave a comment

01 Jun 2016

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Snowflake DB Cool Features – Automatic Query Optimization

This is the final installment of my ongoing series on the Top 10 Cool Features in the Snowflake Elastic Data Warehouse:

#1 Automatic Query Optimization. No Tuning!

As a long time data architect, and not a DBA, this is my favorite part of Snowflake. I do not have to worry about query performance at all. It is all handled “auto-magically” via a dynamic optimization engine in our cloud services layer. I just model, load, and query the data.

See the rest of the post here: Automatic Query Optimization. No Tuning!

Model On!

Kent

The Data Warrior

P.S. If you have questions about any specific features in Snowflake, please let me know in the comments or send me an email at kent.graziano@snowflake.net.

P.P.S. I am considering making a few short videos about Snowflake – what features should I start with?

Posted in Big Data, Data Warehouse, SnowflakeDB and tagged #cloud, #ElasticDW, #SnowflakeDB, @SnowflakeDB, Data Warehouse, data warehouse design, data warehousing

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