Why Column-Aware Metadata Is Key to Automating Data Transformations
Data, data, data. It does seem we are not only surrounded by talk about data,…
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Support Multiple Data Modeling Approaches with Snowflake
PLEASE NOTE: This post was originally published in 2019. It has been updated to reflect…
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A New Ethics of AI
People tend to simplify. So all types of machine-assisted thinking get dubbed "artificial intelligence," or…
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The Rise of DataOps: Governance and Agility with TrueDataOps
The velocity of change is accelerating. The rate of change businesses are experiencing is just…
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Tips for Optimizing the Data Vault Architecture on Snowflake (Part 3)
For this last post in my Data Vault (DV) series, I will discuss two more…
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Tips for Optimizing the Data Vault Architecture on Snowflake (Part 2)
Setting Up for Maximal Parallel Loading In this post, I will discuss how to engineer…
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Tips for Optimizing the Data Vault Architecture on Snowflake
Data Vault is an architectural approach that includes a specific data model design pattern and…
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3 Trends that Are Transforming the Role of the DBA
The total amount of enterprise data grows exponentially each year, and companies will continue to…
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Adapting the Agile Manifesto Principles to Data Warehousing
Despite the clear benefits of data warehousing programs, business units often question what they perceive…
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3 Rewards of a Well-Executed Data Governance Strategy
A 2018 DATAVERSITY report found that 42% of respondents did not have a high level…
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Data Modeling in the Age of JSON and Schema-on-Read
With the rise of mobile devices and applications, as well as the Internet of Things,…
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How to manage GDPR compliance with Snowflake’s Time Travel and Disaster Recovery
One year after implementation, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) continues to be…
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Using the Snowflake Information Schema
Like any good database, Snowflake has a data dictionary that we expose to users. We…
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Saving Time & Space: Simplifying DevOps with Fast Cloning
As I have written before, I think our fast cloning feature is pretty cool. Not…
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Data Vault Modeling and Snowflake
Since I have joined Snowflake, I have been asked multiple times what data warehouse modeling…
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Part I: Making Schema-on-Read a Reality
(Note: This the the first in a two-part series discussing how we handle semi-structured data…
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