One of the many new feature announcements at this year’s Snowflake Summit was Snowflake Unistore Hybrid Tables. The Hybrid Table offering stores data to support fast single-row transactions along with storing the data in columnar format. In other words: The…
At this years World Wide Data Vault Consortium (WWDVC) I will deliver the following: Hands-On Lab: Cloud based Data Modeling with SqlDBM In this technical session we will demonstrate the cloud-based data modeling capabilities of SqlDBM. We will begin with…
The recording of my session “The evolution of data sharing & data marketplaces” delivered at DEDAG is now available. As many businesses seek to augment or enrich internal datasets with external data, data sharing including cloud-based data marketplaces are appearing…
Data sharing including cloud-based data marketplaces are appearing at a growing rate to match data consumers with the right data suppliers. Data sharing has a long history in academic, research, and public policy circles. In more recent years it has…
“Organizations cannot just pump out data for the sake of data and hope that maybe someone will find it”- Jaimie Boyd, Chief Digital Officer for the government of British Columbia during the Summer of Open Data. The Summer of Open…
Are you excited / on the fence / downright sceptical about a data mesh? Not long after a new buzzword makes the mainstream, a train of hype often follows 🚇. How do we decode the top notch promotion vs. the…
Sherlock Holmes, the fictional private detective, uses a combination of observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning to investigate cases. He applies these facets to great effect in solving those cases. This process is known as “Holmesian deduction”. We can…
A data model is a communication tool Data models are core components of a successful data pipeline, whether formally or informally. They influence how Data Engineers develop the desired data transformation logic. Data models support data governance, data accessibility, and…
The team at SqlDBM have invited me to share my Snowflake Data Cloud and data modeling expertise, reflect on current industry trends, and discuss the role that data modeling plays in the context of the Snowflake Data Cloud. During the…
Today I will pack my virtual suitcase and take a virtual flight to deliver a virtual lecture at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. OK, so there won’t be actual snow in Rotterdam today. In fact the weather forecast is…