On June 10th 2024 Apache Iceberg tables became generally available on Snowflake. This blog will focus on creating Iceberg tables on Snowflake and illustrate how this is integrated with dbt. What are Iceberg Tables? Iceberg tables utilize the Apache Iceberg open table format, which acts as an abstraction layer over data files stored in open […]
Managing and extracting actionable insights from documents can be a time-consuming and error-prone task, especially when it comes to complex technical documents. These documents are often filled with critical information that needs to be efficiently analyzed and organized for operational decisions. That’s where Snowflake’s Document AI comes in. Snowflake’s advanced AI-powered platform is revolutionizing the […]
In today’s data-driven world, the ability to harness advanced language models is crucial for organizations aiming to leverage their data for actionable insights. While many organizations excel at managing and analyzing structured data, they often overlook a treasure trove of information contained in unstructured data. This unstructured data—ranging from emails and social media posts to […]
Data Streaming refers to the continuous process of transmitting, processing, and analyzing data in real-time as it is generated or received. It involves the constant flow of data from its source to its destination, where it can be processed, analyzed, and acted upon without significant delay, typically within milliseconds to seconds. Real-time data streaming is […]
Through the years, we have learned from implementations at various customers that setting up and maintaining a Snowflake environment can be time consuming and cumbersome. Especially in a fast growing environment with a lot of users, making sure every user has the correct privileges can quickly become very complex. Typically, this results in a lot of extensive […]
Snowflake has numerous advantages and strategic values who all lead to the success we know and witness today. In the last year, Snowflake has become an established value as a cloud data platform thanks to an amazing marketing campaign but moreover, by one of the most successful IPOs in the history of IT. Before going […]
In the modern IT landscape data is more important than ever, yet when sharing data, we are still stuck using the same outdated methods. Because why are we still driving from place to place to swap out hard drives with a database dump on it? Some organizations and/or sectors wish to provide their business partners […]
A little over a year ago DataSense started looking into Snowflake as a new focus for implementing a next generation cloud data platform. As a company, we at DataSense focus on using Data Vault 2.0 for data integration, data engineering, and data analytics solutions. Crucial for a good Data Vault 2.0 implementation is a powerful database capable of handling the loads […]