A New Era of Cloud Analytics

A NEW ERA OF CLOUD ANALYTICS WITH SNOWFLAKE AS THE HADOOP ERA ENDS

Hadoop was regarded as a revolutionary technology that would change data management and completely replace data warehousing. Such a statement is partly accurate but not entirely true since it has not been the case ever since cloud solutions came into the picture. Hadoop mostly flourishes with projects that involve substantial data infrastructure, meaning it was more relevant around a decade ago when most data analysts Continue reading

Snowflake vs Netezza

Snowflake vs Netezza

Fifteen years ago, IBM introduced an appliance-based, on-prem analytics solution known as Netezza. It was purpose built, load ready, and met a lot of the needs of the day (back when on-prem was still largely the preferred choice for data warehousing solutions). One could say IBM really hit the ball out of the park, and Netezza has definitely enjoyed a good, solid run since then, but that was fifteen years ago, and times have Continue reading