The document provides information about announcements from Snowflake Summit in June 2022. It includes guidelines for the virtual user group meeting and the agenda. The agenda covers Snowflake Summit announcements, questions and answers, and a future topics poll. It also describes the purpose of the user group in keeping members informed about Snowflake features, use cases, best practices, and growing professional networks. The remainder of the document focuses on announcements around the Snowflake platform, including innovations in enterprise data foundation, bringing development to data, productizing development, cybersecurity, native application frameworks, and unistore. It provides details on new capabilities and features for performance, geospatial support, data access, cost governance, replication, streaming pipelines, machine learning,
Snowflake: The Good, the Bad, and the UglyTyler Wishnoff
Learn how to solve the top 3 challenges Snowflake customers face, and what you can do to ensure high-performance, intelligent analytics at any scale. Ideal for those currently using Snowflake and those considering it. Learn more at: https://kyligence.io/
Built on Oracle Analytics Cloud and powered by Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud, Fusion Analytics Warehouse
(FAW) provides Oracle ERP and HCM Cloud Application customers with best-practice key performance indicators (KPIs)
and actionable insights driven by advanced analytics
Snowflake: The Good, the Bad, and the UglyTyler Wishnoff
Learn how to solve the top 3 challenges Snowflake customers face, and what you can do to ensure high-performance, intelligent analytics at any scale. Ideal for those currently using Snowflake and those considering it. Learn more at: https://kyligence.io/
Built on Oracle Analytics Cloud and powered by Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud, Fusion Analytics Warehouse
(FAW) provides Oracle ERP and HCM Cloud Application customers with best-practice key performance indicators (KPIs)
and actionable insights driven by advanced analytics
this is part 3 of the series on Data Mesh ... looking at the intersection of microservices architecture concepts, data integration / replication technologies and log-based stream integration techniques. This webinar was mostly a demonstration, but several slides used to setup the demo are included here as a PDF for viewers.
Introduction to Snowflake Datawarehouse and Architecture for Big data company. Centralized data management. Snowpipe and Copy into a command for data loading. Stream loading and Batch Processing.
Enabling a Data Mesh Architecture with Data VirtualizationDenodo
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3rwWhyv
The Data Mesh architectural design was first proposed in 2019 by Zhamak Dehghani, principal technology consultant at Thoughtworks, a technology company that is closely associated with the development of distributed agile methodology. A data mesh is a distributed, de-centralized data infrastructure in which multiple autonomous domains manage and expose their own data, called “data products,” to the rest of the organization.
Organizations leverage data mesh architecture when they experience shortcomings in highly centralized architectures, such as the lack domain-specific expertise in data teams, the inflexibility of centralized data repositories in meeting the specific needs of different departments within large organizations, and the slow nature of centralized data infrastructures in provisioning data and responding to changes.
In this session, Pablo Alvarez, Global Director of Product Management at Denodo, explains how data virtualization is your best bet for implementing an effective data mesh architecture.
You will learn:
- How data mesh architecture not only enables better performance and agility, but also self-service data access
- The requirements for “data products” in the data mesh world, and how data virtualization supports them
- How data virtualization enables domains in a data mesh to be truly autonomous
- Why a data lake is not automatically a data mesh
- How to implement a simple, functional data mesh architecture using data virtualization
Wonder what this data mesh stuff is all about? What are the principles of data mesh? Can you or should you consider data mesh as the approach for your analytics platform? And most important - how can Snowflake help?
Given in Montreal on 14-Dec-2021
Introduction to Power BI to make smart decisionsVIVEK GURURANI
Power BI: Business intelligence like never before!
Power BI is a tool that allows accounting and finance managers and professionals to have relevant information at the right time to make strategic decisions in a flexible, centralized, and secure way. Transform your business with predictive analytics, data visualization, and information in real-time, thanks to Power BI.
Presentation Agenda:
1. Introduction to Power BI
2. Why would your business need Power BI?
3. Power BI Architecture
4. Data Sanitization & Cleansing Capabilities
5. Analytical Insights
6. Generating Department Wise Reports & Visualizations
7. Latest & Upcoming Power BI features
8. Live Q&A
Snowflake concepts & hands on expertise to help get you started on implementing Data warehouses using Snowflake. Necessary information and skills that will help you master Snowflake essentials.
Frances Jones: "Tableau vs PowerBI"
THE SHOWDOWN! Two of the leading tools for data visualization come head-to-head in this presentation from Frances Jones. Frances is a leading expert and master in displaying quantitative information and has had many years of expertise using both of these tools to wow her clients. Come to hear her perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of both tools, as well as plenty of handy tips that will help you improve your viz skills.
About the Speaker:
Frances is a vivacious lover of data.
Big data consultant by day, data communicator & human behavioral enthusiast by night! She has had many years of experience across many visualization tools and platforms and is constantly pushing the boundaries on what is possible in this space.
Power BI Overview, Deployment and GovernanceJames Serra
Deploying Power BI in a large enterprise is a complex task, and one that requires a lot of thought and planning. The purpose of this presentation is to help you make your Power BI deployment a success. After a quick Power BI overview, I’ll discuss deployment strategies, common usage scenarios, how to store and refresh data, prototyping options, how to share externally, and then finish with how to administer and secure Power BI. I’ll outline considerations and best practices for achieving an optimal, well-performing, enterprise level Power BI deployment.
A Work of Zhamak Dehghani
Principal consultant
ThoughtWorks
https://martinfowler.com/articles/data-monolith-to-mesh.html
https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/vys2juvzc3?videoFoam
How to Move Beyond a Monolithic Data Lake to a Distributed Data Mesh
Many enterprises are investing in their next generation data lake, with the hope of democratizing data at scale to provide business insights and ultimately make automated intelligent decisions. Data platforms based on the data lake architecture have common failure modes that lead to unfulfilled promises at scale. To address these failure modes we need to shift from the centralized paradigm of a lake, or its predecessor data warehouse. We need to shift to a paradigm that draws from modern distributed architecture: considering domains as the first class concern, applying platform thinking to create self-serve data infrastructure, and treating data as a product.
Understand SAP BusinessObjects Licenses & RoadmapWiiisdom
Learn about the different SAP BusinessObjects license type: CPU, NUL (Named User License), and CSBL (Concurrent Session Based License). Learn about the latest SAP BusinessObjects and application roadmap.
Presenters:
Jason Hurd, VP, Platform & Technologies Public Sector – SAP
Bruno Masek, Global VP – 360Suite
How Snowflake Sink Connector Uses Snowpipe’s Streaming Ingestion Feature, Jay...HostedbyConfluent
How Snowflake Sink Connector Uses Snowpipe’s Streaming Ingestion Feature, Jay Patel | Current 2022
We’ll discuss streaming ingestion into Snowflake with Snowpipe Streaming and how we utilized it with the Snowflake Sink Connector for Kafka. We will talk about the improvements and then jump onto a demo which uses Docker containers to spin up a Kafka and Kafka connect environment to load data into Snowflake using Snowpipe Streaming
this is part 3 of the series on Data Mesh ... looking at the intersection of microservices architecture concepts, data integration / replication technologies and log-based stream integration techniques. This webinar was mostly a demonstration, but several slides used to setup the demo are included here as a PDF for viewers.
Introduction to Snowflake Datawarehouse and Architecture for Big data company. Centralized data management. Snowpipe and Copy into a command for data loading. Stream loading and Batch Processing.
Enabling a Data Mesh Architecture with Data VirtualizationDenodo
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3rwWhyv
The Data Mesh architectural design was first proposed in 2019 by Zhamak Dehghani, principal technology consultant at Thoughtworks, a technology company that is closely associated with the development of distributed agile methodology. A data mesh is a distributed, de-centralized data infrastructure in which multiple autonomous domains manage and expose their own data, called “data products,” to the rest of the organization.
Organizations leverage data mesh architecture when they experience shortcomings in highly centralized architectures, such as the lack domain-specific expertise in data teams, the inflexibility of centralized data repositories in meeting the specific needs of different departments within large organizations, and the slow nature of centralized data infrastructures in provisioning data and responding to changes.
In this session, Pablo Alvarez, Global Director of Product Management at Denodo, explains how data virtualization is your best bet for implementing an effective data mesh architecture.
You will learn:
- How data mesh architecture not only enables better performance and agility, but also self-service data access
- The requirements for “data products” in the data mesh world, and how data virtualization supports them
- How data virtualization enables domains in a data mesh to be truly autonomous
- Why a data lake is not automatically a data mesh
- How to implement a simple, functional data mesh architecture using data virtualization
Wonder what this data mesh stuff is all about? What are the principles of data mesh? Can you or should you consider data mesh as the approach for your analytics platform? And most important - how can Snowflake help?
Given in Montreal on 14-Dec-2021
Introduction to Power BI to make smart decisionsVIVEK GURURANI
Power BI: Business intelligence like never before!
Power BI is a tool that allows accounting and finance managers and professionals to have relevant information at the right time to make strategic decisions in a flexible, centralized, and secure way. Transform your business with predictive analytics, data visualization, and information in real-time, thanks to Power BI.
Presentation Agenda:
1. Introduction to Power BI
2. Why would your business need Power BI?
3. Power BI Architecture
4. Data Sanitization & Cleansing Capabilities
5. Analytical Insights
6. Generating Department Wise Reports & Visualizations
7. Latest & Upcoming Power BI features
8. Live Q&A
Snowflake concepts & hands on expertise to help get you started on implementing Data warehouses using Snowflake. Necessary information and skills that will help you master Snowflake essentials.
Frances Jones: "Tableau vs PowerBI"
THE SHOWDOWN! Two of the leading tools for data visualization come head-to-head in this presentation from Frances Jones. Frances is a leading expert and master in displaying quantitative information and has had many years of expertise using both of these tools to wow her clients. Come to hear her perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of both tools, as well as plenty of handy tips that will help you improve your viz skills.
About the Speaker:
Frances is a vivacious lover of data.
Big data consultant by day, data communicator & human behavioral enthusiast by night! She has had many years of experience across many visualization tools and platforms and is constantly pushing the boundaries on what is possible in this space.
Power BI Overview, Deployment and GovernanceJames Serra
Deploying Power BI in a large enterprise is a complex task, and one that requires a lot of thought and planning. The purpose of this presentation is to help you make your Power BI deployment a success. After a quick Power BI overview, I’ll discuss deployment strategies, common usage scenarios, how to store and refresh data, prototyping options, how to share externally, and then finish with how to administer and secure Power BI. I’ll outline considerations and best practices for achieving an optimal, well-performing, enterprise level Power BI deployment.
A Work of Zhamak Dehghani
Principal consultant
ThoughtWorks
https://martinfowler.com/articles/data-monolith-to-mesh.html
https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/vys2juvzc3?videoFoam
How to Move Beyond a Monolithic Data Lake to a Distributed Data Mesh
Many enterprises are investing in their next generation data lake, with the hope of democratizing data at scale to provide business insights and ultimately make automated intelligent decisions. Data platforms based on the data lake architecture have common failure modes that lead to unfulfilled promises at scale. To address these failure modes we need to shift from the centralized paradigm of a lake, or its predecessor data warehouse. We need to shift to a paradigm that draws from modern distributed architecture: considering domains as the first class concern, applying platform thinking to create self-serve data infrastructure, and treating data as a product.
Understand SAP BusinessObjects Licenses & RoadmapWiiisdom
Learn about the different SAP BusinessObjects license type: CPU, NUL (Named User License), and CSBL (Concurrent Session Based License). Learn about the latest SAP BusinessObjects and application roadmap.
Presenters:
Jason Hurd, VP, Platform & Technologies Public Sector – SAP
Bruno Masek, Global VP – 360Suite
How Snowflake Sink Connector Uses Snowpipe’s Streaming Ingestion Feature, Jay...HostedbyConfluent
How Snowflake Sink Connector Uses Snowpipe’s Streaming Ingestion Feature, Jay Patel | Current 2022
We’ll discuss streaming ingestion into Snowflake with Snowpipe Streaming and how we utilized it with the Snowflake Sink Connector for Kafka. We will talk about the improvements and then jump onto a demo which uses Docker containers to spin up a Kafka and Kafka connect environment to load data into Snowflake using Snowpipe Streaming
The very first in-person PNW Splunk user group in Seattle since before the pandemic! REI's Michael Bunner brought us a constellation of automation patterns, and Splunk's Rob de Luna walked us through Edge Processor. It was so great to see folks out and about and getting into deep discussion! Next in-person meeting in PDX. Sponsored by Arcus Data.
Build Multi-Channel solutions for Mobile (Android & iOS) and Web SAP recently introduced MDK Web runtime, which expands MDK (Mobile development kit) capabilities to desktop complementing existing MDK Mobile Clients (Android & iOS). You can now build and maintain a single app that runs natively on Mobile (Android & iOS) and web app (online) in browser. MDK Web runtime is an important delivery of the SAP Cloud Platform Extension Suite and offers new Low-Code features which helps business developers to contribute in building extensions.
Webinar - ValQ for Production Planning and ControlVisual_BI
In this webinar, the presenter showcases with the help of a live demo on how a manufacturing firm can leverage Microsoft Power BI to drive and manage Production Planning in a visual and intuitive way. The demo also covers how resources and capacities can be managed effectively by leveraging scenario modeling and what-if simulation capabilities delivered by ValQ for Microsoft Power BI.
Bengaluru Splunk User Group kick off.
Introduction to User Group Leaders,
Session 1 on Splunk Remote Work Insights
Session 2 on Splunk Dashboard Journey
It’s not news to anyone in IT that container technology has become one of the fastest growing areas of innovation, facilitating ease of packaging and consistent deployment environments for applications. If you’re in IT, you are also likely familiar with Kubernetes—the leading container orchestration platform.
This advanced technology session will cover the integration of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS platform with Kubernetes. Binny Gill, Nutanix Chief Architect, and Allan Naim, Google Product Manager, will guide you through how Kubernetes is enabled by Google in GKE and by Nutanix on-premises, to provide a simple, consistent, and hybrid platform for all your containerized apps.
Snowflake: The most cost-effective agile and scalable data warehouse ever!Visual_BI
In this webinar, the presenter will take you through the most revolutionary data warehouse, Snowflake with a live demo and technical and functional discussions with a customer. Ryan Goltz from Chesapeake Energy and Tristan Handy, creator of DBT Cloud and owner of Fishtown Analytics will also be joining the webinar.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
9. Data Cloud Growth
April 2022
April 2020
Visualization based on actual Data Cloud sharing activity as of April 30,
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Visualization based on actual Data Cloud sharing activity as of April 30,
2022