In mid-October, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jon Bock of Snowflake Computing to discuss the world of cloud data warehousing – it’s not just implementing your “father’s” EDW in the sky…
Listen to segment #1 (approx 9 mins)
Jon Bock and I discussed the new era the data warehouse:
- Agility development
- Self-service and automated delivery
- Cloud implementation
Listen to segment #2 (approx 8 mins)
Following our initial topic(s), we discussed how IT and business stakeholders often run into issues with traditional implementation life cycles such as SDLC including:
- Requirements
- Cloud implementations
- Scaling staff to meet the demands of modern EDW implementations
Listen to segment #3 (approx 6 mins)
After discussing the dangers associated with IT telling business stakeholders “no”, Bock and I went into how agile development efforts empower the iterative development of EDW. This includes:
- Sandboxes
- Ad-hoc analytics
- On-demand compute and storage
Listen to segment #4 (approx 5 mins)
At the end of our discussion, Bock and I discuss the innovative collaboration between IT and business to create not just “technology” but new revenues and value.
Listen to the entire podcast (approx 24 mins)
