PODCAST: Cloud Data Warehousing

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)