What are the 4 Ways to Connect Excel to Snowflake

There are four ways to connect Excel to Snowflake in 2026: (1) Power Query's native Snowflake connector (the easiest, no ODBC required), (2) the Snowflake ODBC driver (most flexible for SQL control), (3) the Snowflake Excel Add-In (user-friendly, limited to newer Excel versions), and (4) a third-party ETL platform like Integrate.io (best for automation and scheduled pipelines). For most users, Power Query is the recommended starting point.

The Single Metric That Decides If Your SaaS Survives

The SaaS purge is here, and it’s survival of the fittest. On the latest, Joshua McKenzie (@elmosoftware) drops a harsh reality check: If your software isn’t the ultimate "system of record," your customers are already plotting to build over you. If you're just a pretty interface, you're replaceable.

Thousands of Migrations, Zero Data Loss: OCBC's Confluent Playbook | Life Is But A Stream

Migrating an entire bank's infrastructure without losing a single transaction sounds impossible. Yet, OCBC successfully modernized their event-driven architecture across Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong with zero data loss. In this episode, George Goh (Executive Director at OCBC) joins Joseph Morais and Sami Amed (Staff Solutions Engineer at Confluent) to pull back the curtain on a massive data streaming migration, how the team executed a flawless migration of thousands of producers and consumers in a single weekend.

Scaling Enterprise GenAI on AWS: Security, Governance & Compliance

Hey, did you know that Cloudera has achieved the AWS Generative AI Competency? This major specialization milestone continues to validate the technical work we're doing to deliver high-impact Generative AI solutions on AWS. Because AWS Competencies require rigorous technical validation and verified customer success reviews, this achievement proves real-world impact where it matters most.

Ep 80 | Decision Logic: The Difference Between an Answer and a Decision

Ask an AI system a question, and you'll get an answer. Decision logic determines whether you should trust it. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Paul Muller sits down with Darlene Newman, Innovation Lead at Duczer East, to explore the hidden layer that helps AI move from pattern matching to practical decision-making.