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Data-Informed vs. Data-Driven: A Conversation With David Cohen, CDO At Weight Watchers

In this "Data Cloud Podcast" episode, David Cohen, Chief Data Officer at Weight Watchers, shares his thoughts on why having silos of information hobbles an organization and how Snowflake continues to help Weight Watchers do its job well. He also walks through the important distinction between what it means to be data-informed versus data-driven.

Snowflake Summit 2024 | Opening Keynote

Watch the full Opening Keynote presentation from Snowflake Summit 2024. The presentation features comments by Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, who discusses the impact AI has had across every organization, followed by a CEO fireside conversation between Sridhar and NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who discusses what the future holds in this new AI era.

insightsoftware Power ON Budget Planner Flyover Demo

In effective cost management, wrangling budgets scattered across local spreadsheets poses challenges in maintenance and consolidation. Enter Power ON’s Budget Planner from insightsoftware, a budgeting and planning solution seamlessly integrated into Power BI. This all-in-one tool empowers users, even those unfamiliar with budgeting tools, to effortlessly construct cohesive budgets.

Databricks Follows Cloudera by Adopting Iceberg, While Snowflake Mulls Open Source Approach

A constant flow of breaking news from the data lakehouse space is making notable tech headlines this week. On Tuesday, Databricks announced that it will acquire Tabular, a data management company founded by the creators of Apache Iceberg, Ryan Blue, Daniel Weeks, and Jason Reidfor. The deal was for an unconfirmed sum, but some reports suggest that amount to be between $1B and $2B (and allegedly outbidding Snowflake).

insightsoftware's Open Business Data Fabric

Imagine you're in finance, juggling with data scattered across countless applications. Combining information from various sources for tasks like budgeting, forecasting, and regulatory unnecessarily hard. The traditional data warehouse approach promises a solution, but it comes with a hefty price tag. It's slow, expensive to maintain and requires constant IT involvement. Data Fabric offers a more promising approach. It connects to various data sources in real time, eliminating outdated information and providing a unified view for applications and BI tools.