Whether you call it self-service analytics or self-service business intelligence (BI), there has been much discussion about the perils, myths, promises, and prospects of successfully building self-service capability. Going forward, I’ll use the phrase “self-service BI” but you are welcome to substitute the words “self-service analytics”.So, is self-service BI actually attainable or just snake oil?

As data science and machine learning adoption has grown over the last few years, Python is catching up to SQL in popularity within the world of data processing. SQL and Python are both powerful on their own, but their value in modern analytics is highest when they work together.

Snowflake is committed to helping developers focus on building their apps and businesses rather than on infrastructure management. At this year’s Snowday, Snowflake announced a series of advancements that empower developers to do more with their data, enhancing productivity and unlocking new ways to develop applications, pipelines, and machine learning (ML) models with Snowflake’s unified data platform.

Financial statements tell an important story, but they rarely tell the entire story. It often requires a sharp eye and a healthy measure of experience to elicit meaningful information from the numbers. Even people with keen financial acumen will have questions, and they can easily overlook important realities that lay buried somewhere within the details. For those with less experience reading financial reports, this task is far more difficult.