Legacy applications pose multiple problems for data-driven organizations like yours. Outdated software might no longer receive support and maintenance from its vendor or might not integrate with modern technologies like cloud computing. Still, these applications are essential for day-to-day business tasks, and replacing them could impede productivity and profitability.

Today we're thrilled to announce the general availability of Hybrid Tables in all AWS commercial regions. As part of Snowflake Unistore, Hybrid Tables unify both transactional and analytical workloads on a single database to simplify architectures as well as governance and security. Since launching the public preview of Hybrid Tables this year, we have seen adoption across industries from customers such as Siemens, Panther, Mutual of Omaha, PowerSchool, MarketWise and Project Lead The Way.

Have you ever wondered why claim processing often takes so long? Or why so many errors happen in what should be a simple process? In fact, research shows that manual claim processing can lead to up to 30% errors and 50% higher costs due to inefficiencies. These delays don’t just frustrate customers- they also slow down business operations and impact revenue.

Development teams and product managers have many variables that affect their daily processes, but perhaps the most impactful is the nature of their development environment. Having a proper development environment can fundamentally change the efficacy of an entire engineering team, unlocking incredible productivity and iterative development at scale.

This fall, thousands of leaders in the financial services industry gathered at the annual Money 20/20 conference to talk trends in payments, compliance, fraud reduction, treasury and transactions and more. Conversations centered on the theme of “Human x Machine,” and while AI was a focus, there were plenty of other insights around real-time data analytics, security considerations and customer strategies that are guiding the future of money.

At Snowflake BUILD, we are introducing powerful new features designed to accelerate building and deploying generative AI applications on enterprise data, while helping you ensure trust and safety. These new tools streamline workflows, deliver insights at scale, and get AI apps into production quickly. Customers such as Skai have used these capabilities to bring their generative AI solution into production in just two days instead of months.

Consumption-based pricing has become a popular model for SaaS and PaaS businesses, allowing customers to pay only for what they use. Pioneers like Slack and AWS have successfully adopted this approach, offering flexibility and reducing waste. However, not all consumption-based models are created equal. The Monthly Active Users (MAU) model, while appealing in its simplicity, often leads to inefficiencies and unexpected costs.

The wealth management industry is on the cusp of transformative change as we approach 2025. The sector, long considered a bastion of stability, now faces a confluence of forces reshaping its foundations. From generational wealth transfer to the integration of cutting-edge technologies like AI and blockchain, firms must evolve rapidly to meet the expectations of a new generation of investors.

Do you have an open API specification that needs to be transformed into a functional mock server? With Choreo’s latest release, you can now use Prism Mock service components to mock your open API specifications. This is powered by Prism, an open source technology, allowing you to tap into Choreo’s robust functionalities, including API management, observability, DevOps, and more.

It’s easy these days for an organization’s data infrastructure to begin looking like a maze, with an accumulation of point solutions here and there. While some businesses find ways to stitch together many tools with complex pipelines, wouldn’t it be better if you could remove some of the steps? What if you could streamline your efforts while still building an architecture that best fits your business and technology needs?