Dean Frost

Mastering Snowflake Case Studies I'm excited to share our Mastering Snowflake Case Studies—a comprehensive resource showcasing how we’ve helped organizations across Australia, the US, the UK, and Europe transform their data strategies with Snowflake. From rapid deployments to solving complex data integration and security challenges, these case studies highlight real-world success stories. Whether you're in financial services, sports, insurance, or construction, this guide is packed with insights on how you can optimize your data assets, empower your teams, and accelerate your business value. 💡 What’s inside? ✅ Rapid Deployment & Security: Discover how XpressLaunch enabled secure Snowflake setups for seamless operations. ✅ Tailored Expertise: Custom solutions that streamline complex environments. ✅ Comprehensive Coverage: Key strategies for addressing critical areas like data sourcing, engineering, and performance optimization. ✅ Empowered Teams: Training and knowledge transfer that ensures your data team can maintain and optimize your Snowflake environment. Get exclusive access to the case studies now and see how organizations worldwide are unlocking their data potential! 👉 Download your copy here: https://lnkd.in/enytwv5d Simply enter your email to get started. #Snowflake #DataTransformation #XpressLaunch #DataStrategy #DataEngineering #CaseStudies

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Generative #AI deserves all the attention it's getting but not at the expense of tried & tested value drivers like 'nongnerative' machine learning. That said, #GenAI has the attention of stakeholders which has opened-up (re-opened?) conversations around broader data & analytics/AI imperatives. Let's make these conversations count with a common language & literacy for the whole picture.

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Here we go! Next Sydney Meetup for Qlik folks. Please register to attend so we know how many to cater for - last time was pretty much full house, so get after it! #analytics #datamanagement #ai #ml #datascience #dataviz #dataplatforms

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Join this webinar on Wednesday May 29th to hear about One NZ's transformation journey. They will share insights into how data is driving their business forward and improving customer experience. From Machine Learning to Artificial Intelligence, One NZ believes that data forms the foundation of its strategic, long-term goals. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from a Snowflake telecommunications customer on how they are leveraging data to achieve their business objectives. #DataTransformation #SnowflakeCustomer #CustomerExperience #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence

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A dashboard is a great way to showcase important KPIs that we want to track and monitor. Senior Developer Advocate Chanin Nantasenamat walks you through the process of building a dashboard from within Snowflake Notebooks using Streamlit with this starter template. 📺 Watch the tutorial: https://lnkd.in/gp7tak6H  🐙 Try the Demo Notebook: https://lnkd.in/gsa_2ett

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🚀 New Blog Post Alert: Cluster Configuration Secrets for Spark - Unlocking Parallel Processing Power 🚀 Cost is a key value proposition for the lakehouse movement. With the immense flexibility that if offers, there are many ways to get to the same outcome, some more efficient than others.... let's dig in. **Disclaimer:** the results in this blog post does NOT apply universally to all workloads. Test your workload, but before you start, start with understanding the constraints and advantages of each. Post in comments. #spark #microsoftfabric #databricks #techinsights

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Things to do in Sydney... 🇦🇺👀 ✅ Check our the famous Opera House ✅ Climb the Harbour Bridge ✅ Try Marrickville Pork Roll ✅ Avoid the Sydney Funnel Web Spider and... ❄️ Find out the latest features of Snowflake's AI Data Cloud and the Matillion Data Productivity Cloud at #SnowflakeWorldTour!

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MTF Finance’s legacy data systems were limiting the company from making data-driven decisions. With our Azure Databricks Lakehouse Accelerator, the New Zealand financing provider gained agility and improved processing speed, now loading its data in just 2 hours instead of the 24 hours it used to take. Find out more about this successful partnership here: https://okt.to/VjNJeW #data #datadriven #agility

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This #IndependenceDay, we're celebrating how Qlik’s Independence benefits you! From cloud flexibility to unbiased #AI integration, explore the top 5️⃣ reasons why our independence in cloud, large language models (LLMs), and more drives better outcomes for your business. Read more: https://bit.ly/3XWmSVA

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I love hearing about how our customers are building on Snowflake. Judo Bank's, general manager of data, Isaac Davis, said after considering various tools, Judo settled on Snowflake. Despite involving around 1,400 workloads, the migration to Snowflake only took two months, helped in part by the in-house creation of tools to automate code changes. The migration put Judo “in a really good situation”, said Davis. There is less fluctuation in processing times, and the platform requires less ongoing management, freeing up around 5% of the team’s time, and provides secure data sharing and collaboration. While, Commonwealth Bank’s (CBA’s) chief data and analytics officer, Andrew McMullan, lauded Snowflake’s versatility for model creation and execution, including models from external platforms. Applications range from real-time fraud detection to personalised customer offers. The bank even uses Snowflake to detect and block abusive messages in online payment descriptions, sharing these algorithms with other financial institutions. All of the bank’s AI models are monitored in real time via Snowflake, with alerts going to the right people if a model’s performance drifts beyond specified limits. Read about how Snowflake is bringing AI to more customers across ANZ - https://lnkd.in/g8TX8f8r #snowflake #AI #data Theo Hourmouzis Krzysztof Zielinski Kate Power Natalie Mead Jon Robertson Ash Willis James Butler Eszter Szikora Brad Burns Kaitlyn Hopkins Lindsey Shepard Olivia Kealey

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Great advice as ever from Nicola Reed. Learn tips and tricks for securing your Snowflake instance using the likes of Duo Security and Okta

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🚨 Will AI take my job away? It's the question we’ve all been asking. Elliott Danker and Kelly Forbes, Co-Founder and Executive Director of AI Asia Pacific Institute, and a member of Qlik's AI Advisory Council, divies into the AI Asia Pacific Institute’s Trustworthy AI Report  and insights from Qlik’s AI Advisory Council to tackle this head-on: ✅ What does responsible AI adoption actually look like? ✅ How do we build frameworks to guide it? ✅ And why protecting creative human skills is more critical than ever. 🎧 Don’t miss this insightful conversation — this podcast is brought to you in collaboration with M Group Asia. #ResponsibleAI #Podcast #FutureOfWork #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureofTech #Automation #LaborAI #AIndustry #Innovation #AsiaPulse 👉 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gZKrU2fx

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Raise your hand if you want good quality data for 2025 ✋ Everyone wants reliable data, but the road to it can be quite rocky. Join us for a webinar today where I dive into my top 5 key considerations for Data leaders looking to get their organisations Data Observability ready for 2025. Practical tips only, as per usual 😉 Link to register in the comments. #dataquality #datagovernance #dataobservability

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A great post by Jeff Chou from Sync Computing showing cost optimization of Databricks using fixed instances vs. autoscaling. Specifically "a fixed cluster could outperform an autoscaled cluster in both runtime and costs for the 3 workloads that we looked at by 37%, 28%, and 65%." DM me for a demo of how Speedata.io delivers 50x better performance for Apache Spark vs. CPUs and GPUs. https://lnkd.in/gYWP9gsh

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How can you enable your organisation to embrace a GenAI strategy and narrow down your use cases to those that truly drive value?🤔 💡To kick off the second day of Big Data LDN we heard insights from Lynne Bailey, Field CTO of Databricks, Helen Mannion, Director of Prospore Leadership and Elizabeth Harris, Customer Director at B&Q. 👀Ready to learn if the AI bubble is about to burst?: https://lnkd.in/eQViC4kN #BigDataLDN

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More and more Australian household brands are making the move and choosing Snowflake to simplify operations, save on costs, and deliver faster outcomes to their businesses and customers! Read more about Judo Bank & CBA journeys here….. #snowflake

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Why we can’t ignore AI regulation! In this clip, James Fisher, CSO at Qlik, discusses the future of AI and why balancing innovation with strong governance is critical. Describing Qlik as an "AI engine," he stresses that AI safety must be a top priority for all organisations. Tune in to the full conversation this weekend as Gareth and James share insights on big data, AI, software spending, and actionable advice!🎧 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gxKV5fX or find us on your favourite podcast platform. Brought to you by bedigital. #AI #AIRegulation #TechLeader

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If UniSuper learned anything from this ordeal, it's that data has gravity. If only there was an enterprise data platform that allows you to keep ownership of your data while democratizing all the benefits of preferred cloud native toolings to the business. The Cloudera advantage.

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