Snowflake opens chat-driven access to enterprise and third-party data Cortex-powered front end for easier access to insights across multiple sources Databases13 Nov 2024 |
Big data vendors introduce Apache Iceberg features in same week Market rivals settle on open table format, while Microsoft and Databricks go their own way Databases14 Oct 2024 | 3
The force is strong in Iceberg: Are the table format wars entering the final chapter? Interview Former Apple engineer and Apache PMC member Russell Spitzer describes efforts to unite around a single format Databases03 Oct 2024 | 26
Snowflake's Unistore still on ice years after announcement Cloud unicorn struggles to make database that can do everything 'margin positive' Databases16 Sep 2024 | 3
Snowflake claims Iceberg wins table format wars, and Databricks has just proved it The data analytics vendor's CEO says rival's over $1 billion Tabular acquisition is the 'vindication' Databases22 Aug 2024 | 2
Warren Buffett ditches his near-$1B Snowflake investment Oracle of Omaha's exit follows revenue growth shortfall, CEO switch, and customer data leak Databases16 Aug 2024 | 23
Cellebrite got into Trump shooter's Samsung device in just 40 minutes Infosec in brief Also: Second-string Russian hackers sanctioned; Senators demand answers from Snowflake, and more Security22 Jul 2024 | 63
Call, text logs for 110M AT&T customers stolen from compromised cloud storage Snowflake? Snowflake Cyber-crime12 Jul 2024 | 22
Advance Auto Parts: 2.3M people's data accessed when crims broke into our Snowflake account Letters from CISO Ethan Steiger suggest the data related to job applications Cyber-crime11 Jul 2024 | 6
Snowflake lets admins make MFA mandatory across all user accounts Company announces intent following Ticketmaster, Santander break-ins Security10 Jul 2024 | 4
Hudson Rock yanks report fingering Snowflake employee creds snafu for mega-leak Analysis Cloud storage giant lawyers up against infosec house Cyber-crime04 Jun 2024 | 18
Snowflake denies miscreants melted its security to steal data from top customers Updated Infosec house claims Ticketmaster, Santander hit via cloud storage Cyber-crime31 May 2024 | 20
Voltron Data revs up hyper-speed analytics, leaves Snowflake in the dust GPU-based system offers high performance off Parquet files Databases19 Mar 2024 | 7
Class action claims Snowflake is an overhyped sales blizzard Investors unhappy after 2022 revenue guidance cut Databases05 Mar 2024 | 2
Microsoft touts mirroring over moving in data warehouse gambit Ignite Fabric update cuts against the grain, and may have more to do with Databricks partnerships Databases15 Nov 2023 |
Snowflake puts LLMs in the hands of SQL and Python coders As more features come to Data Cloud, customers might want to keep an eye on consumption Storage02 Nov 2023 | 2
Tabular's Iceberg vision goes from Netflix and chill to database thrill Promise of neutral data layer between vendors' vested interests attracts $26M Databases19 Sep 2023 |
Snowflake explains that Instacart's bills aren't melting – it's called 'optimization' Everybody chill, we're still in the cart Storage31 Aug 2023 | 3
Databricks puts cards on the table format as Snowflake looks for more players Analysis Enterprises want a single data platform for data lakes and warehouse, but tech's not there yet, say analysts Databases29 Jun 2023 | 2
Snowflake's finding NeMo to train custom AI models Snowflake Summit Submerge an Nvidia LLM 20,000 leagues under the data lake Databases27 Jun 2023 |
Get ready, Snowflakes: Azure AI is coming for you with one click Ingest, integrate... and imprison SaaS01 Jun 2023 | 6
Snowflake and Zoom celebrate shrunken cloud bills as margins swell Analytics outfit gets there by moving customers to Amazon’s Graviton CPUs Off-Prem25 May 2023 |
Teradata chases hyperscaler, SI partnerships in cloud push CEO Interview We're not just your grandmother's data warehouse, CEO tells El Reg Spotlight on Databases01 Mar 2023 | 2
Rows, columns, and the search for a database that can do everything Analysis Snowflake last week promised analytics and transactions in the same system. For some it was déjà vu all over again Databases22 Jun 2022 | 6
Snowflake pledges row-based storage engine for transactional data Look, investors! A new app dev platform too. Are we living up to your dreams yet? Storage15 Jun 2022 | 2
Snowflake stock drops as some top customers cut usage You might say its valuation is melting away Storage26 May 2022 | 3
Teradata to take $60m hit for withdrawal from Russia Calls time on interactions and services with customers, including state-owned bank Sberbank Storage06 May 2022 |
Snowflake rolls back growth estimates, wipes 30% off value Plus $800m Streamlit acquisition – just don't expect a revenue contribution any time soon Storage03 Mar 2022 | 4
Teradata: Public cloud sales soar from low base, majority of business still on-prem Perpetual software and hardware licenses dive in Q4, consultancy withers on vine Databases08 Feb 2022 |
All your database are belong to us: Snowflake named DBMS of the year by DB-Engines Homespun database trackers also see PostgreSQL and MongoDB as hotshots for 2021 Databases06 Jan 2022 | 5
Snowflake wrestles Python, chases China, and ingests unstructured data Cloudy analytics contender is also having a look at Amazon's Graviton silicon Storage16 Nov 2021 |
Fivetran snags $565m funding round as Snowflake attempts to eat its lunch with in-house data integration tools Also buys data replication company HVR for $700m Storage21 Sep 2021 |
Snowflake doubters voice reservations over data warehouse's attempt to break into financial services On-prem systems hold advantages in terms of known costs, say insiders Storage17 Sep 2021 | 5
Snowflake agrees it's good to share... on its platform, while Databricks opts for a more vendor-neutral approach Enterprise newcomer has its work cut out in the data marketplace field Storage10 Jun 2021 |
Snowflake targets Java and Scala devs, will soon slither after Pythonistas too Snowflake Summit Cloud data outfit realises SQL-centric approach won’t attract the developers it needs to grow Storage08 Jun 2021 | 1
Oracle's 'self-driving cloud data warehouse' hides SQL behind a GUI... if needed Big Red hopes automation will tempt new customers to its cloud Storage24 Mar 2021 | 6
Blizzard brain: Snowflake doubles revenue. Market takes a look, goes slushy High-growth hungry investors worrying you? Try hyperscalers! Storage04 Mar 2021 | 6
Teradata's strong cloud growth holds Snowflake avalanche at bay – for now 'We've effectively configured our transition to a subscription model' Storage05 Feb 2021 | 1
Hey Presto! Teradata admits its vision is dead by hooking QueryGrid analytics platform up to rival data warehouses Updated Snowflake? We can query that Storage17 Dec 2020 | 1
A flurry of data warehouse activity surrounds Snowflake's staggering $120bn valuation Analysis Firebolt says it can do it better while the cloud giants talk up services tweaks Storage15 Dec 2020 | 9
Snowflake Q3 losses almost double, stock market flinches, then reckons: Nah, it's fine Undereaction a sign of investor 'confidence/insanity' in the Snowflake sales engine, says analyst Storage03 Dec 2020 | 9
Snowflake rolling out support for unstructured data, ETL in its cloud, and launches data services marketplace Updated SnoSQL for Snowflake? Flurry of tech releases follow $33bn IPO SaaS17 Nov 2020 | 2
Stock market blizzard: Snowflake set for £33bn IPO as valuation bubble keeps on expanding The price? 'ridiculous for a company that is still loss-making' - analyst Storage16 Sep 2020 | 25
Frosty the plaintiff: Yeti Data flings surprise trademark sueball at Snowflake Blizzard of litigation ahead of purported $20bn IPO Storage06 Aug 2020 | 3
Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me: Teradata talks up cloud integrations in bid to fend off native competition Would you like it in a box? Would you like it with a fox? Software23 Jun 2020 | 1
Cold hard cash: Cloud data warehouse spinner Snowflake gains $8bn in nominal value since Feb as IPO nears Despite everything going on in the world, you can rely on hyped tech stock to be a bit bonkers SaaS10 Jun 2020 | 1
Teradata switches CEOs mid-flight while being eaten alive in the cloud, but it's not game over yet for data warehouser Analysis Revenue's tumbling, but that's also typical of a move to the fluffy stuff SaaS13 May 2020 | 4
What a mesh: Snowflake punts edge tech tie-up at SecOps teams Cloud data warehouse slinger claims it can help comb through event logs Storage03 Mar 2020 |
Photobox ditches Amazon's Redshift, cuddles up to Snowflake AWS and Google data warehousing stuff considered, then ignored Storage20 Jan 2020 | 8
There's a Snowflake in Washington: Microsoft lets data warehouser in on Azure Government What did you think we meant? SaaS06 Jun 2019 | 4
Teradata: Yep our revenues still in the cooler... but look how many delicious subs we've sold Oh and by the way, there's a consulting reorg on the way Storage11 Feb 2019 | 2
Licence to chill: Shrinking data warehouse biz Teradata hires insider CEO The subscriber you have dialled is no longer available... On-Prem16 Jan 2019 | 2
Everyone's all like 'stick it in the cloud!' What of the mad lads pushing data closer to compute? Roundup Propositions from 3 startups then... yeah, fluffy stuff Storage26 Nov 2018 | 8
Cloud data warehouser Snowflake has just trousered another $450m Startup now valued at $3.5bn Storage11 Oct 2018 | 8
Yellowbrick reckons its all-flash data warehouse array is a wizard idea Here's a disk-bound query: What's inside the box? Storage31 Jul 2018 | 5
Who're you callin' Snowflake? Data warehouse startup drops into Azure Dual citizenship with AWS Storage12 Jul 2018 | 1
Curiouser and curiouser: Quasi NVDIMMs, GDPR-tastic SaaS and more Behind the looking glass in Storage-land Storage15 May 2018 |
Muglia's monster Snowflake in quarter-of-a-billion-dollar funding blizzard VCs chuck money at data warehouse startup Storage25 Jan 2018 | 3
♫ Storage falling, all around me... Snowflake, Komprise... Paragon ♬ It's the season – love NAND understanding Storage05 Dec 2017 | 4
You are not a beautiful and unique Snowflake which just picked up another hundred mill But the cloud data warehouse startup is bracing itself for IPO On-Prem08 May 2017 | 1