Federating Data Between Snowflake and Databricks with DuckDB and Apache Iceberg If you're running both Snowflake and Databricks — and most enterprises I work with are — you've probably hit the federation problem. Data lives in both platforms, analysts need to query across them, and the obvious solutions (ETL everything into one place, or pay… Continue reading Ducks on Icebergs
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Enterprise Architect’s Guide to Cloud Licencing Models
Moving to cloud licencing models, including SaaS, does not become less difficult and with the possible proliferation of services can become difficult for the Enterprise to govern. As with any type of licence agreement the Enterprise must know the agreement they have signed, the implications of the licensing model and the interaction on other 3rd… Continue reading Enterprise Architect’s Guide to Cloud Licencing Models
Cloud Migration of a Legacy IT Estate
There are many things to consider when migrating a legacy IT estate to the cloud. The first though must be what are the motivations and expected benefits. Many organisations have many decades of developed software running on private infrastructure and migration to the cloud is something they think they should do. Migrating an estate to… Continue reading Cloud Migration of a Legacy IT Estate

