Instead of basing its technology on existing open source databases, Snowflake decided to create its own homegrown SQL relational database that can analyze both transactional data and machine data ...

A new class of workloads is emerging in the cloud. Early cloud was all about infrastructure-as-a-service — spinning up storage, compute and networking resources to support startups, application ...

Databases are the heart of enterprise computing. The database market is both growing rapidly and evolving. Major forces transforming the market include cloud and data – of course – but also new ...

Data analytics software maker Snowflake said Monday it has agreed to buy Crunchy Data, a startup that offers cloud-based database software. Snowflake will pay about $250 million, according to a person ...

Snowflake Computing executives, with CEO Bob Muglia wearing the sleeveless vest in the center, gather in the snow. (Snowflake Computing Photo) After establishing a foothold in the cloud-based data ...

A fast, no-fuss data warehouse as a service, Snowflake scales dynamically to give you the performance you need exactly when you need it Data warehouses, also called enterprise data warehouses (EDW), ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The demand for big-data technology keeps exploding, and it's unlikely to stop anytime soon. The data ...