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• Snowflake taps Python to take on Teradata, Google BigQuery, and AWS Redshift

  Snowflake's updates include the introduction of support for Python on Snowpark, data access capabilities, and external tables for on-premises storage.

• Snowflake switches gears, from data warehouse to application cloud

  Snowflake now offers developers the ability to build and run apps on a common cloud-based data platform and leverage its Data Marketplace.

• Snowflake offers cyber data platform with security app integrations

  Snowflake's security workload integrates the vendor's data cloud, storage and query features with tools from cyber security vendors.

• Snowflake launches healthcare SaaS, data marketplace and consulting services

  Snowflake has launched a data-sharing platform for healthcare that brings together SaaS data warehousing, analytics and business intelligence.

• Google Cloud APAC channel chief Ash Willis moves to Snowflake

  ​Google Cloud Asia Pacific channel boss Ash Willis has left the public cloud provider after almost five years to join data cloud vendor Snowflake.

• Sanjay Deshmukh exits VMware to take regional reins of Snowflake

  Sanjay Deshmukh has been appointed as senior regional vice president of ASEAN and India at Snowflake, exiting VMware after more than seven years.

• Snowflake honours top APAC partners for 2021

  Data cloud vendor Snowflake has acknowledged its top Asia Pacific partners for the year during its virtual 2021 Snowflake Partner Summit.

• Snowflake appoints Jon Robertson as APJ president

  Cloud data warehouse company Snowflake has appointed VMware veteran Jon Robertson to the newly created role of APJ.

• Does Snowflake mean the end of open source?

  The cloud-based enterprise data platform may mark the end of a decades-long run in the dominance of open source infrastructure.

• M1 syncs up with Snowflake to enhance customer experience

  M1 has joined forces with Snowflake to leverage the vendor’s cloud data platform as part of widespread digital transformation plans.

• Snowflake taps Cloudera talent to run South Asia

  Snowflake has appointed Geoff Soon as managing director of South Asia, recruiting the industry executive from Cloudera.

• Snowflake now generally available on Microsoft Azure in Singapore

  Snowflake is now generally available on Microsoft Azure in Singapore in response to increased international customer demand.

• Strava shifts from Amazon to Snowflake, deepens data offering

  Strava, the hugely popular fitness tracking app, has recently shifted its massive data lake from Amazon Redshift to cloud upstart Snowflake.