Six Takeaways from Snowflake Summit 2024
Breaking Analysis with Dave Vellante
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Comparison of Data Platform Strategies: Snowflake vs. Databricks
The source of truth in the Snowflake world is controlled by the DBMS, whereas Databricks attempted to define a different approach by utilizing Unity catalog and Spark execution engine. Snowflake cleverly created an open-source iceberg catalog to control the source of truth, diverging from Databricks' Unity catalog approach. Snowflake focuses on competing based on the strength of its compute engine, emphasizing the importance of leveraging strengths for a competitive advantage.
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