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Why “migration” is the wrong way to think about data platform change

Mark Todkill May 13, 2026

Most data platform programmes limit their impact before they even begin, and it often comes down to one word: migration. ...

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What SAP’s updated API policy means for customers | WordPress Blog 1920 x 1080

Jan van Ansem April 24, 2026

What SAP’s updated API policy means for customers

How to Build a Trusted Analytics Chatbot Using Generative BI | zulfugar-karimov-BlWbfrQrI5k-unsplash

Tsvetina Chelebieva March 13, 2026

How to Build a Trusted Analytics Chatbot Using Generative BI

Making Sense of SAP: 16 Questions on Data, BDC, and Modern Analytics | SAP BDC Blog Image

Jan van Ansem March 5, 2026

Making Sense of SAP: 16 Questions on Data, BDC, and Modern Analytics

Snap Analytics and Dataiku Partner to Accelerate the Adoption of Enterprise AI | charles-forerunner-3fPXt37X6UQ-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte February 23, 2026

Snap Analytics and Dataiku Partner to Accelerate the Adoption of Enterprise AI

How AI Is Rewriting the Enterprise Data Playbook | aerps-com-bUUrG6CMHiA-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte February 10, 2026

How AI Is Rewriting the Enterprise Data Playbook

Data Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult | lukas-blazek-mcSDtbWXUZU-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte February 3, 2026

Data Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult

Your Enterprise Data Isn’t Aligned and It Shows | sean-lim-NPlv2pkYoUA-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte January 27, 2026

Your Enterprise Data Isn’t Aligned and It Shows

AI Isn’t the Hero, Your Data Is. | uriel-sc-11KDtiUWRq4-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte January 20, 2026

AI Isn’t the Hero, Your Data Is.

Real-Time Data Is the Revolution We’ve Been Waiting For | christopher-gower-m_HRfLhgABo-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte January 13, 2026

Real-Time Data Is the Revolution We’ve Been Waiting For

SAP and Snowflake Unite: Zero-Copy Data Sharing Transforms the Business Data Fabric | vardan-papikyan-DnXqvmS0eXM-unsplash

Jorel Digman January 7, 2026

SAP and Snowflake Unite: Zero-Copy Data Sharing Transforms the Business Data Fabric

The Big 3 Data Problems Holding Enterprises Back | charlesdeluvio-pjAH2Ax4uWk-unsplash (1)

Luka Jasionyte January 6, 2026

The Big 3 Data Problems Holding Enterprises Back

Navigating the data landscape in 2026: The Chief Data Officer’s Strategic Guide | Great Modern Data Stack Image

Jorel Digman December 16, 2025

Navigating the data landscape in 2026: The Chief Data Officer’s Strategic Guide

Leadership Insights: Navigating Growth and Organisational Change | wim-van-t-einde-lpmxZrvWvEk-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte December 11, 2025

Leadership Insights: Navigating Growth and Organisational Change

Scaling Snap Analytics in South Africa with Paul Morgan | zoe-reeve-xjJd9fu9OkM-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte December 2, 2025

Scaling Snap Analytics in South Africa with Paul Morgan

It’s Official: SAP and Snowflake Are Now an Item! | Snowflake SAP Blog

Jan van Ansem November 6, 2025

It’s Official: SAP and Snowflake Are Now an Item!

Snowflake Openflow and dbt Unlock Unified Data Pipelines | mehdi-mirzaie-ll_wD-jUHoA-unsplash

Tom Bruce August 8, 2025

Snowflake Openflow and dbt Unlock Unified Data Pipelines

Navigating data and analytics with Martin Whiley | markus-spiske-hvSr_CVecVI-unsplash

Luka Jasionyte July 11, 2025

Navigating data and analytics with Martin Whiley

Sigma Named 2025 Partner of the Year: Why That Matters | florian-cordier-E6R0Kn8TKQg-unsplash

Tim Andrews June 25, 2025

Sigma Named 2025 Partner of the Year: Why That Matters

SAP, Sapphire and… Snowflake? | SAP Business Data Cloud Innovations

Jan van Ansem May 19, 2025

SAP, Sapphire and… Snowflake?

From Classroom to Career: Making Your First Year in Data Analytics a Success | image (23)

Kevin Jose March 4, 2025

From Classroom to Career: Making Your First Year in Data Analytics a Success

The SAP Databricks partnership: Combining expert knowledge of business critical processes with world-class data engineering capabilities | SAPDatabricks

Jan van Ansem February 13, 2025

The SAP Databricks partnership: Combining expert knowledge of business critical processes with world-class data engineering capabilities

The First Name Dilemma: A Story of Respect Across Cultures | A cartoon of two women talking__Description automatically generated

Tino Masawi February 4, 2025

The First Name Dilemma: A Story of Respect Across Cultures

Tied With A Bow: Wrapping Up the Hierarchy Discussion (Part 6 of 6) | data model

Jody Hesch February 3, 2025

Tied With A Bow: Wrapping Up the Hierarchy Discussion (Part 6 of 6)

Edge Cases: Handling Ragged and Unbalanced Hierarchies (Part 5 of 6) | phylogeny

Jody Hesch February 3, 2025

Edge Cases: Handling Ragged and Unbalanced Hierarchies (Part 5 of 6)

Flat Out: Introducing Level Hierarchies (4 of 6) | american embassy in uk

Jody Hesch February 3, 2025

Flat Out: Introducing Level Hierarchies (4 of 6)

Extracting data from SAP: CDS views or tables? |

Jan van Ansem January 29, 2025

Extracting data from SAP: CDS views or tables?

Stuck in the past: How SAP’s data policies undermine modern cloud strategies | Thumbnail Image An image to go with the expression ‘to bury one’s head in the sand’, with just one person instead of many, and the water bigger, looking like a data lake

Jan van Ansem December 19, 2024

Stuck in the past: How SAP’s data policies undermine modern cloud strategies

Why Boutique Consultancies Outshine Global SIs: An Insider’s Perspective | Screenshot 2024-12-09 115311

David Rice December 11, 2024

Why Boutique Consultancies Outshine Global SIs: An Insider’s Perspective

7 data-related considerations for your first quantum steps | PastedGraphic-1

Dan Hawker December 10, 2024

7 data-related considerations for your first quantum steps

4 Key EU AI Act Insights for Data Engineers | image (21)

Tino Masawi December 3, 2024

4 Key EU AI Act Insights for Data Engineers

The Makeover Quarterly Effect: A Data Engineer’s Perspective | Makeover quaterly

Tino Masawi November 29, 2024

The Makeover Quarterly Effect: A Data Engineer’s Perspective

Power BI Cheat Codes: 10 Tips to Save You Time in Development & Delivery | blog pic 5 big timer

Ben Wyllie November 29, 2024

Power BI Cheat Codes: 10 Tips to Save You Time in Development & Delivery

Pocket-Sized Power: Building Effective Mobile Dashboards in Power BI | blog 4 cover pic

Ben Wyllie November 26, 2024

Pocket-Sized Power: Building Effective Mobile Dashboards in Power BI

The Importance of Colour in Data Visualisation | blog3pic

Ben Wyllie November 20, 2024

The Importance of Colour in Data Visualisation

Family Matters: Introducing Parent-Child Hierarchies (3 of 6) | Organization chart and hierarchy structure employees in the company with departments in business. Working process and workflow automation with flowchart. Employee information, mindmap or organigram,

Jody Hesch November 11, 2024

Family Matters: Introducing Parent-Child Hierarchies (3 of 6)

More Than Pipelines: DAGs as Precursors to Hierarchies (2 of 6) | Plan Viz

Jody Hesch November 11, 2024

More Than Pipelines: DAGs as Precursors to Hierarchies (2 of 6)

Nodes, Edges and Graphs: Providing Context for Hierarchies (1 of 6) | pins and thread

Jody Hesch November 11, 2024

Nodes, Edges and Graphs: Providing Context for Hierarchies (1 of 6)

Into the Matrix: Mastering Conditional Formatting in Power BI | man in long trenchcoat, sunglasses, and fedora doing a kickflip on a skateboard through a matrix table in the style of the matrix film

Ben Wyllie November 5, 2024

Into the Matrix: Mastering Conditional Formatting in Power BI

Relatively Dynamic: Automating Colour Formatting in Power BI | image (9)

Ben Wyllie October 22, 2024

Relatively Dynamic: Automating Colour Formatting in Power BI

50/50 Vision: Working Toward a Gender Balanced Workforce | 50 50 AI image

Tino Masawi October 17, 2024

50/50 Vision: Working Toward a Gender Balanced Workforce

Create Rich Metadata Using Snowflake Cortex with Matillion Data Productivity Cloud | Film Poster

Erick Ferreira October 13, 2024

Create Rich Metadata Using Snowflake Cortex with Matillion Data Productivity Cloud

Mind the Gap: 4 key actions data engineers can do to help bridge the digital divide | Mind the gap

Tino Masawi October 1, 2024

Mind the Gap: 4 key actions data engineers can do to help bridge the digital divide

Real-life Examples of Matillion Shared Jobs |

Padmashree Pratap August 7, 2024

Real-life Examples of Matillion Shared Jobs

Streamlining ETL with Matillion's Shared Jobs |

Padmashree Pratap August 7, 2024

Streamlining ETL with Matillion’s Shared Jobs

Snap Analytics Three Peak Challenge 2024 | 3Peak-main-cropped-SNAP

Jan van Ansem July 14, 2024

Snap Analytics Three Peak Challenge 2024

Why & How You Should Apply Principles of Effective Dating Profiles to Your Data Visualisations | Dating_app-SNAP

Jenny Eusden July 9, 2024

Why & How You Should Apply Principles of Effective Dating Profiles to Your Data Visualisations

SNP Glue - setting a new standard for getting data out of SAP | SNP-Glue

Jan van Ansem July 3, 2024

SNP Glue – setting a new standard for getting data out of SAP

SAP licence constraints - explainer |

Jan van Ansem June 25, 2024

SAP licence constraints – explainer

Great expectations - SAP's announcements for DataSphere at Sapphire |

Jan van Ansem May 21, 2024

Great expectations – SAP’s announcements for DataSphere at Sapphire

10 Questions about Sigma Computing | SigmaLarge

Fergus Ustianowski May 1, 2024

10 Questions about Sigma Computing

SAP’s cynical move to keep control of your enterprise data (aka note 3255746) | This is our data

Jan van Ansem April 23, 2024

SAP’s cynical move to keep control of your enterprise data (aka note 3255746)

AI Implementation Race | Robot sprint

Tino Masawi April 22, 2024

AI Implementation Race

Sigma Computing – the newest data visualisation tool? | SigmaLarge

Fergus Ustianowski April 19, 2024

Sigma Computing – the newest data visualisation tool?

Advanced Features of Microsoft Bookings |

Tom Clough November 30, 2023

Advanced Features of Microsoft Bookings

How to Automatically Shut Down an Azure Matillion Instance After a Schedule Finishes | image (15)

Tom Clough November 15, 2023

How to Automatically Shut Down an Azure Matillion Instance After a Schedule Finishes

How to Automatically Shut Down an AWS Matillion Instance After a Schedule Finishes | image

Tom Clough November 15, 2023

How to Automatically Shut Down an AWS Matillion Instance After a Schedule Finishes

How to Receive Matillion Alerts in Teams with Webhooks | Webhooks

Tom Clough October 17, 2023

How to Receive Matillion Alerts in Teams with Webhooks

Pyramid Analytics' Tabulate Feature – Solving Excel’s Data Management Risks | Tabulate

Jenny Eusden August 15, 2023

Pyramid Analytics’ Tabulate Feature – Solving Excel’s Data Management Risks

Getting Data out of SAP C4C into Snowflake with Matillion using OData |

Tom Clough July 27, 2023

Getting Data out of SAP C4C into Snowflake with Matillion using OData

5 main challenges getting data out of SAP and how to overcome them | mitchell-luo-z1c9juteR5c-unsplash

Tom Bruce July 24, 2023

5 main challenges getting data out of SAP and how to overcome them

Lessons Learned from an Sustainability ESG Reporting Project | ESG

Tim Andrews July 10, 2023

Lessons Learned from an Sustainability ESG Reporting Project

Matillion releases SAP ODP and Anaplan connectors. This is why it matters. | earth-hour-photo-composition

Jan van Ansem June 21, 2023

Matillion releases SAP ODP and Anaplan connectors. This is why it matters.

Testing OData APIs for Data Acquisition in Postman | Designed by Freepik

Tom Clough June 8, 2023

Testing OData APIs for Data Acquisition in Postman

ChatGPT in the work environment | ChatGPT

Jenny Eusden June 6, 2023

ChatGPT in the work environment

UKISUG Analytics Symposium - my takeaways | One way

Jan van Ansem April 23, 2023

UKISUG Analytics Symposium – my takeaways

Need to get data out of SAP and into your cloud data platform? Here are your options |

Jan van Ansem February 16, 2023

Need to get data out of SAP and into your cloud data platform? Here are your options

Be a Data Hero and deliver Net Zero! | Data Hero

David Rice January 20, 2022

Be a Data Hero and deliver Net Zero!

OK Google, show me the key influencers for the KPIs which are behind plan this quarter | OK Google3

Jan van Ansem December 19, 2021

OK Google, show me the key influencers for the KPIs which are behind plan this quarter

Plastic packaging tax doesn’t need to be taxing | Global communication network concept. Environment protection. Sustainable development goals. SDGs.

Jan van Ansem November 18, 2021

Plastic packaging tax doesn’t need to be taxing

Get your SAP data into Snowflake with Matillion using OData | Get SAP data into Snowflake with Matillion and OData

Jan van Ansem September 7, 2021

Get your SAP data into Snowflake with Matillion using OData

Breaking the barriers – Getting your SAP data on any cloud data platform | Businesswoman standing in front of breaking wall

Jan van Ansem September 7, 2021

Breaking the barriers – Getting your SAP data on any cloud data platform

The future of SAP Business Warehouse | iStock-1220486971_small

Jan van Ansem February 21, 2021

The future of SAP Business Warehouse

Part 2 – Scaling and Flexing: Data Vault Benefits | data-vault

Tom Bruce August 3, 2020

Part 2 – Scaling and Flexing: Data Vault Benefits

Part 1 – What is Data Vault? | vault-business-bank-vault-bank-safe-safety-security-banking-secure

David Rice August 3, 2020

Part 1 – What is Data Vault?

AI for good - how data is helping to change the world | wind-farm-1209784_1280

David Rice July 8, 2020

AI for good – how data is helping to change the world

Why Digital Transformation MUST start with Data Strategy | Digital Strategy

David Rice July 8, 2020

Why Digital Transformation MUST start with Data Strategy

5 common data project challenges and how to avoid them | Snap-Analytics-Data Strategy

Tom Bruce June 30, 2020

5 common data project challenges and how to avoid them

The four pillars of a data strategy | barcelona-columnar-fountain-spain-wallpaper-preview

David Rice June 10, 2020

The four pillars of a data strategy

How to grow your business 30% year on year | tree-1247796_19202

David Rice June 9, 2020

How to grow your business 30% year on year

Lakehouses For Sale | Data Lakehouse – House

Tom Bruce May 26, 2020

Lakehouses For Sale

How data can help you steer the ship | data steer the ship

David Rice April 28, 2020

How data can help you steer the ship

Evolution not Revolution - An Agile Approach to Analytics | Evolution not Revolution

Tom Bruce March 9, 2020

Evolution not Revolution – An Agile Approach to Analytics

How will IR35 impact your data project - and what can you do about it? | 345829246_a7434a76dc_b

David Rice February 28, 2020

How will IR35 impact your data project – and what can you do about it?

5 things to do before starting a data project | big-data-4133840_1280

David Rice February 12, 2020

5 things to do before starting a data project

How to get buy-in for your data project | you-x-ventures-6awfTPLGaCE-unsplash

David Rice February 12, 2020

How to get buy-in for your data project

Modern Data Warehouse - Snowflake & Fivetran | Fivetran_Snowflake

David Rice January 17, 2020

Modern Data Warehouse – Snowflake & Fivetran

6 data experts you need in your project team | Snap Analytics Team photos

David Rice January 17, 2020

6 data experts you need in your project team

Why AI is a lot like teenage sex - and how you can get better at it | AI Machine Learning

David Rice January 17, 2020

Why AI is a lot like teenage sex – and how you can get better at it

From wayfinding to driverless cars - explaining the analytics maturity curve | driverlesscar_ai_2

David Rice December 11, 2019

From wayfinding to driverless cars – explaining the analytics maturity curve

Better, cheaper, faster - you can have all three! | betterfaster

David Rice May 21, 2018

Better, cheaper, faster – you can have all three!

How to build a Data Swamp! |

David Rice May 21, 2018

How to build a Data Swamp!