The Current State of Semantic Layers
In my last blog post, where I introduced the concept of a universal semantic layer, we outlined the benefits that organizations with multiple business domains can recognize. These organizations use data and data consumption tools, and can adopt a universal semantic layer to gain a control tower view of their data interactions as well as […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup — May 2024
I want you to know, my first draft of this blog post was almost entirely made up of me slipping “May” into casual sentences or trying to come up with puns surrounding the month’s name. I’ve spared you from reading all that, don’t worry. It was a little… much. Let’s keep things more casual as […]
Snowflake Security and Cost Management: Health Checks
As many are already aware, there has recently been a lot of noise about security on the Snowflake platform. On June 2nd, 2024, Snowflake issued this statement regarding a targeted threat campaign against some Snowflake customer accounts. This appeared to be a targeted campaign directed at users with single-factor authentication, where threat actors leveraged credentials […]
How to Improve Security with Snowflake’s Trust Center
As many are already aware, recently there has been a lot of noise about security on the Snowflake platform. On June 2, 2024 Snowflake issued this statement regarding a targeted threat campaign against some Snowflake customer accounts. This appeared to be a targeted campaign directed at users with single-factor authentication, where threat actors leveraged credentials previously purchased […]
De-Mystifying the Data Catalog: Find and Use Your Data
At InterWorks, we put an enormous amount of effort into translating complex technical concepts to make them easily understandable — and actionable — for the organisations we work with. It’s extraordinarily difficult to decide about a tool or vendor without understanding what it does and the value it may (or may not) have for your […]
What Is ThoughtSpot’s SpotIQ?
Do you think there might be insights hidden in your data that are waiting to be uncovered, but you’ve just not found them yet? Yes? Well, ThoughtSpot can help uncover those insights using their SpotIQ feature. Sometimes when looking at data, whether that’s in a chart or a dashboard, you might find an interesting trend […]
Snowflake External Access: Trigger Tableau Datasource Refreshes
Recently, Snowflake released external access integrations into general availability. This allows Snowflake admins to create secure tunnels for Snowflake to communicate with the outside world, and can therefore communicate with external APIs to complete all manner of tasks. For example – external access could be used for any of the following, among many others: Send […]
Snowflake External Access: Send Alerts to Teams
Recently, Snowflake released external access integrations into general availability. This allows Snowflake admins to create secure tunnels for Snowflake to communicate with the outside world, and can therefore communicate with external APIs to complete all manner of tasks. For example, external access could be used for any of the following, among many others: Send alerts […]
IT Sales Simplified: Where To Start
Starting off this limited run mini-series in the Podcast Your Data lineup, Content Manager Garrett Sauls and Sales Intern Genna Callahan sit down to talk through Genna’s experience starting her journey into IT Sales and how others can follow her path to secure an IT Sales internship.
Snowflake External Access: Send Alerts to Slack
Recently, Snowflake released external access integrations into general availability. This allows Snowflake admins to create secure tunnels for Snowflake to communicate with the outside world, and can therefore communicate with external APIs to complete all manner of tasks. For example, external access could be used for any of the following, among many others: Send alerts […]