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June 3, 2020

Deloitte and Snowflake Deliver a Foundation for a Modern Data Strategy

SAN MATEO, Calif., June 3, 2020 – Snowflake announced further advancements to their alliance with Deloitte, the professional services organization, to deliver businesses a foundation for a modern data strategy. Enterprises across industries leverage Deloitte’s experience executing data-driven modernization and digital transformation projects to capitalize on the benefits of Snowflake’s single, integrated platform in their preferred or multi-cloud environments.

Many organizations are redefining the way they operate in order to remain competitive and relevant amid today’s constantly evolving business environment. Snowflake empowers organizations with a modern data platform that leverages the power of the cloud to deliver near real-time data insights that scale instantly as business needs evolve. The single, integrated platform also provides secure and governed access to all data and requires near-zero maintenance so organizations focus on getting the most value out of their data for business decisions.

Deloitte and Snowflake enable organizations to accelerate their modernization with a business-driven transformation approach that empowers customers with strategic advantages through a unique combination of tools, capabilities, and resources that help their businesses tackle key transformation priorities.

Deloitte and Snowflake help organizations:

Obtain a holistic understanding of their existing data ecosystem, its impact on business operations, and how to leverage data to derive more meaningful insights.

  • Develop a comprehensive roadmap to migrate to Snowflake’s cloud data platform that implements a factor-oriented strategy for accelerated deployment.
  • Take advantage of AI insights for enhanced business decision-making, data security, and scalability.
  • Leverage advanced tools such as legacy code conversion, reverse engineering, and data pipeline management to improve efficiency and minimize business disruption.
  • Streamline integration on Snowflake across multiple providers.
  • Move workloads to multi-cloud environments.

“Many enterprises are looking to modernize their operations by moving to the cloud to reap the benefits of its enhanced flexibility, scalability, and agility,” said Frank Farrall, principal and AI Ecosystems leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP . “Snowflake can help businesses get more value from their data through deeper data insights, delivered more quickly and effectively than possible on legacy IT architectures. Our alliance combines the advanced capabilities of Snowflake’s platform with Deloitte’s recognized leadership in strategy, analytics, and technology services to help businesses speed up their migration to the cloud while reducing costs and increasing agility.”

“Embarking on a cloud modernization journey can be costly, resource-intensive, and disruptive to businesses if not planned both carefully and strategically,” Snowflake VP of Global Alliances, Colleen Kapase said. “The breadth of Deloitte’s extensive network and experience in cloud and analytics coupled with Snowflake’s powerful, easy-to-use platform can help businesses achieve stronger insights, reduce IT costs, and streamline data management.”

About Snowflake

Snowflake’s cloud data platform shatters the barriers that have prevented organizations of all sizes from unleashing the true value from their data. Thousands of customers deploy Snowflake to advance their businesses beyond what was once possible by deriving all the insights from all their data by all their business users. Snowflake equips organizations with a single, integrated platform that offers the data warehouse built for the cloud; instant, secure and governed access to their entire network of data; and a core architecture to enable many types of data workloads, including a single platform for developing modern data applications. For more information about Snowflake, visit: https://www.snowflake.com/

About Deloitte

Deloitte provides industry-leading audit, consulting, tax and advisory services to many of the world’s most admired brands, including nearly 90% of the Fortune 500 and more than 7,000 private companies. Our people work across the industry sectors that drive and shape today’s marketplace — delivering measurable and lasting results that help reinforce public trust in our capital markets, inspire clients to see challenges as opportunities to transform and thrive, and help lead the way toward a stronger economy and a healthy society. Deloitte is proud to be part of the largest global professional services network serving our clients in the markets that are most important to them. Now celebrating 175 years of service, our network of member firms spans more than 150 countries and territories. Learn how Deloitte’s more than 312,000 people worldwide make an impact that matters at www.deloitte.com.


Source: Snowflake 

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