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The corona pandemic has shown that we need to access information in the right way: from reliable, structured and updated sources in real time. Snowflake takes note of this and collects reliable data on its cloud data platform.
In Snowflakes Data Cloud Platform, the user can create a “single source of truth” with real-time data collected from sources such as the WHO and John Hopkins University. Data on the number of infections in the world is compiled on the Snowflake Data Marketplace. The platform can help businesses and organizations make informed decisions and be more data-driven.
– The data is already prepared for analysis when it is on our platform, which makes the information easy to handle. It’s also easy to combine with your own data to create a better picture of your business, says Sam Bäcknäs, Senior Sales Engineer at Snowflake in Sweden.
Combine data sources for valuable analysis
Data on the number of infected is combined with data on population density and also geolocation. For global companies, this information can be crucial in planning when offices and stores will reopen in different parts of the world, or in predicting how sales in different countries and regions will be affected. According to Sam Bäcknäs, it is precisely the combination of data sources that allows for interesting and valuable analysis.
EXTERNAL LINK: Access Covid19 data through Snowflake Data Marketplace
– By linking data from the Snowflake Data Marketplace on the number of infections with, for example, population density and weather information, you can make predictions about how the spread of infection will unfold and where you should invest more in preventive work, he says and continues:
– I also see great potential for “data sharing” between different hospitals in the Stockholm region as an example. Staff could then receive information about available intensive care units in real time on a dashboard rather than through phone calls between hospitals. This is easier to see and means less effort for staff.
EXTERNAL LINK: Curious to share data? read more here
The cloud solution has many benefits
Sam Bäcknäs believes that many companies and organizations today have valuable data that can be combined and visualized to obtain important information about their own business, and that they can also resell. By collecting all the data on the Snowflake platform, the customer can take advantage of all the benefits of scalability and administrative simplicity that a cloud solution offers.
Snowflake Facts
Snowflake is a fully cloud-based data platform available on Azure, AWS, and GCP and built for future data management. The product works as “software as a service” and allows customers to collect their valuable data in one place. Snowflake Data Marketplace also provides the opportunity to sell your own data sets that may be of interest to other companies.
Read more at www.snowflake.com
