Skill of the Month – Snowflake

What is Snowflake? 

Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing platform that enables businesses to store, analyse, and share large amounts of data. It offers scalable storage and compute resources that can be easily adjusted based on demand.

What are some things to know about Snowflake?

• It’s a fully managed cloud data platform that scales automatically based on usage.
• It’s designed to handle structured and semi-structured data, such as JSON, Avro, and Parquet.
• It’s built to enable secure data sharing and collaboration across different organizations and platforms.

Why learn Snowflake?

Learning Snowflake can boost careers by providing proficiency in a powerful cloud data platform used by many businesses for data storage and analysis. It’s becoming a popular tool in the data industry, opening doors to a wide range of job opportunities.

Snowflake’s ability to handle both structured and semi-structured data makes it a versatile tool, useful for analysing complex data from various sources. Mastering Snowflake equips professionals to work with diverse data sets and improve data analytics skills.

Snowflake also simplifies data management with its automatic scaling and easy integration with other tools, reducing the complexity of working with large data volumes. Mastery of the platform enables more efficient workflows, allowing focus on insights rather than technical challenges.

Companies Frequently Hiring Snowflake Experts

Noa Monthly Report

Employee Spotlight – Margaret

All of us at Noa had a great January but Margaret did exceptionally well, making a placement and getting lots of 2nd interviews!

Despite some challenges, Margaret was able to navigate the process smoothly through the use of her dedication and expertise.

Fingers crossed for Margaret doing just as well (if not better!) next month!

News Highlight

Google faces UK investigation over search dominance

The UK’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has launched an investigation into Google to assess whether its dominance in online search is harming competition or limiting choice for users.

This is the CMA’s first investigation under new powers to regulate firms with “strategic market status,” focusing on Google’s impact on competition and the use of user data.

Platforms must implement changes by March 2025, with some already introducing age verification and content moderation features. Ofcom’s codes are still pending parliamentary approval but aim to improve child safety and prevent harmful content online.

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