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Learn how Snowflake is expanding its partnership with Microsoft to bring OpenAI’s state-of-the-art models to Snowflake Cortex AI.

Over the past few years, Spark New Zealand has tackled the challenge of creating a strong data foundation by moving all of its data warehouses into Snowflake to create a centralised data platform. Now, explains Pritha Chattopadhyay, Domain Chapter Lead at Spark, this telecommunications leader and digital services provider is diving into artificial intelligence with the help of Snowflake Cortex AI. Tune in to learn about the benefits it provides.

On this episode of The AI Forecast, Mike Walsh talks us through what he calls the fifth and latest industrial revolution - and that’s AI. Mike is a futurist and expert in disruptive technologies. He’s a best-selling author, host of the Between Worlds podcast, and CEO of Tomorrow – a global consultancy helping organizations adapt to the challenges of the digital age.

Accurate forecasting of cloud costs remains a significant challenge for 80% of data management experts (Forrester). The root causes? Lack of granular visibility, siloed data, and the absence of AI-powered predictive tools. Join us for this session in our Weekly Walkthrough drop-in series, "Controlling Cloud Costs," where we'll explore how to manage Databricks costs with AI.

This demo showcases Cloudera Data Engineering's External IDE Connectivity, powered by the Spark Connect API. Data engineers can connect local IDEs like VS Code or Jupyter Lab to cloud clusters, run Spark workflows remotely, and sync code with GitHub. This feature enhances data engineering flexibility and productivity by streamlining CI/CD pipelines and enabling seamless synchronization between local and cloud environments, empowering downstream multi-functional analytics and AI.

Exciting news for developers and Qlik users! Did you know you can now embed Qlik Answers Assistants seamlessly into your own applications? Whether you’re looking for a quick integration or full customization, we’ve got you covered: Easy Embed – Use qlik-embed tags to drop in pre-configured Qlik Answers Assistants with minimal effort. Full Customization – Leverage the Qlik Answers APIs to tailor the look, feel, and functionality to perfectly match your brand.

This week we release a new solution that makes it easier for companies to access data stored in on-premises file systems and network drives from Qlik Cloud. Introducing our new File Connector for the Direct Access – Data Gateway. Our new File Connector available with the Direct Access Data Gateway acts as a bridge, allowing secure connections to these on-premises and network data sources, simplifying the process of migrating existing on-premises data and applications to the cloud.