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Using Talend and dbt to Build an Enterprise Data Transformation Framework 

For data to have value, it can’t be static – data must be available to users throughout an organization, for a variety of applications. But as data is used, it presents its own set of challenges. As data moves from a warehouse to other applications and data models, multiple versions of truth can be created.… Continue reading Using Talend and dbt to Build an Enterprise Data Transformation Framework 

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Demo: Snowflake Watch Dashboards

In this ten minute demo, see Passerelle’s Snowflake Watch Dashboards in action. With Snowflake Watch, organizations gain clear visibility into their Snowflake Data Cloud in order to monitor Warehouse Usage, Snowflake Query Performance, Snowflake Security Set Up and Database Stats. Snowflake Watch Video Transcript Hello, my name is Sarah Davis and I’m a consultant with… Continue reading Demo: Snowflake Watch Dashboards

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Passerelle Partners with dbt Labs™ for Leading Edge Data Transformation

Passerelle has partnered with dbt Labs to offer data transformation at scale for organizations at any stage of digital transformation. As part of the partnership, Passerelle is building integrations between Talend and dbt Cloud, ensuring data quality from ingestion to analytics. Additionally, dbt Cloud is an integrated component of Data Rocket’s data transformation framework. “Every… Continue reading Passerelle Partners with dbt Labs™ for Leading Edge Data Transformation

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Data Rocket Launches Data Quality Watch®

At the heart of digital transformation is data quality – the ability to trust an organization’s data. To be able to fully trust data and get reliable analytical insights, organizations need to be able to measure its data quality. For that reason, Data Rocket has launched Data Quality Watch®, an automation solution that measures quality… Continue reading Data Rocket Launches Data Quality Watch®

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Garbage In, Garbage Out – 3 Tools to Avoid a Data Swamp

The benefits of an infinitely elastic Snowflake Data Cloud are immense – but organizations must be proactive to create a functional data warehouse where data is trusted, visible and usable. Data Governance throughout the Data Life Cycle Data Rocket was created to give organizations at any stage of digital transformation the tools and methodologies to… Continue reading Garbage In, Garbage Out – 3 Tools to Avoid a Data Swamp

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4 Dashboards to Improve Observability in Your Snowflake Data Cloud

Snowflake provides an infinitely scalable environment for data storage and access, with a pay per use pricing model that appeals to organizations of any size. But do you have the tools to maintain a high level of observability into your Data Cloud? Can you easily monitor usage for cost control and optimization? Can you quickly… Continue reading 4 Dashboards to Improve Observability in Your Snowflake Data Cloud

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Video: How to Dynamically Adjust Target Tables in Snowflake Staging Layer

Being able to access all your organization’s data in the Snowflake Data Cloud fuels data consumption and decision-making, but only as long as your Data Cloud can keep up with changes to source system data.  In this 3-minute video, Passerelle engineer Guillaume D. walks through how Data Rocket saves maintenance time and headache by dynamically… Continue reading Video: How to Dynamically Adjust Target Tables in Snowflake Staging Layer

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Video: Using Data to Grow Mortgage Market Share with Data Rocket + Equifax

Why are today’s regional banks focused on digital transformation? The answer is simple: In a landscape of competitive threats and emerging industry disruptors, banks need to be laser-focused on creating services and offers that will retain account holders, grow wallet share, and attract new customers. The good news – pay-per-use pricing models mean that banks… Continue reading Video: Using Data to Grow Mortgage Market Share with Data Rocket + Equifax

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How to Build a Future Proof Modern Data Stack

Organizations don’t have the time or human capital to waste on technologies that don’t work or are difficult to assemble. Creating a future-proof data stack allows organizations to avoid adoption fatigue, build a data-centric culture and make the most of technology investments. Why Invest in a Modern Data Stack? To define the prerequisites of a… Continue reading How to Build a Future Proof Modern Data Stack

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Data Hub, Data Warehouse, or Data Lake? Data Rocket Bridges the Best in Modern Data Strategies

To undertake a digital transformation initiative, organizations are often asked to select a preferred modern data strategy or patterns – often defined as a data hub, data warehouse or data lake. How to Choose a Modern Data Strategy The choice is not as daunting as it might first appear. First, the way an organization wants… Continue reading Data Hub, Data Warehouse, or Data Lake? Data Rocket Bridges the Best in Modern Data Strategies

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Virtual Event: How Financial Services Institutions Can Drive Account Growth through Digital Transformation

In this virtual event, learn how digital transformation drives new business, improves customer service, and responds to changing marketplace demands. Hear from Peter Love, Chief Digital Officer at Berkshire Bank, about Berkshire’s ongoing 5-year digital transformation project. With its digital transformation, Berkshire has achieved data independence – moving beyond the constraints of an external data… Continue reading Virtual Event: How Financial Services Institutions Can Drive Account Growth through Digital Transformation

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Passerelle Named Talend Americas Partner Solution of the Year

Talend recognized Passerelle’s Data Rocket as Partner Solution of the Year (Americas) in its 2021 Partner Awards.  Chosen by Talend’s North American Channel Team Leaders, the Partner Solution Award (Americas) highlights Passerelle as an industry leading business analytics and SI firm. Talend selected Data Rocket as the first solution of its kind to incorporate Talend… Continue reading Passerelle Named Talend Americas Partner Solution of the Year

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Flywheel Joins Passerelle as Integral Component of Data Rocket for Marketing

Passerelle has joined forces with Flywheel Software to take the power and intelligence of Snowflake and activate customer data to marketing, sales, and customer service tools to drive customer lifetime value and revenue. Flywheel enables companies like Google and Indeed, Customer Data from Snowflake directly to the marketing, sales, and customer service tools to drive… Continue reading Flywheel Joins Passerelle as Integral Component of Data Rocket for Marketing

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3 Ways to Avoid “Fool’s Gold” in the Rush to Better Data

If data is the new gold, technologies that promise to deliver value are like a prospector’s tools. Used correctly, the tools can unlock insights and drive data decision-making. But attempting to undergo data transformation without the right tools or know-how can lead to unusable data – fool’s gold.   Most modern data analytics platforms are built with scalable components that comprehensively meet the needs of data management in an organization. Components of a modern data analytics platform include:  Data integration –… Continue reading 3 Ways to Avoid “Fool’s Gold” in the Rush to Better Data

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Digital Transformation Trends and Outlooks for 2022

2021 was a big year for our team – in April, Passerelle was formed, acquiring Abilis Corp’s non-correctional business assets in the U.S. and Canada. With its formation, Passerelle built on a vision of helping businesses drive action from data with solutions-based engineering and agile development.  Today, Passerelle has the agility and flexibility to continue to develop innovative, timely solutions that respond to the changing… Continue reading Digital Transformation Trends and Outlooks for 2022

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Data Rocket Matures Product Offering in 2021 

Data Rocket was created in response to customer demand – after deploying Talend with Snowflake and PowerBi or Tableau dozens of times across a variety of industries, Passerelle developed a framework to accelerate adoption of the platform.   In 2020, Passerelle formalized the architecture, layering Passerelle IP over Talend and Snowflake connections to accelerate implementation and optimize integration. Leading into 2021, Passerelle released the Dynamic Ingestion feature, Audit… Continue reading Data Rocket Matures Product Offering in 2021 

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Passerelle and Equifax Partnership Makes Differentiated Data Easier to Use via Snowflake Data Marketplace

Passerelle is building on its commitment to leverage the Snowflake Data Marketplace to bring added value to Snowflake Data Cloud subscribers through a new collaboration with Equifax. Benefits of the Snowflake Data Marketplace With the Snowflake Data Marketplace, organizations can access third-party datasets, including Equifax data, with the click of a button, bypassing time-consuming ingestion… Continue reading Passerelle and Equifax Partnership Makes Differentiated Data Easier to Use via Snowflake Data Marketplace

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Prerequisites for Cloud Migration with Data Rocket

A previous blog explained how Data Rocket™ moves and cleanses millions of rows of raw data into the cloud. But what are the prerequisites for migrating to the Snowflake Data Cloud with Data Rocket?  What is Data Rocket?   To understand the prerequisites for Data Rocket, it’s important to understand the system architecture. Data Rocket is an end-to-end acceleration architecture, built on Talend’s Cloud Data Platform and the Snowflake Data Cloud… Continue reading Prerequisites for Cloud Migration with Data Rocket

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Regional Banks Find Easy Access to 3rd Party Data Sets with Snowflake Marketplace and Passerelle

With the launch and growth of the Snowflake Marketplace, Snowflake customers can now access 3rd Party Data with the click of a button – and Passerelle has predefined data sets and use cases to further accelerate the process.  What is the Snowflake Marketplace?   The Snowflake Marketplace provides access to data sets and Saas applications in financial services, healthcare, public sector, retail and media and advertising. The platform… Continue reading Regional Banks Find Easy Access to 3rd Party Data Sets with Snowflake Marketplace and Passerelle

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Data Rocket Implementation – What You Get in First 20 Hours

Technology Used:  Talend Data Ingestion  Snowflake Data Cloud  Data Rocket Architecture  Data Rocket Dynamic Ingestion Module  Data Rocket® is an acceleration architecture for data estate modernization – but just how fast is Rocket fast?  In the first three days of Data Rocket implementation, customers go from zero – no Talend or Snowflake implementation – to configuration in the Snowflake Data Cloud with millions of rows… Continue reading Data Rocket Implementation – What You Get in First 20 Hours