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S&P Global Data via Cloud: Unlocking Real-Time, Scalable Insights with Snowflake and Databricks Delta Sharing

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As organisations accelerate their cloud migration strategies to manage growing volumes of structured and unstructured data, demand is rising for secure, real-time, cloud-native access to trusted datasets.

Leveraging Snowflake and Databricks Delta Sharing, S&P Global provides a scalable, agile foundation that allows organizations to directly access and query S&P Global and curated third-party datasets without complex ingestion pipelines or infrastructure setup.

This approach enables seamless, governed access across clients’ preferred cloud environments, helping organizations accelerate innovation, reduce operational complexity, and derive value more efficiently from their data.

Data Management Insight spoke to the S&P Global team to explore how this collaboration is simplifying the process of sharing data between organizations while ensuring security and privacy.

“Access to high-quality data is foundational for innovation,” said David Coluccio, Head of Buy-Side and Data Feed Strategy, Data & Research at S&P Global Market Intelligence. “With Snowflake and Databricks Delta Sharing, organisations can seamlessly access and query S&P Global and select third-party data – natively within their own environment – streamlining operations and accelerating time to insight.”

Simplifying Access

S&P Global offers direct, quick access to structured and unstructured data across clouds – securely and at scale. By eliminating the need for complex ingestion processes, both platforms enable users to focus on deriving insights rather than managing infrastructure.

Key capabilities include:

  • Unified Environment: Access S&P Global and third-party datasets via Snowflake and Databricks Delta Sharing in one governed workspace.
  • Secure Data Sharing: Fine-grained controls and encryption protect sensitive information across both platforms.
  • Optimized Performance: Whether using Snowflake’s direct, ready-to-query data or Databricks’ Delta Sharing for advanced analytics and AI, you get high-performance access without complex setup.
  • Pre-Built Views & Notebooks: S&P Global expert-created views in Snowflake and notebooks via Databricks Delta Sharing help users start analysing data right away.
  • Cross-Cloud Compatibility: Available across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Storage.

Key Benefits

  • Accelerated Time to Insight: Spend less time on data prep and more on generating value.
  • One Unified Solution:  Access S&P Global and curated third-party data securely on your platform of choice, whether Snowflake or Databricks Delta Sharing.
  • Enhanced Efficiency: Snowflake’s integrations with tools like Tableau and Alteryx streamline analytics, while Delta Sharing’s cross-cloud collaboration supports agile data science and machine learning use cases.

Looking Forward

“The future of data collaboration is open, secure, and immediate,” concluded Coluccio. “We’re committed to expanding our cloud distribution channels to help our clients seamlessly access and utilize S&P Global data more effectively.  We are just getting started…”

Learn more about S&P Global data via our cloud solutions on the S&P Global Marketplace.

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