SAP data into Databricks or Snowflake: the options in 2026
How to get SAP ECC, S/4HANA and BW data into Databricks or Snowflake in 2026: Business Data Cloud, ODP over OData, SLT, connectors and SAP Note 3255746.
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Practitioner notes on data platforms, analytics, AI and enterprise applications from the Duces team.
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Snowflake vs Databricks vs BigQuery: how enterprises choose
Snowflake vs Databricks vs BigQuery for a large company: architecture, Iceberg and catalogs, pricing models, EU residency, AI features and a decision table.
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AI agentification services for digital transformation
How AI agents are changing public services, business and society, what they need from your digital products and APIs, and how Duces Digital builds them.
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AI in BI: why agentic analytics needs a semantic layer first
Why LLM text-to-SQL on raw warehouse tables fails, which semantic layers agents can use in 2026, and how to govern, test and roll out AI in BI safely.
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DataHub production deployment: what enterprise teams plan for
How to run open-source DataHub in production: architecture, Helm on Kubernetes, upgrades, SSO, ingestion, backups and self-hosting vs DataHub Cloud.
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dbt at enterprise scale: project structure, CI/CD and testing
How large teams run dbt on Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery: one project or Mesh, layers, ownership, contracts, tests, slim CI and warehouse cost control.
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Metadata-driven ingestion framework: design patterns that scale
How to design a metadata-driven ingestion framework: config schema, CDC and watermarks, schema drift, safe reruns, fan-out, and when to buy connectors.
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S/4HANA global template rollout: template, localisation and data
How to run an SAP S/4HANA global template rollout: what the template owns, wave planning, e-invoicing localisation, Migration Cockpit mock loads, hypercare.
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SAP GTS content providers: sources, uploads and update cadence
What customs and trade compliance data SAP GTS needs, where it comes from, how XML uploads work, how often each domain changes and how to govern updates.
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Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery MCP servers: governed access
How the Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery MCP servers work, how to scope identity, tools and writes, and how to give AI agents governed warehouse access.
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Teradata to Snowflake or Databricks: a migration playbook
How to migrate Teradata to Snowflake or Databricks: platform choice, assessment, BTEQ and SQL conversion, history load, reconciliation, cutover and costs.