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platform . Over the past several years , the energy giant teamed up with Tableau and Talend to integrate more than 120 internal and external sources into a Snowflake central data lake in the Microsoft Azure Cloud . Greiner speaks warmly of the strong partnerships Uniper has formed with Snowflake and Talend , highlighting how “ it ’ s different than a traditional partnership ”.
“ We ’ re very close to their network and in terms of knowledge sharing I ’ d say we ’ ve created a very open-minded culture ,” he says . “ If we have a problem or a question , we can immediately get in touch with them to solve it .” It ’ s this same ability to go the extra mile that led Uniper to adopt OSIsoft ’ s PI System software . “ They don ’ t want to just close a deal and run off – they want to see us succeed ,” Greiner affirms . Similarly , he praises Tableau ’ s “ best in class visual analytics capabilities ” noting that it “ perfectly supports Uniper ’ s digitisation journey .”
Embarking on a root-and-branch transformation is no easy feat , but developing strong industry ties has helped Uniper sidestep any pitfalls . This has not only applied to the way the firm has overhauled its software but can be seen in the hardware side of things too . “ DXC Technology is really our backbone from an infrastructure point of view ,” explains Greiner . “ We have a cloud first strategy but some parts you can ’ t put in the cloud and that ’ s where DXC Technology comes in . They ’ re not just providing us with technology
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Rene Greiner Rene Greiner is Vice President Data Integration at Uniper . Prior to this , he had worked as Vice President Head of Information Management , Head of End of Day Reporting & Transformation Programme Manager and Head of Energy Economic Planning & Transformation Programme Manager . www . gigabitmagazine . com