This week’s Snowflake Summit further confirmed the expectations of the future of data platforms, with a strong message of “All Data/All Workloads” and a technical foundation that supports an expanded number of ways to access data. Snowflake Inc.’s core differentiation is its emerging ability to be a complete platform for data applications, managing operational data so that analytics can inform or automate operational activities captured in transactions. This Breaking Analysis connects the dots between Snowflake’s high-level messaging and its technical foundation to understand better the core value it brings to customers and partners, as well as the position and prospects of the two leaders along with the key public cloud players.