Qlik Named Snowflake 2025 Data Integration Partner of the Year
Qlik was recognized for its achievements in helping joint customers accelerate trusted, AI-ready data pipelines on the Snowflake platform. Through innovations like native support for Snowflake-managed Iceberg tables and the introduction of the Qlik Open Lakehouse architecture, Qlik empowers enterprises to scale high-volume ingestion, optimize cost and performance, and unlock greater value from SAP and other enterprise data sources.
'This award is a reflection of how well-aligned Qlik and Snowflake are in delivering modern, trusted, and governed data engineering at scale,' said David Zember, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channels and Alliances at Qlik. 'We're proud to help customers harness more value from their SAP and operational data through faster pipelines, Iceberg optimization, and SAP data products tailored for Snowflake environments. Together, we're redefining what's possible with AI-ready architecture.'
'The integration between Qlik and Snowflake has transformed how we manage and operationalize data,' said Michael Benassi, Vice President of Enterprise Analytics at United Federal Credit Union. 'With near real-time ingestion and streamlined engineering pipelines, we're able to scale insights across the business and support faster, more trusted AI initiatives.'
'The transformative results Qlik has achieved for our joint customers exemplify innovation in action,' said Kieran Kennedy, Global Leader for Data Cloud Product Partners, Snowflake. 'Naming them as our 2025 Data Engineering Partner of the Year is not just recognition of their technical excellence, but of their vital role in shaping how modern enterprises harness the AI Data Cloud.'
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