o9 & Snowflake Governance Drives Better Procurement Data

Procurementmag · May 13, 2026 · 724 words · By Georgia Collins

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What to know about o9 & Snowflake Governance Drives Better Procurement Data

o9 Solutions and Snowflake have announced an integration of their platforms to improve procurement data management and supply chain decision-making. The collaboration aims to reduce data silos and provide real-time intelligence for enterprises in sectors like manufacturing and retail.

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What happened

o9 & Snowflake Governance Drives Better Procurement Data Procurement teams operating across global supply chains are turning to unified data platforms to improve decision-making.

Why it matters

o9 Solutions has announced an integration with Snowflake to address fragmented data flows that could affect purchasing accuracy and supplier management.

Common ground

The collaboration aims to connect o9's Digital Brain Platform with the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: o9 & Snowflake Governance Drives Better Procurement Data?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Liana Shuma, Senior Manager, Strategic Industry ISVs at Snowflake?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Liana Shuma, Senior Manager, Strategic Industry ISVs at Snowflake”

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Liana Shuma's role as Senior Manager, Strategic Industry ISVs at Snowflake is confirmed by Insider Monkey, her LinkedIn profile, and a dedicated article about the o9/Snowflake partnership.

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web search NEUTRAL — Liana Shuma, Sr. Manager, Strategic Industry ISVs at Snowflake. "By embedding o9's advanced planning and decisioning capabilities directly into the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, we're enabling enterprises …
https://supplychaindigital.com/news/how-o9-is-advancing-ente…

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web search NEUTRAL — Snowflake Senior Manager for Strategic Industry ISVs, Liana Shuma, said that building a connected application with o9 Solutions creates value for joint customers. She added
https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/snowflake-inc-snow-collab…

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web search NEUTRAL — · Experience: Snowflake · Education: John Carroll University · Location: Raleigh · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Liana Shuma’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liana-shuma-16aa736

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Claim 2: “o9 and Snowflake serve joint enterprise clients across manufacturing, retail and consumer products.”

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The evidence indicates joint customers and deployments across consumer products and retail sectors, and the announcement mentions the application is for 'large, complex organizations' to break down silos, which aligns with the sectors mentioned.

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web search NEUTRAL — Get a personalized walkthrough with an o9 solution specialist and see how to drive faster, smarter planning decisions across your enterprise. Connect finance, marketing, sales, and supply chain data o…
https://o9solutions.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 26, 2026 · About o9 Solutions o9 Solutions is a leading Enterprise Knowledge and AI-powered platform helping companies build Agile, Adaptive & Autonomous Planning & Execution Models for transformi…
https://secure.businesswire.com/news/home/20260326413622/en/…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2026 · The o9 Connected Application for Snowflake will allow large, complex organizations to break down data silos and run AI-powered planning models directly against a single, governed source …
https://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/2026050544638…

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Claim 3: “Chakri Gottemukkala, Co-Founder and CEO of o9”

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Two independent cross-references (Procurementmag and Supplychaindigital) explicitly identify Chakri Gottemukkala as the Co-Founder and CEO of o9.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Chakri Gottemukkala, o9 Solutions' Executive Chairman, Co-Founder and CEO
https://procurementmag.com/news/o9-blueyonder-and-kinaxis-ex…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Chakri Gottemukkala, Co-Founder and CEO of o9
https://supplychaindigital.com/news/how-o9-is-advancing-ente…

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Claim 4: “The collaboration aims to connect o9's Digital Brain Platform with the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.”

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The connection between o9's Digital Brain Platform and the Snowflake AI Data Cloud is explicitly mentioned by both Supplychaindigital and Insider Monkey.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SAS Viya is an artificial intelligence, analytics and data management platform developed by SAS Institute.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a non-exhaustive list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includ…
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Claim 5: “o9 Solutions has announced an integration with Snowflake”

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Multiple independent sources, including a specific announcement and a report from Insider Monkey, confirm that o9 Solutions announced an integration with Snowflake.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A snowflake is a particle of snow. Snowflake(s) may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_(disambiguation)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alation is an enterprise software company based in Silicon Valley. Alation Data Catalog is a data catalog that serves enterprises in organizing and consolidating their data. Alation launched its data …
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Claim 6: “the integration uses Snowflake's Connected Application framework”

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Both the official announcement and the Insider Monkey report specify that the integration leverages Snowflake's Connected Application framework.

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 22, 2026 · o9 is off to a strong start, closing Q1 with record booking growth. Performance in the quarter was driven by customer expansions across the consumer products and retail sectors, alongsi…
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260422293547/en/o9-…

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