Softcat and Oakland achieve Snowflake Elite Partner Status

As Snowflake's highest tier, the recognition reflects our expertise in delivering data and AI solutions on the Snowflake platform and our dedication to helping customers unlock greater value from Snowflake.

The achievement highlights the unique proposition we've built by combining Softcat and Oakland. By merging Softcat's broad technology expertise and customer reach with Oakland's specialist data, analytics and AI capabilities, we can support customers across the entire data journey, from strategy and advisory to implementation and long-term value realisation. This combined capability helps customers turn data into a strategic asset, establish trusted foundations for AI and deliver measurable business outcomes.

The Elite designation reinforces our ability to help customers design, build and optimise modern data platforms that are secure, scalable and future-ready. With access to specialist skills, proven methodologies and deep platform knowledge, customers can accelerate their data and AI ambitions with confidence.

Jake Smart, Data, Automation & AI Alliances Lead, commented:

"Achieving Snowflake Elite Partner status is a fantastic milestone for Softcat and Oakland. It recognises the strength of our combined Snowflake capability, backed by continued investment in skills, accreditations and certifications. Together we're bringing deep data and AI expertise to customers, helping them unlock greater value from their data and turn their AI ambitions into reality. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built with Snowflake and excited about what this means for our customers."

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in this achievement!