InsideAnalysis

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Geoff Webb and Jason Smith from Conga about the growing complexity of managing pricing, quoting, contracts, and revenue operations.  Find out more about findings from Conga's global research on the challenges organizations face in connecting these critical processes. Learn how the concept of the "commerce chain" helps unify data...

John Ladley and Bob Seiner will be joining Eric Kavanagh on The Data Governance Show for a candid, practical conversation about where data governance is headed and what organizations must do differently to make the programs durable. We will explore why governance does not fail but instead stalls when it is treated as a side initiative, how formal accountability may already exist inside most organi...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Eva Polini, author of BI Without the BS, about why many analytics projects fail despite technical success. Find out more about unclear requirements, stakeholder communication gaps, and why trust and transparency become even more critical in the age of generative AI. They will be joined by Arshavir Blackwell, author of The Creati...

Join this InsideAnalysis episode to learn where AI actually creates (or destroys) value. Host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Octavian Tanase of Hitachi Vantara, Joshua Gould of thebigword, and Preston Zeller of Psalmlog about why results depend less on the models and more on data, workflows, and services - and why organizations that redesign operations, rather than simply adopt tools, are the ones seei...

Dive into this episode of Inside Analysis as we explore the intersection of AI, security, and enterprise operations. Eric Kavanagh interviews Juan Garcia of Tuio (Spain) who will share how AI is transforming insurance - from smarter claims processing to fraud detection - while keeping humans in the loop.  Next, Amiram Shachar, CEO of Upwind Security, will reveal why runtime security is the future,...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis as Eric Kavanagh speaks with Joe Early, Hannah Hunt, Jesse Scearce, and Wilson Rodden of MetroStar about how applied AI is being used on the aircraft maintenance front line for the U.S. Air Force. Learn how visual AI, multimodal data, and real-time collaboration are changing the way maintenance is performed - capturing maintainer expertise, reducing downtime, a...

Despite massive investment, most enterprise AI initiatives fail to deliver meaningful return on investment. Recent research shows that nearly 95% of organizations are not seeing measurable returns, leaving many stuck in what analysts call the AI Failure Zone, where tools look powerful but produce little business impact. In this episode of InsideAnalysis, Eric Kavanagh speaks with David Roberts, CE...

Live from the AI Summit at the Javits Center, Inside Analysis host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Rory Crone, Senior Director of Marketing for the AI Summit, about what's really driving enterprise AI adoption. Learn about the rise of generative AI, the growing focus on governance and ethics, the importance of human-in-the-loop decision-making, and how AI is reshaping skills, data management, and modern...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis with two leaders in AI-driven support innovation - Meel Velliste and Levon Korganyan from Fivetran's CTO organization. First, dive into their experimental new product, Triage, designed to solve one of the toughest enterprise AI challenges: delivering accurate, trusted answers from sprawling internal documentation. Learn how hybrid search, vector retrieval, and...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis with two leaders in data innovation. Explore how Exasol's in-memory database delivers lightning-fast analytics and optimized BI dashboards, enabling queries at the speed of thought. Then, hear from Jason Lorry of Architecta about MediaFlux, a metadata-driven, database-centric platform that manages billions of files, supports AI workflows, and streamlines data l...

Join this Inside Analysis episode as Eric Kavanagh talks with Derek Slager, CTO and co-founder of Amperity, about why customer data remains the most powerful and differentiated asset a brand possesses. Explore how fragmented systems, SaaS sprawl, and evolving customer expectations make unified first-party data more critical than ever. Learn more about Amperity's highly opinionated data pipeline, h...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Dr. Moshik Cohen, who reveals how Israel's multi-layer air defense system achieved near-perfect interception rates - and how rapid AI-driven upgrades were deployed in the middle of wartime. A rare, inside look at innovation under extreme pressure.

Join this eye-opening episode of Inside Analysis, as Eric Kavanagh sits down with QuEra Computing CTO and co-founder Nathan Gemelke to explore quantum computing at its most fundamental level - individual atoms manipulated by lasers. You'll learn how neutral-atom qubits work, why error correction is a major breakthrough, and how quantum systems are already running in the cloud via AWS. If you want...

How Do You Know If Your Enterprise Is AI-Ready? It starts with data. Can your enterprise architecture support AI workloads, RAG, or Agentic AI? For most, the answer is not yet. But with the right strategy, any data environment can get there. Then comes Governance. Do you have the right polices in place, the right people involved? Do you understand your use case well enough to know what success loo...

What does it really mean to be AI-ready? In this episode of Inside Analysis, host Eric Kavanagh welcomes Mark Madsen of Third Nature and Roger Cummings, CEO of PEAK:AIO, to explore how cutting-edge infrastructure is powering the AI revolution. From GPUs and parallel file systems to energy-efficient data centers and workload optimization, the guests unpack the hardware and software innovations driv...

Is LinkedIn losing its edge? Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh sits down with Dr. Markus Schmidberger of JuntoAI to explore a bold new idea: a social action network that replaces likes and noise with AI-powered collaboration, transparency, and ownership.  Discover how Junto AI gives every professional their own autonomous AI agent, designed to help achieve business goals w...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh talks with two leaders shaping the future of enterprise AI and analytics. Jide Adeoye, Director of Business Intelligence at goeasy Ltd, explains how his team leverages Cloudera's platform - along with Octopai - for data cataloging and metadata management, enabling trusted analytics at scale. Then, Sergio Gago, CTO of Cloudera, shares insigh...

The crashing waves of AI and Digital Transformation continue to reshape entire industries, and the auto business is no exception. With new car inventory levels running nearly double monthly sales, and tariffs incentivizing U.S. production, dealers face compressed margins. And then, there's Amazon's foray into the biz! Check out this episode of InsideAnalysis to hear several industry experts explai...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh explores the power of composable applications and their role in building enterprise-grade AI solutions. He will talk with Gilad Shoham‏, founder of Bit.dev, about how breaking software into reusable components transforms development, collaboration, and long-term application resilience. Together they discuss the benefits of modular design,...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh talks with Hao Yang of Splunk and Josh Rubin of Fiddler AI about the evolving role of AI in observability and data analysis. They dive into agentic AI, time series foundation models, and how companies can monitor large language models to ensure reliability and performance. Don't miss this deep dive into the cutting edge of AI in enterprise...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Colin Dober of SAP, who shares insights on enterprise data systems, including common friction points in pipelines and strategies for keeping complex environments running smoothly. Next, Sean Knapp, Founder & CEO of Ascend.io, explains how his platform helps organizations streamline workflows, validate pipelines at scale, and buil...

Recorded live at TDWI 2025, this episode of InsideAnalysis dives into one of the hottest debates in enterprise data today: cloud vs. on-premises vs. hybrid. Host Eric Kavanagh sits down with Curtis Bennett of OpenText to discuss the surprising trend of data repatriation - why some organizations are pulling workloads back from the cloud, and how that shift impacts cost, performance, and governance....

The most important tech stack in any organization takes care of core business. For the last 20 years, not much has changed in the world of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). That's mostly because core business is so crucial, that any changes made could cause serious disruption. Until now! Imagine being able to test your business ideas in a production-like environment, a sandbox that's prebuilt wi...

With the pace of innovation ramping up worldwide, businesses everywhere continue to sharpen their focus on AI. In the crosshairs are vertically oriented SaaS companies, where purpose-built technologies have been gathering rich, contextual data for years. With the right GenAI platform, these companies could leapfrog over their competition. Sound exciting? That's exactly what the founders of Stellar...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh welcomes Jeff Hainsworth of InsightSoftware for a deep dive into the evolving world of embedded analytics. Explore the convergence of traditional BI, data science, and internal analytics, and why aligning information and business architectures is critical to success. Discover how organizations can strike the right balance between self-serv...