InsideAnalysis

Recorded live at We Make Future in Bologna, this special episode brings together conversations with industry leaders, innovators, and technology experts on the latest developments in AI, data, digital transformation, and the future of enterprise technology.

Recorded live at Accelerate in Las Vegas, this episode of Inside Analysis explores how enterprise infrastructure is evolving for the AI era. Host Eric Kavanagh sits down with Pure Storage's Angad Narang to discuss Everpure as a service, and guaranteed performance, then speaks with Ashish Gupta about the growing importance of data intelligence and making enterprise data AI-ready. Together, they exa...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis live at We Make Future with Paolo Dello Vicario, CEO and Co-Founder of ByTek, and Iulia Feroli, Founder of Back to Engineering. Learn how AI is helping organizations derive greater value from customer data while maintaining privacy and trust. Take a look at the growing Physical AI movement and explore how robotics and autonomous systems are becoming increasingl...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis as Eric Kavanagh speaks with Thiru M. Arunachalam of Walt, Jason Wells of AI Dev Lab, and Rohit Choudhary of Acceldata about the data foundations required to power the next generation of enterprise AI. Across three conversations, the guests explore how organizations are modernizing data architectures, leveraging knowledge-driven approaches, and improving data o...

Join this Inside Analysis episode from Boomi World as  Eric Kavanagh explores how AI agents are moving from experimentation to real enterprise operations. Guests John Baker of Lexitas , Mani Gill  and Michael Bachman of Boomi discuss how AI is being operationalized across integration, governance, and development. From agentic accounting workflows at Lexitas to Boomi's work on knowledge graphs, pol...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh explores two of the most critical challenges shaping the AI era: governance and enterprise transformation. He is joined by Blake Brannon of OneTrust, who discusses how organizations can assess AI risk, translate policies into enforceable guardrails, and build governance frameworks that align with their unique compliance and operational nee...

Large Language Models are rapidly reshaping the way people search for information, write software, analyze documents, and interact with machines. But beneath the polished interfaces and conversational fluency lies a complex architecture built on probabilities, patterns, transformers, and attention mechanisms. Understanding how these systems actually work is becoming increasingly important for busi...

Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh speaks with two experts exploring key frontiers in modern technology: inclusive digital design and the safe deployment of AI systems. First, Imogen Wethered of EnableAll explains how AI-powered accessibility tools are helping people with disabilities navigate the web more easily, while also improving SEO and boosting business conversion ra...

The forcing function of AI and agents puts tremendous pressure on data teams to get their house in order. The demands for getting "AI-Ready" are coming from all sides, and there are countless methods being touted. The most promising approach? A graph for all your data! Internet powerhouses like Meta, LinkedIn and others have demonstrated the remarkable power of graph technology. Join this episode...

Dive into this episode of InsideAnalysis as Steve Lucas, CEO of Boomi, joins Eric Kavanagh at the HumanX Conference to explore how AI is fueling an explosion of software - and the chaos that comes with it. As more applications are built faster than ever, organizations face growing challenges around quality, governance, and integration. Learn how businesses can turn that chaos into opportunity by b...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh brings together two compelling interviews and fresh industry insights. Zak Hemraj of Loopio explores how organizations are scaling knowledge and improving response workflows, while Michael Fanning of Splunk shares perspectives on data, observability, and AI-driven operations. The episode wraps with Eric's takeaways from the HumanX Conferenc...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Gajen Kandiah, CEO of Rackspace Technology, about how organizations can successfully navigate digital transformation in the age of AI. Hear his perspective on aligning technology investments with business outcomes, and why many enterprises struggle to fully realize the value of their data and cloud strategies. Explore the practi...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Kira Shishkin, founder of informed.now, about the growing crisis in modern journalism and the challenges of navigating today's information economy.  Explore how bias, narrative-driven reporting, and lack of transparency have eroded trust in news, and what it means for businesses and society. Kira will share his vision for rebuil...

Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Sid Banerjee of Medallia about how organizations can extract meaningful, real-time intelligence from their data to better understand events as they unfold and drive smarter decisions.  They are joined by Kunal Agarwal of Unravel Data, who explains why observability has become essential in today's complex cloud and data environmen...

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...