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Smart phones and smart cities are everywhere these days, so where's the next generation of intelligent data apps? We're about to find out as a wave of new technologies hits the market. These data-oriented solutions enable the creation of highly focused, intelligent apps that solve for very specific enterprise challenges. How do they work? Check out this episode of InsideAnalysis to find out! Host...

Everyone wants a better customer experience these days, not just the customers! That's one reason why Artificial Intelligence is playing an ever-expanding role in the technology stack. But is AI making the grade? Check out this episode of InsideAnalysis to find out! Host @eric_kavanagh will interview Author and AI expert Tom Taulli, and Ian Beaver of Verint. They'll discuss how AI assists customer...

Prepare for takeoff! InsideAnalysis Host @eric_kavanagh will interview speakers and delegates from the Airside. Live Conference in NYC!  Check out this interview with Pavel Doležal of Keboola and Sean Zinmeister of Thoughspot.

It happens all the time. Projects stall. Programs get off track. But fear not! There's always a way out of the mire. In fact, one company devised a six-strategy matrix for doing just that! The key tenets include: 1) sparking employee passion; 2 focusing on internal marketing; 3) upskilling your team; 4) building strategic alliances; 5) delivering ideas-to-initiatives solutions; and, 6) elevating i...

@Eric_Kavanagh discusses various strategies of Cloud Database Migration with Anita Kibunguchy-Grant, Product Marketing Lead for Google Cloud Databases & Andrew C. Oliver, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at MariaDB.

With data volumes and velocities on the rise. many data engineers are scrambling to stay ahead. Modern Data Pipelines are the answer. Yes, Cloud is the new center of gravity, but no, data centers aren't going away. Data mesh is changing how we design modern computing frameworks; but the reality on the ground is still dominated by standard needs, like operational analytics, real-time reporting, and...

People quit their jobs all the time, but never before at the current pace. Why? The so-called Great Resignation continues to reshape the employment landscape, but it need not cause your business much trouble. The key is to focus on experience, both for your customers and your employees. Paying attention to details makes all the difference, and that requires a lot of real world data. By capturing,...

The Great Resignation speaks volumes about how business must be done today. Workers need incentive, and are willing to supply plenty of sweat equity if the deal is right. That's where blockchain comes into play. By tokenizing a business, the proprietors can use smart contracts to very elegantly craft ownership arrangements that are sure to attract - and retain - top talent. Find out more about thi...

The Data Warehouse today commands more respect than ever before in the world of business. Everyone gets the idea of marshaling information assets, applying data quality rules, then analyzing for effect. But there's a whole other side of the equation that's only now coming to fruition: Feeding that trusted data back into all manner of operational systems. What does that look like? Check out this ep...

Access to innovation is the #1 reeason why companies use open source software. Access to the latest technologies allows organizations to modernize their Analytics and IT infrastructure and applications, while also attracting top talent, and reducing costs. So says The 2022 State of Open Source Report, a collaboration of OpenLogic by Perforce, and the Open Source Initiative. Register for this episo...

What can't you do? That's as important a question as what you can do. Understanding the answers to both can help you shape realistic plans for optimizing business processes. Mapped against a matrix of what your customers want, and what you know your business needs, this kind of situational awareness can afford significant value on the road to innovation. How so? Check out this episode of InsideAna...

The data-driven economy is increasingly the analytics-driven economy. It's not enough to get data where it needs to go. Today's innovators must deliver analytics at the point of action. Often times that requires a fundamentally different approach to the analytic pipeline. Sound interesting? Then check out this episode of InsideAnalysis! Host @eric_kavanagh will interview Vadim Ogievetsky from Impl...

All that work to capture, process and analyze corporate data won't do much if someone can't effectively tell the story of why. That's where technologies like PowerPoint and Visio came into the picture many years ago. But there are so many new ways to do storytelling these days! Learn more on this episode of #InsideAnalysis as Host @eric_kavanagh interviews Michal Baumgartner and Tomas Hunacek of A...

Flight cancelations...we've all been there! Everybody hates to go through it, but some airlines help make it less of an ordeal for their customers. In the air travel meltdown of 2020, just about everything that could have gone wrong, did. But lessons were also learned. The companies best prepared to pivot quickly and adapt were those that invested in digital customer experience. Through a combinat...

With data sources proliferating and batch windows shrinking, data engineers are feeling the squeeze. The business wants more, but there are only 24 hours in a day. Increasingly, practitioners are using ELT instead of ETL, especially when cloud is the target. But even ELT has its limits as it requires highly skilled workers who are in demand; and it tends to be cumbersome and brittle. What's a data...

The "edge" is so much wider these days, covering billions of devices. So vast is this growing landscape, that a wide array of architectures are being designed and managed to handle all the necessary routing and processing of digital bits. On this episode of InsideAnalysis, Eric Kavanagh will interview Loren Long of DartPoints and Peter Norwood of Pratexo.

Data may be the new oil, but analytics drive the modern enterprise. Insights derived from an increasingly wide array of data sources are getting infused in everyday business processes. And far from the original use cases around finance or marketing, there are now countless ways to leverage analytics: for media, manufacturing, farming, fencing... you name it! Find out more on this episode of Inside...

Executives everywhere have great expectations for AI. From improving customer experience to optimizing operations, increasing topline revenue to avoiding serious downtime, the possibilities are virtually endless. But pie-in-the-sky ideas are often impractical. The key to success with this fast-evolving discipline is to stay focused, and tackle important business initiatives in practical ways. So w...

Artificial Intelligence is hardly new. The term was coined in 1956, though an AI winter or two would follow. That won't happen again, as AI is now officially on the move! Learn about some of the most cutting-edge developments as Host @eric_kavanagh intervies the experts, including Francisco Webber, Cortical.io; Richi Hartmann, Grafana Labs; and Dr Atif Syed, Wootzano.

The key to success in analytics tends to be a moving target. First, we focused on the data, then the queries. With data science, we pivoted to more complex algorithms to find those meaningful insights. But regardless of which approach you take, there is one common thread that leads to breakthrough outcomes for your business: Automation! Check out this episode of #InsideAnalysis to hear Host @eric_...

Not everyone can code, and that's not a problem these days, because lots of solutions are available to enable business people to create applications without having to hack out scripts. Check out this episode of InsideAnalysis to learn more as Host @eric_kavanagh interviews Mustafa Sakalsiz of Code2.io and David McCormick of Alpha Software.

Pundits of all shapes and sizes continue to wax philosophical about the impending "future of work," but isn't the future here already? Between COVID and global competition, changing cultural dynamics to dramatic advances in hardware and software, the bottom line is this: Work has changed. Join this episode of #InsideAnalysis to hear Host Eric Kavanagh interview Michael Gibbs of Cloud Careers and S...

The Information Economy brings tremendous opportunity to anyone willing to roll up their sleeves. But what are the "ops" of 2022? What do the ideal workflows look like? And what role does information play? We'll find out as Host Eric Kavanagh intervies Dan Leffave, "the systems guy" on this episode of #InsideAnalysis!  

Is it all about the data? or the people? or the workflows? No, it's all about the company! Organizations that succeed today keep their teams focused on what really matters. They foster a data-driven culture by equipping and inspiring the professionals who make countless important decisions every day. One rising trend for getting that done is to create a branded user experience for information cons...

So, what is Reverse ETL? Good question! We've known that data pipelines are changing all the time these days; and there's a ton of use to be had from data warehouses. So what if we turn that rig around, and do ETL in reverse? Find out what that means on this episode of InsideAnalysis, with @eric_kavanagh and Zack Khan of Hightouch.