DataXpresso

AI continues to be a hot topic, but how many organizations are actually working smartly with the technology? Not enough. That’s why we decided to investigate the world of AI optimization with the help of a trusted partner of Exasol’s.

TurinTech is a leader in AI optimization, focused on making AI efficient and scalable across organizations. CEO and co-founder, Dr Leslie Kanthan, is perfectly placed to lift the lid on how we can get more from the technology.

In this episode, Helena Schwenk is joined by Exasol's CTO Mathias Golombek to discuss a new SaaS product from the performance database provider. 

The conversation touched upon why choice around deployment decisions is so important for organizations when choosing an analytics partner, what a 'bridge to and from the cloud' is, and included some of the practicalities Mathias' team took on in building a SaaS database from scratch.

If you'd like to learn more about the Exasol SaaS Edition – the world’s fastest analytics database, now as a fully managed service – please visit: https://www.exasol.com/exasol-saas/

What are some of the big trends and talking points that will impact data professionals throughout 2022? Helena Schwenk, VP Chief Data & Analytics Office at Exasol, is our latest guest on the podcast and will shed light on some of the key issues she’s seeing develop in the market.

We’ll look into the global impact of the AI regulation proposals from the EU, why more data science automation can be expected and how the ongoing data architecture debates are evolving.

If you want to read more from Exasol’s experts, about hyperautomation and the role of the CDO in 2022, check out our ebook here: https://www.exasol.com/resource/2022-predictions-5-ways-to-gain-a-competitive-edge/

How can we inspire younger generations to get to grips with data and use it positively in their lives? More to the point - how can they inspire those of us already working in data and analytics?

These are just some of the questions that STATWARS, the competition designed to get young people excited about data, sets out to answer. Run by not-for-profit organization, Primary Engineer, the competition enables young people to engage with data in a way that promotes skills, understanding and a love of data, by embedding it into the heart of the educational system. As a supporter of STATWARS at Exasol, we thought there was no one better to bring the project to life than Dr Susan Scurlock, Founder and CEO of Primary Engineer.

We talk through why the competition was set up, how it engages young people with data and how organizations and schools can get involved.

If you want to find out more, head over to https://www.statwarscompetition.com/

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We’ve covered a lot of fascinating topics on the podcast this year, with brilliant experts to guide us through what really matters in the world of data. So, we’ve made a compilation episode that brings together a handful of these guests to take you through everything from the importance of understanding analytics maturity, to the impact of data storytelling and how we educate the next generations. Data leaders from the financial services industry, one of the biggest football associations in the world and the non-profit sector join us in this episode to share their insights and advice.

If you want to check out our guests’ episodes in full, head over to our podcast homepage https://www.thedatadreamer.com/dataxpresso/

Do you have to come from a purely technical background to make it as a data leader? Abel Aboh, Data Management Lead, Bank of England is proof that you don’t.  We speak to Abel in this episode about his transition from working in HR to moving into the data management space. We look at the most important skills he’s picked up along the way, how to establish understanding of the value of data in an organization and the specific challenges he faces working in the financial industry.

If you want to hear more on these topics from Abel and his peers in data leadership, check out the ‘CDO Journey’ ebook we mention in the episode here.

And to find out more about the Carruthers and Jackson Summer School for data leaders that Abel participated in, follow this link.

Finally, to check out our back catalog of episodes and supporting content, head over to our podcast homepage.

This week, Dr Carsten Bange – Founder and CEO of BARC, the industry analyst, joins Helena Schwenk and Mike Creane to tell the real story behind the biggest trends you will be encountering in the world of data. Carsten takes us through key trends from the recent Data Management Survey, as well as his thoughts on data silos, data culture and investment changes covered in BARC’s post-Covid survey.

For the latest insights from BARC, head over to: http://barc-research.com/

If you want the inside track on how Exasol has performed in BARC’s The Data Management Survey 22, click here  https://www.exasol.com/barc-survey-2022/

Finally, for links to more resources discussed in this episode, check out the podcast homepage at https://www.thedatadreamer.com/dataxpresso/

We’ve talked about data democratization alone for too long – now, if organizations are to get real value from their data, they need to start thinking about analytics maturity. In this episode, Graham Sharpe, director, strategic solutions at Exasol, takes us through why this concept is so important, what you need to understand about the analytics maturity roadmap and how you can apply this in your organization.

If you want to read more from Graham on the topic, you can find his blog here. 

To explore this and more of the topics we cover on DataXpresso in greater detail, head over to our homepage. 

Is your organization producing a lot of dashboards each week? More importantly, is anything changing as a result? Data teams in many businesses are failing to land key messages with decision makers meaning that data isn’t being turned into action. This week we speak with Peter Jackson, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Exasol, who believes data storytelling can provide the answer.

Throughout his career, Peter’s been at the sharp end of telling stories around data and turning it into a tangible benefit for the organization. If you want to hear some examples of how to do data storytelling well, what skills to look for in your team and tips for getting started in your organization, this episode has you covered.

To explore the topic further, check out Exasol’s latest research looking at how enterprise organizations are communicating insights from data and where they’re falling short: https://www.exasol.com/resource/from-the-what-to-the-why-how-data-storytelling-is-key-to-success/

To hear more from the podcast, head over to our homepage: https://www.thedatadreamer.com/dataxpresso/

There’s one area of the tech community that simply has to grow if we’re to feel safe online – Safety Tech.

To lift the lid on why this is such an important issue, Mike Creane is joined by Suki Fuller. As a competitive strategic advisor, analytical storyteller and acclaimed keynote speaker, Suki’s career has taken her from the US Department of Defense to teaching students in China and she’s perfectly placed to guide us through the big questions relating to Safety Tech.

How does it differ from data privacy or cybersecurity? Where do we start with ingraining this thinking into organizations’ day to day operations? And what does the future hold for Safety Tech? Suki covers all of this and more in this episode.

If you want to hear more from Suki, head over to https://sukifuller.com/

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