Don't Panic! It's Just Data

Digital transformation has changed over the years, especially in light of COVID-19. No longer just a term used to describe 'out with the old technology and in with the new', it now refers to everything from digitising assets to implementing a master data management (MDM) system. Joining Scott Taylor, Principal Consultant at MetaMeta Consulting, to delve deeper into the matter are Kerry Young, Enterworks VP and General Manager for Winshuttle, and Jonathan Varo, Product Information Management Team Lead at Fender Musical Instruments.

In this podcast, Jonathan starts by defining what digital transformation is and what it means for a brand like Fender. Following this, Kerry explores digital transformation's relationship with MDM and how the two technologies have helped businesses and their supply chains during the pandemic. To end, Kerry and Jonathan both share their expertise on how companies can kickstart their MDM journey.

In this podcast, Scott Taylor, Principal Consultant at MetaMeta Consulting, is joined by Robert Hodges, CEO at Altinity, to discuss ClickHouse, the first open-source, SQL data warehouse that competes with the major DBMS players. Over the course of the conversation, they look at:

• The history and background of ClickHouse
• Benefits of open source from a data perspective
• Management perspectives of the data journey
• Applying ClickHouse across small to large organisations

Instant analytics and reporting culminate in the new open-source, column-oriented DBMS, ClickHouse. The system has grown to be one of the most popular database projects, with thousands of users generating analytical reports via real-time SQL queries since it publicly launched in 2016 following an 8 year internal testing period with Yandex. When faced with trillions of rows of data and the need to filter, explore, and interact with it, ClickHouse is the solution for businesses.

This week's guest is making his third appearance in our 12 part series with Cloudera.

In this podcast, Scott Taylor welcomes back Paul Mackay, EMEA Cloud Lead from Cloudera, to lend his expertise on how CDP is driving business transformation with cloud-native data and analytics. Paul appeared in episode 1 and episode 7 to lay the foundations of what enterprise data cloud is and explain the benefits of hybrid cloud strategies. This time, he draws on examples from major banks, telcos, and manufacturers to explain some of the use cases that are currently being delivered on CDP.

Next week's final episode: GO ALL IN ON DIGITAL

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Episode 10 of our 12 part series with Cloudera.

In this podcast, Scott Taylor speaks to Wim Stoop, Product Marketing Director at Cloudera, about the data centre of the future by running a private cloud. Wim previously appeared in episode 8 to discuss security and governance. This time, he explores the current landscape and challenges of public cloud and what the futuristic utopia of private cloud in data centres means in terms of implementation, benefits, and future-proofing. Wim also touches on whether data analytics on-prem can behave as it does in public and the challenges private cloud addresses around cluster sprawl, upgrade complexity, and missed SLAs, in which he draws on a few helpful use cases.

Next week's episode: Enterprise Data Cloud in Action

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We are in the final stretch of our 12 part series with Cloudera.

In this podcast, Scott Taylor speaks to Chris Darvill, RVP Solutions Engineering at Cloudera, about the business benefits of data visualisation. Chris begins by explaining how companies can bring data to life with data visualisation tools, before exploring what it means to have a 'common language' between data teams and the business. He then sheds light on the relationship between data storytelling and data visualisation - including the human element in visualisation - and outlines the key aspects that data leaders need to consider when implementing these types of tools. 

Next week's episode: Data Centres of the Future: Private Cloud

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Episode 8 of our 12 part Cloudera series features two excellent guests.

Join Scott Taylor hosting Ana Gillan, Senior Solutions Engineer, and Wim Stoop, Product Marketing Director at Cloudera, as they deconstruct, rationalize, and discuss solutions for this ongoing business challenge. Topics range from how to think of security and governance as a 'business enabler', balancing usability and security, positioning automated security and governance as a benefit for cloud-based businesses, and the burning question: why are we still talking about security and governance in 2021? 

Next week's episode: Data Visualisation

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A returning guest comes back to provide more fantastic insight into our 12 part Cloudera series.

Join Scott Taylor and Paul Mackay, EMEA Cloud Lead from Cloudera, as they discuss how data - and the devices on which it's generated - becomes ever more prolific and why businesses need a hybrid cloud strategy that can span a multitude of different environments and enable them to say yes, not no. 

Next week's episode: Security and Governance

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This episode marks our halfway point through our 12 part series with Cloudera.

In this podcast, Jeff Fletcher, Senior Director of Product Management at Cloudera, explains why we need to rethink how we operationalise ML within the enterprise. Jeff starts by talking about what technology types apply to ML and what people should keep in mind about the operational side when testing. Also, he outlines the boundaries of machine learning, AutoML, and artificial intelligence and how cloud fits into this process. Finally, Jeff explains the importance of feeding and caring for how the data is trained.

Next week's episode: Hybrid Cloud and the Power of Yes

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Episode 5 of our 12 part Cloudera sees a returning guest joining us.

In this podcast, Jan Kunigk, CTO EMEA, returns to discuss what is needed to set apart a modern data warehouse PaaS (platform as a service) in the cloud from the traditional warehouse solutions. Jan explains the benefit that container technology has in a data warehouse and how that impacts the end-users. He also describes how containerisation in a PaaS offering leads to cloud-native flexibility and how organisations can leverage this for multi and hybrid cloud mobility for cloud spend. Finally, he outlines the role of open standards to truly facilitate the mobility of queries, data, and metadata that enterprises demand from their warehouse solution.

Next week's episode: Machine Learning - Take Risks and Fail

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Episode 4 of our 12 part series with Cloudera.

In this podcast, Simon Elliston Ball, Director Product Management, Streaming Analytics, and Cyber ML at Cloudera explain why real-time streaming has become so important. Simon starts by talking about the role real-time data streaming plays in encouraging digitally driven innovation. Also, he explains the types of data structures organisations need as well as how this differs from traditional data practices. Finally, Simon discusses the potential that ML brings to real-time data streaming and the considerations for compliance and governance.

Next week's episode: Cloud Native Data Warehouse

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