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Check out this Pilot episode of the ChainGang in which Eric Kavanagh, discusses Blockchain and the Information Economy with Alex Mashinsky and Evren Sel Cakir.

The evolution of civilization has been marked by certain stages; for example, hunter-gatherer, agricultural, industrialization, and finally to today's Information Economy. The advent of the modern Internet spurred innovation across the business landscape. One such innovation with the potential to revolutionize transactions within the Information Economy is Blockchain.

The Host of DM Radio and Inside Analysis, Eric Kavanagh, discusses Blockchain and the Information Economy with Chris Roebuck and Evren Sel Cakir, in this episode of InsideAnalysis.

• Jason Rose, SAP
• Sarah Austin, Influencer

Eric Kavanagh recently returned from SAP Sapphire where the big talk was SAP's recent 8 billion dollar purchase of Qualtrics, a single system of record for all experience data including customer, product, employee, and brand all on one platform. SAP has always been on top of Operational Data, the 'O' Data as it is often referred. Now they will have detailed X Data, otherwise known as experience Data for a complete picture of the X's & O's.

In today's broadcast of InsideAnalysis, Eric will talk with Jason Rose, Chief Marketing Officer SAP Customer Experience and Sarah Austin, influencer extraordinaire and advocate for women in business. Women are underrepresented in Tech in general; however, there are plenty of opportunities in the industry and many top positions are held by women. Today's conversation briefly touches on these issues and more.

Time was, anyone could do just about anything with their data… or yours! But those days are gone. With the General Data Protection Regulation now well underway, and the California Consumer Privacy Act also in effect, companies the world over need to mind their Ps and Qs, data-wise.

Check out this episode of InsideAnalysis to hear host @eric_kavanagh interview several experts, including John Ladley, Heidi Maher and Stijn Christiaens. Click the link below to launch the live stream at 3 ET today, or come back later for the podcast!

Digital transformation has been happening across the world for the last few decades as the traditional brick and mortar companies move from doing business face to face to having a virtual presence. Now, most companies offer their products and services online. The average consumer has had an online experience with one of the larger online companies; such as Facebook, Amazon or Twitter. As a result, consumers have an expectation of a certain level of excellence when using an online product or service. However, the typical business doesn't have the resources of the online giants to develop and test their applications and web services.

Fortunately, there are companies like Sauce Labs that are dedicated to providing testing environments for developers to try their apps in a real-world environment before going to market. Sauce Labs provides cloud-based testing for mobile and web applications. It offers Sauce Headless, a testing solution that provides cloud-based headless browser testing on containers.

Today, on InsideAnalysis Radio, Eric Kavanagh talks with Lubos Parobek, Sauce Labs VP of Products about real-world testing of mobile and web apps.

Dr. Eric Siegiel, founder of Predictive Analytics World, discusses Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning with our very own, Eric Kavanagh, during the 1st segment of today's InsideAnalysis.

Analytics has always been a part of business but decades past analytics is to a Ford Model T what today's Analytics is to a Tesla model 3. Thanks to the raw power, seemingly unlimited affordable data storage, that today's cloud computing provides, businesses are able to insights that are truly changing entire industries. Predictive Analytics is learning to predict; such as, who is most likely to lie. Machine Learning, on the other hand, is used for detection; such as, analyzing MRI scans and other medical images. Healthcare & Financial industries, in particular, have seen some of the most striking results using Predictive Analytics and Deep Learning.

Anyone interested in Predictive Analytics should consider going to this year's conference in Las Vegas, Jun 16-20, www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com.

In the second half of today's show, Eric discusses the Financial side of Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning with Peter Went. Peter specializes in simplifying the complex and clarifying the ambiguous.

Just as Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, and Machine Learning have been around for a while, so has Natural Language Processing. However, it was the evolution of cloud computing & storage that allowed these technologies to reach their potential. A decade ago, only a handful of companies possessed the computing power that is now available to everyone thanks to the evolution of cloud computing. Natural Language Processing, in particular, has made giant leaps in progress thanks to the introduction of GPU enabled cloud platforms. In addition, with the evolution of Neural Networks, Deep Learning & NLP, instead of humans learning computer languages, Computers are learning human languages.

Eric Kavanagh discusses the implications of Natural Language Processing, the Cloud and more with Jeff Huckaby of VoiceBase & Will Murphy of MessagePath.

We've all heard that mantra: "The customer is always right." That's still true today, but perhaps even more so than ever before, in part because customers can leave brands at any moment, with only the touch of a finger.

That's the reality that today's brands must face. Moreover, how customers interact with brands has changed irrevocably, both because of the Internet, but also because of smart devices. Any consumer-facing brand needs to appreciate that the user experience of their apps is now of critical importance; as is the need for continuous improvement.

Check out this episode of InsideAnalysis to hear host Eric Kavanagh interview Joanna Schloss of Sauce Labs, the preeminent software testing platform for the modern developer.

There have been significant changes in computer hardware and software over the last decade that have completely changed the enterprise computing environment. The most obvious change is the Cloud and the subsequent migration to the Cloud from on-premise. The Cloud provides accelerated computing via parallel processing, optimized storage & optimized memory capable of running large in-memory applications such as databases.

One of the best database management systems being used on the enterprise today is open source PostgreSQL, aka Postgres.

Eric Kavanagh just returned from SAP Ariba Live in Austin, TX where thousands of buyers & suppliers discussed the latest in supply chain & procurement business solutions using the SAP's Ariba Network. Today on InsideAnalysis Eric talks with Tom Kieley of SourceDay about increasing efficiency of supply & procurement using SourceDay's collaborative approach.

During the second segment, he speaks with Joshua D Drake about Postgres and their upcoming Conference.

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Cloud computing and storage has changed enterprise computing and business in general. As companies move from on-prem computing to the cloud, security and GDPR is a serious concern. On today's InsideAnalysis, Eric Kavanagh discusses these issues with Katrin Lehman, SVP/ Cloud Data Management at SAP and Volker Haentjes, SAP Sr Director.