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If you look at nearly every great advance in business, you'll find a common theme: automation. In fact, every software application, at its root, serves to automate something. That's especially true in the realm of information management: companies that automate key processes for storing, analyzing and leveraging data, will thereby position themselves for competitive advantage.

One of the hottest trends these days involves companies automating their analytical infrastructure - i.e. their data warehouses - and doing so in the cloud. And then there's the discovery component, where additional innovations are enabling the rapid mining and exploration of vast data sets, using micro-queries to incrementally visualize strategic views of information assets.

Who's at the forefront of these industry trends? Listen to this episode of #InsideAnalysis to find out! Host @Eric_Kavanagh will interview Mico Yuk of BI Brainz (@MicoYuk), plus Olivier Meyer of Zoomdata (@Zoomdata), Mark Budzinski of Wherescape (@wherescape), and Jon Bock of Snowflake Computing (@SnowflakeDB).

Over the past quarter century, the Internet has arguably become the most pervasive manmade force in world history. In just the last few years, Web-based connectivity has revolutionized everything from home energy use to interstellar travel. From connected cars to connected refrigerators, this movement has been dubbed the Internet of Things. Thousands of companies are building the infrastructure and software necessary to enable this new world of IoT. How can you and your business benefit? Check out this episode of #InsideAnalysis to find out! Host @Eric_Kavanagh will interview Crystal Valentine of MapR, Matt Morris of NexDefense, Ronald McCollam of Resin.io, Ron Conant of Cirrent, and Daniel Moneta of MMB Networks.

Is anything safe on the interwebs these days? Hackers seem to be everywhere, and the threat is palpable. The unfortunate reality is that hacking is here to stay, and thus the cat-and-mouse game of hacking and security evolution will continue apace. What can your organization do to keep safe? Check out this episode of #InsideAnalysis to find out! Host @Eric_Kavanagh will interview several experts, including Guise Bule of TuCloud, Andrew Avanessian of Avecto, and David Friend of Wasabi.

Draw a Venn diagram of Analytics, Big Data and Cloud, and what's in the middle? Success! Companies that find their sweet spot leveraging these three technologies will almost assuredly succeed. The key is to find ways to deal with opportunities at-scale. How can your organization make the most of this confluence? Check out this episode of #InsideAnalysis to find out! Host @Eric_Kavanagh will interviews @MicoYuk of @BIBrainz, plus Prashant Natarajan of Oracle (@natarpr), Todd Mostak of MapD (@MapD), and a special guest…

How advanced is your company's data strategy? Are you just getting started? Fully mature? Somewhere in between? A data maturity model can help your organization appreciate where you are in leveraging data as a critical asset. By getting realistic about your current state, you can effectively plan for the next steps to optimize your business, and take full advantage of the burgeoning information economy.

Listen to this episode of InsideAnalysis to learn from several experts about the growing practice of using data maturity models. Hosts Eric Kavanagh and Mico Yuk will interview industry analyst William McKnight, along with Ron Huizenga of IDERA, Scott Kurth of Silicon Valley Data Science, and Satyen Sangani of Alation.

Welcome, my son! Welcome… to the machine-learning algorithms! Seems like they're everywhere these days. Some estimates peg the market at $37 billion by 2025. That's a tall order, but given the number of software companies claiming to have them, use them, or at least swear by them, it could just happen. Will they kill jobs, or create them?

Find out by tuning into this episode of #InsideAnalysis! Host @Eric_Kavanagh and industry analyst @MicoYuk of @BIBrainz will interview several guests, including: Ted Dunning of MapR; Amit Vij of Kinetica, Aaron Kalb of Alation, and, last but certainly not least, the analyst-turned-vendor rep, Thomas Dinsmore of Cloudera.

Will smart robots take all our jobs by 2020? That's highly unlikely, but some controversial figures like Elon Musk seem to wax philosophical on this topic. One area of concern is so-called Artificial Intelligence, which is actually a software discipline with decades of work under its belt. Where does AI stand today, and what does it all mean for you? Check out this episode of #InsideAnalysis to find out!

Host Eric Kavanagh will interview several experts on the topic, including consultant Steve Ardire, plus Leo Sadovy of SAS, Samantha Stone of The Marketing Advisory Network, Jeff Rose of ThinkTopic, and Subbu Rama of Bitfusion. The show will focus on recent advances for AI, and applicability for this technology across the business landscape. Feel free to send questions via Twitter with the hash tag of #InsideAnalysis!

Check out this episode of #InsideAnalysis to learn about a clever concept called Data Pipeline as a Service. Host @eric_kavanagh interviews Yair Weinberger of Alooma.