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How do you provide answers to clients prior to them asking? What do you do with an abundance of client data?

In this episode of Making Data Simple, Tracy Bolot, Director of Digital Client Support for Analytics at IBM, talks about how to maximize teamwork and strengths to enrich your clients' experience.

Show Notes

00:15 Connect with Al Martin on Twitter (@amartin_v) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/al-martin-ku)
00:30 Connect with Tracy Bolot on LinkedIn(linkedin.com/in/tracy-bolot-992a6b4a)
01:30 Link to Global Elite?
04:00 Lean more about the Informix Software
13:40 Check out Turbotax
27:20 Click here to learn more about information sharing and governance at IBM 

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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This week on Making Data Simple, Dinesh Nirmal comes on the show to discuss current industry trends. Host Al Martin poses questions that are both technical and leadership oriented. Together, they discuss the new, emerging technologies that drives them while providing their own definitions of team building and success. Listen, engage, react. Give us your feedback and get in on the conversation.

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00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn. 

00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

01:37 - Connect with Dinesh Nirmal on LinkedIn and Twitter.

06:06 - An interesting read on the state of illegal dumping in rural California

11:14 - Some examples of successful AI uses cases.

14:31 - Learn about blockchain here.

29:06 - Find out how open source is helping remove data silos in the enterprise.

32:40 - Check out IBM's content on big data analytics.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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In an ever-changing and growing age of data and technology, how can you turn data into better decisions for your company? How do you keep up? Is there a recipe for greatness? In this podcast, Rob Thomas, General Manager of Analytics at IBM, discusses data, tech companies and his two books, Big Data Revolution and The End of Tech Companies. 

"A crisis has arrived whether you know it or not." What are you doing to prepare?

Show Notes

00:30 Connect with Al Martin on Twitter (@amartin_v) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/al-martin-ku)
01:00  Connect with Rob Thomas on Twitter (@robdthomas) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/robertdthomas) and read more of his work on his blog https://www.robdthomas.com/
02:30 Big Data Revolution By Rob Thomas & Patrick McSharry, The End of Tech Companies by Rob Thomas
04:35 Find Rob Thomas' first blog post here: https://www.robdthomas.com/robdthomas//2013/02/patterns-in-big-data.html
05:30 Connect with Dr. Patrick E McSharry on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/mcsharry, his personal website mcsharry.net or Twitter @patrickmcsharry
06:20 http://www.costar.com/
14:10 Connect with Warren Buffett on Twitter (@WarrenBuffett)
14:40 Connect with Clayton Christensen on Twitter (@claychristensen) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/claytonchristensen)
24:50 Learn More about DomusKids on their website http://domuskids.org/ and connect with them on Twitter @DomusKids
26:15 Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season by Urban Meyer & Wayne Coffey
26:30 Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes by Ben Bergeron

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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Guy Taylor, Head of Data & Data Driven Intelligence at Nedbank, comes on the show to discuss the state of the industry, machine learning practices, and why you should add a South African safari to your bucket list! Suit up for an incredibly engaging conversation.

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00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn. 

00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

00:58 - Connect with Guy Taylor on LinkedIn.

01:00 - Connect with Nedbank on Twitter.

01:49 - What is data driven intelligence? Click here to learn more.

03:03 - South Africa has 11 official languages! Click the link to learn more.

04:30 - Here are the 20 most beautiful places in South Africa.

10:35 - "Culture eats strategy for breakfast". Check out a related Forbes article here.

14:23 - Check out calnewport.com.

21:39 - Here's an article explaining further details bias in machine learning.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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In this first episode of Making Data Simple, host Al Martin welcomes Daniel Hernandez, Vice President of IBM Analytics Offering Management, who helps us navigate "the big data problem" and shares why he doesn't like the term "big data."

Show Notes:

01:30 Connect with Al Martin on Twitter (@amartin_v) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/al-martin-ku)
04:30 Connect with Daniel Hernandez on Twitter (@danhernandezATX) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/danielghernandez)
06:15 NPS = Net Promoter Score (http://www.medallia.com/net-promoter-score/)
08:40 The four Vs of Big Data (http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/infographic/four-vs-big-data)
17:30 Accidental Empires written by Robert X. Cringely (1996), Dealers of Lightening: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age, written by Michael A Hiltzik (2000)

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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On this episode, host Al Martin welcomes Michael Sestak, who is a creative media director at IBM. He and Al discuss his role in-depth. Listen to learn what sources of inspiration Michael draws from, and how data and the creative process collide.

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00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud.

00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn.

00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:40 - Connect with Michael Sestak on LinkedIn.

07:30 - Project Management.

12:00 - UStream IBM.

20:00 - Future of Video with Watson.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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Al Martin is joined this week by guest Jean-Georges Perrin, Director of Engineering at weexperience. Together, they discuss — and compare — Apache Spark and Hadoop, and explain what it means to hold the title of IBM Champion.

Show Notes
Check us out on:

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00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn. 

00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

02:07 - Connect with Jean-Georges Perrin on LinkedIn and Twitter, and check out his website.

13:14 - Check out Jean-Georges' book on Apache Spark.

24:38 - What does it mean to be an IBM Champion?

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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This week, host Al Martin welcomes IBMers Reena Ganga and Jenna Goldberg. Reena and Jenna both serve as senior designers working at the intersection of Augmented Reality and Big Data. Both are passionate advocates for user experience design and the Design Thinking method, determined to improve — and illuminate — the way we experience and understand data.

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Show Notes

00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn.

00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:40 - Connect with Rena on LinkedIn & Twitter.

00:45 - Connect with Jenna on LinkedIn & Twitter.

08:40 - What is User Experience Design (UXD)?

12:40 - What is Data Visualization?

17:00 - What is Augmented Reality (AR)?

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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This week on the Making Data Simple podcast, Al Martin welcomes two guests from within IBM: Vijay Bommireddipalli is head of development CODAIT, the Center for Open-Source Data & AI Technologies. And Gabriela de Queiroz is a senior engineering and data science manager. Together, the three discuss the importance of open-source software solutions, along with the tools they use in everyday development. Gear up for a technical conversation that will challenge your perspective on what it means for something to be open-source — and why it matters.

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Show Notes

00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn. 

00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

01:51 - Connect with Vijay on LinkedIn.

02:40 - Connect with Gabriela on LinkedIn.

03:12 - Not sure what open-source is? Find out here. 

04:13 - Learn more about CODAIT here.

13:02 - What value does open-source software give? Find out here.

21:59 - Learn here how the democratization of A.I. is reshaping the industry.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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In this episode, host Al Martin continues with part two of his conversation with Janine Sneed about her two roles at IBM: Chief Digital Officer and VP of Customer Success for IBM Data and AI. Janine discusses her involvement with the GROW initiative and offers practical advice for career and life.
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Show notes:

00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud.

00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn.

00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter.

00:40 - Connect with Janine Sneed on LinkedIn and Twitter.

04:00 - Check out this great overview of AI.

04:30 - What is Data governance framework?

16:30 - Connect with Rob Thomas.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.