Back in February, I saw a presentation from Hammerspace, a startup company in the field of data management. Their proposition was based on dealing with one of IT’s most challenging problems, that of successfully sharing data across multiple locations, be that datacentres, branch offices or cloud repositories.

What appealed to me with their approach was how they not only thought of a new way of addressing the problem but also redefined how the problem should be looked at.

On this week’s show, I’m joined by Hammerspace’s CEO, David Flynn, to explore their approach in more detail and get an update on how their solution has developed. David has a long and distinguished background in IT including been behind Fusion IO.

During the show we discuss:

* The importance of a datacentric view to solving the problem

* How containers show the way to solving complex data management problems

* How metadata drives their solution

* How it works

* Don't solve the data silo problem with another data silo!

There are a couple of really interesting things about what Hammerspace is doing, both their technological approach and importantly their efforts to shift thinking to one that takes a more data focussed view. Will their technology be the right solution for everyone? Probably not, but their idea that your decisions around your data platform need to be datacentric and based on stated goals for the data, that really should be the case for everyone. It will be interesting to see how Hammerspace continues to evolve and progress.

Thanks for listening.

Full show notes are here: https://wp.me/p4IvtA-1GS