Data discovery is a subset of business intelligence (BI), referring to the collecting and consolidating of data from multiple databases into a single source. 

This makes it much easier to investigate and detect patterns, as well as apply real-time data controls to ensure safe storage and analysis.

In this third episode of the three-part EM360 Podcast, Analyst Christina Stathopoulos is joined by Richard Heyns, Founder and CEO of Brytlyt, to discuss:

• Scaling analytics speed
• How to optimise the processing of geospatial data
• The next generation of BI

Least privilege is the philosophy which restricts access rights for users purely to the essentials. 

Providing employees with the minimal level of privilege needed to do their job has its downsides; but goes a long way to reduce the attack firms of tech firms across the world.

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to Stephen Cobbe, CEO of Opal, to explore:

• Least privilege and its importance
• The shifting of business leader mindset
• Access management and how it’s evolved

Location Intelligence (LI) is how we use data to answer spacial questions. It goes beyond visualising data on a map - in fact, the analysis of location data has become integral to our daily lives.

From 5G network deployments and geomarketing to Dominos Pizza understanding where you are and what you’re likely to order as soon as they pick up the phone, it’s clear that every sector is adopting LI to strengthen their processes.

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Ciaran Kirk, Operations Director at IMGS joins Analyst John Santaferraro to discuss Location Intelligence aspects such as:

Newest trends in data integration

Streaming data challenges

Modern data pipelines and what they give enterprises

Low-code development platforms have been around for over a decade, and provide an environment in which app software can be created through user interfaces and configuration. 

With these allowing for IT teams to build apps with modern interfaces, integrations and workflows at record time, it’s no wonder this corner of DevOps is taking the tech world by storm. 

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to James Bent, VP of Solutions Engineering at Virtuoso, to explore:

• Trends in the testing industry
• The SaaS DevOps challenge
• How QA leaders can work better with developers

When the pandemic forced employees to work out of their living rooms, companies had to be quick to adapt.

Unified communications were needed more than ever, launching companies like Zoom from relative obscurity to a household name. 

One company that are a great example of this was Deliveroo, who used Slack to deliver a million meals to NHS frontline workers.

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris talks to Craig Foster, Director of Global Enterprise Account Management at Deliveroo, about:

• How UC tools can be used as a digital HQ
• #feedingthefrontline
• Empowering campaigns with enterprise tech

Passwords provide a great way for customers and consumers to access their personal information but when it comes to the enterprise, newer concepts like two-factor authentication (2FA) and zero trust network access (ZTNA) may be required. 

It’s been part of computing since its inception two decades ago - yet IT teams and businesses are still putting a lot of time into it.

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Analyst Richard Stiennon speaks to Matthew Lewis, Director of Product Marketing at HID Global, to explore:

• How the work from home movement impacted employee authentication
• “Passwordless” vs client-side certificates
• Adaptive authentication

Sustained transformation allows for enterprises to create new business processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet new market requirements. 

Transcending traditional departments like sales and marketing, transformation at its core begins and ends with an overall business strategy and how technology can empower that. 

On this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Analyst Christina Stathopoulos joins Jay Goldman, Co-Founder and CEO of Sensei Labs, to explore:

• Why ‘constant transformation’ is necessary for survival
• Traditional tech-enablement vs enterprise orchestration
• Assessing delivery capabilities

The traditional face-to-face identity check has exhausted its welcome. 

Instantaneously proving our identities when online banking and booking flights has made things such as physically opening a bank account or applying for a mortgage seem incredibly inefficient - and only limits access to those who are busy during working hours or unable to travel. 

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to Russell King, CEO at Xydus, about:

• Driving factors behind the growth of digital identity verification
• Challenges when verifying workers and customers
• The ethics, bias and risks of facial recognition

Observability allows businesses to measure the internal state of a system by assessing its output.

Credited with improving the performance of distributed IT systems, observability uses metrics, logs and traces to allow teams to get to the root cause of an issue.

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Analyst Susan Walsh, Founder and MD of The Classification Guru speaks to Martin Mao, Co-Founder and CEO at Chronosphere, to explore:

Observability and its history

Adopting observability when becoming cloud-native

Use cases

From driving your car to shopping to fighting pandemics such as Covid-19. Everything is impacted by data and understanding is improved by embracing and using it 

Data powers many technologies and itself is neither good nor bad. As data influences more of our life, we have to ensure that we use it responsibly so as to improve the lives of everyone from customers, employees, citizens, and the planet we all live on. We face many challenges and data plays a critical role in helping us make the best decisions.

In the last episode of a three-part podcast series with Safe Software, Analyst Susan Walsh speaks to Don Murray, President and co-founder of Safe Software, to explore:

• How data was critical in the fight and management of Covid 19 around the world. 
• The importance of using data responsibly so that people and organizations understand the often unintended consequences of their actions.    
• The critical role of data is to drive decisions to meet the challenges we face as individuals, organizations, and a planet. Our future depends on using data.

There is no time like now for all of us to embrace data.