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The Overture Maps Foundation is a collaborative effort led by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom to provide developers with reliable and interoperable open map data. It was first announced in December 2022 and has already released its first maps dataset with information on over 59 million places around the world. 

In this episode, we spoke with Marc Prioleau, executive director at Overture Maps Foundation and Deane Kensok, content CTO for ArcGIS at Esri, which is a member of the foundation as well. We talked about the history of the project, their vision for map data, and how developers can utilize these datasets. 

What do Taylor Swift concerts and Black Friday have in common? Both events can overwhelm systems when those platforms are built on legacy technology. 

Join David Rubinstein, editor-in-chief of SD Times, as he talks with guest Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO at Cockroach Labs, about using cloud technology and planning to make sure massive spikes in traffic don't swamp your systems. 

In this episode, SD Times Multimedia Editor Jakub Lewkowicz explores the importance of data integrity when working with AI models.

Joining him is John Jeske, solution architect and  CTO for the Advanced Technology Innovation Group at KMS Technology.

For more info be sure to check out our article "Mastering Data Governance: A Technical Blueprint for the Age of Generative AI."

In this week's episode, news editor Jenna Barron interviews Puneet Gupta, CEO and co-founder of Amberflo, to talk about usage-based pricing, how it compares to other pricing models, the pros and cons, and how it may evolve in the industry in the near future. 

In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein explores the world of software-defined vehicles. 

His guest is Frank Ghenassia, executive chief architect at General Motors.

In this episode, we explore the infrastructure that is needed for LLMs, the key components to building it, and common challenges. We also talk about why LLMs hallucinate and how to reduce the frequency of that from occurring. 

Joining us in the discussion this week is Trey Doig, CTO and co-founder of Pathlight, which is a generative AI company.

In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein discusses the open talent model and outsourcing/finding talent for organizations. 

His guest is Mike Morris, co-founder and CEO at Torc. 

Hi everyone and welcome to this podcast episode on which Multimedia Editor Jakub Lewkowicz talks about the critical cyber vulnerabilities of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and why it’s especially critical to focus on now in the context of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. 

His guest is Shiva Nathan, Founder & CEO at Onymos — a startup that enables enterprises to build apps faster. 

In this podcast episode, SD Times Multimedia Editor Jakub Lewkowicz talks about the need to have crypto agility in a post-quantum world.

His guest is Kevin Bocek, VP of Ecosystem and Community at Venafi. 

Some say organizations today need a chief AI officer. Others, not so much. Tune in as David Rubinstein, editor-in-chief of SD Times, discusses the issue with Patrick Dougherty, the co-founder and CEO of Rasgo, a company that brings generative AI to the enterprise data warehouse.