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How To Bring Agile Practices To Your Data Projects - Episode 336

October 23, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on How To Bring Agile Practices To Your Data Projects - Episode 336

Agile methodologies have been adopted by a majority of teams for building software applications. Applying those same practices to data can prove challenging due to the number of systems that need to be included to implement a complete feature. In this episode Shane Gibson shares practical advice and insights from his years of experience as a consultant and engineer working in data about how to adopt agile principles in your data work so that you can move faster and provide more value to the business, while building systems that...

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Going From Transactional To Analytical And Self-managed To Cloud On One Database With MariaDB - Episode 335

October 23, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Going From Transactional To Analytical And Self-managed To Cloud On One Database With MariaDB - Episode 335

The database market has seen unprecedented activity in recent years, with new options addressing a variety of needs being introduced on a nearly constant basis. Despite that, there are a handful of databases that continue to be adopted due to their proven reliability and robust features. MariaDB is one of those default options that has continued to grow and innovate while offering a familiar and stable experience. In this episode field CTO Manjot Singh shares his experiences as an early user of MySQL and MariaDB and explains how the...

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Speeding Up The Time To Insight For Supply Chains And Logistics With The Pathway Database That Thinks - Episode 334

October 16, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Speeding Up The Time To Insight For Supply Chains And Logistics With The Pathway Database That Thinks - Episode 334

Logistics and supply chains are under increased stress and scrutiny in recent years. In order to stay ahead of customer demands, businesses need to be able to react quickly and intelligently to changes, which requires fast and accurate insights into their operations. Pathway is a streaming database engine that embeds artificial intelligence into the storage, with functionality designed to support the spatiotemporal data that is crucial for shipping and logistics. In this episode Adrian Kosowski explains how the Pathway product got started, how its design simplifies the creation of...

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Building An Open Data Lakehouse With Dremio - Episode 333

October 16, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Building An Open Data Lakehouse With Dremio - Episode 333

The "lakehouse" architecture balances the scalability and flexibility of data lakes with the ease of use and transaction support of data warehouses. Dremio is one of the companies leading the development of products and services that support the open lakehouse. In this episode Jason Hughes explains what it means for a lakehouse to be "open" and describes the different components that the Dremio team build and contribute to.

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Making The Open Data Lakehouse Affordable Without The Overhead At Iomete - Episode 332

October 10, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Making The Open Data Lakehouse Affordable Without The Overhead At Iomete - Episode 332

The core of any data platform is the centralized storage and processing layer. For many that is a data warehouse, but in order to support a diverse and constantly changing set of uses and technologies the data lakehouse is a paradigm that offers a useful balance of scale and cost, with performance and ease of use. In order to make the data lakehouse available to a wider audience the team at Iomete built an all-in-one service that handles management and integration of the various technologies so that you can...

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Investing In Understanding The Customer Journey At American Express - Episode 331

October 10, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Investing In Understanding The Customer Journey At American Express - Episode 331

For any business that wants to stay in operation, the most important thing they can do is understand their customers. American Express has invested substantial time and effort in their Customer 360 product to achieve that understanding. In this episode Purvi Shah, the VP of Enterprise Big Data Platforms at American Express, explains how they have invested in the cloud to power this visibility and the complex suite of integrations they have built and maintained across legacy and modern systems to make it possible.

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Gain Visibility And Insight Into Your Supply Chains Through Operational Analytics Powered By Roambee - Episode 330

October 3, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Gain Visibility And Insight Into Your Supply Chains Through Operational Analytics Powered By Roambee - Episode 330

The global economy is dependent on complex and dynamic networks of supply chains powered by sophisticated logistics. This requires a significant amount of data to track shipments and operational characteristics of materials and goods. Roambee is a platform that collects, integrates, and analyzes all of that information to provide companies with the critical insights that businesses need to stay running, especially in a time of such constant change. In this episode Roambee CEO, Sanjay Sharma, shares the types of questions that companies are asking about their logistics, the technical...

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Make Data Lineage A Ubiquitous Part Of Your Work By Simplifying Its Implementation With Alvin - Episode 329

October 3, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Make Data Lineage A Ubiquitous Part Of Your Work By Simplifying Its Implementation With Alvin - Episode 329

Data lineage is something that has grown from a convenient feature to a critical need as data systems have grown in scale, complexity, and centrality to business. Alvin is a platform that aims to provide a low effort solution for data lineage capabilities focused on simplifying the work of data engineers. In this episode co-founder Martin Sahlen explains the impact that easy access to lineage information can have on the work of data engineers and analysts, and how he and his team have designed their platform to offer that...

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Build A Common Understanding Of Your Data Reliability Rules With Soda Core and Soda Checks Language - Episode 328

September 26, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Build A Common Understanding Of Your Data Reliability Rules With Soda Core and Soda Checks Language - Episode 328

Regardless of how data is being used, it is critical that the information is trusted. The practice of data reliability engineering has gained momentum recently to address that question. To help support the efforts of data teams the folks at Soda Data created the Soda Checks Language and the corresponding Soda Core utility that acts on this new DSL. In this episode Tom Baeyens explains their reasons for creating a new syntax for expressing and validating checks for data assets and processes, as well as how to incorporate it...

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Power Your Real-Time Analytics Without The Headache Using Fivetran's Change Data Capture Integrations - Episode 327

September 26, 2022 tmacey Comments Off on Power Your Real-Time Analytics Without The Headache Using Fivetran's Change Data Capture Integrations - Episode 327

Data integration from source systems to their downstream destinations is the foundational step for any data product. With the increasing expecation for information to be instantly accessible, it drives the need for reliable change data capture. The team at Fivetran have recently introduced that functionality to power real-time data products. In this episode Mark Van de Wiel explains how they integrated CDC functionality into their existing product, discusses the nuances of different approaches to change data capture from various sources.

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