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Open Source Production Grade Data Integration With Meltano - Episode 141

July 13, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Open Source Production Grade Data Integration With Meltano - Episode 141

The first stage of every data pipeline is extracting the information from source systems. There are a number of platforms for managing data integration, but there is a notable lack of a robust and easy to use open source option. The Meltano project is aiming to provide a solution to that situation. In this episode, project lead Douwe Maan shares the history of how Meltano got started, the motivation for the recent shift in focus, and how it is implemented. The Singer ecosystem has laid the groundwork for a...

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DataOps For Streaming Systems With Lenses.io - Episode 140

July 6, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on DataOps For Streaming Systems With Lenses.io - Episode 140

There are an increasing number of use cases for real time data, and the systems to power them are becoming more mature. Once you have a streaming platform up and running you need a way to keep an eye on it, including observability, discovery, and governance of your data. That's what the Lenses.io DataOps platform is built for. In this episode CTO Andrew Stevenson discusses the challenges that arise from building decoupled systems, the benefits of using SQL as the common interface for your data, and the metrics that...

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Data Collection And Management For Teaching Machines To Hear At Audio Analytic - Episode 139

June 30, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Data Collection And Management For Teaching Machines To Hear At Audio Analytic - Episode 139

We have machines that can listen to and process human speech in a variety of languages, but dealing with unstructured sounds in our environment is a much greater challenge. The team at Audio Analytic are working to impart a sense of hearing to our myriad devices with their sound recognition technology. In this episode Dr. Chris Mitchell and Dr. Thomas le Cornu describe the challenges that they are faced with in the collection and labelling of high quality data to make this possible, including the lack of a publicly...

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Bringing Business Analytics To End Users With GoodData - Episode 138

June 23, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Bringing Business Analytics To End Users With GoodData - Episode 138

The majority of analytics platforms are focused on use internal to an organization by business stakeholders. As the availability of data increases and overall literacy in how to interpret it and take action improves there is a growing need to bring business intelligence use cases to a broader audience. GoodData is a platform focused on simplifying the work of bringing data to employees and end users. In this episode Sheila Jung and Philip Farr discuss how the GoodData platform is being used, how it is architected to provide scalable...

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Accelerate Your Machine Learning With The StreamSQL Feature Store - Episode 137

June 15, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Accelerate Your Machine Learning With The StreamSQL Feature Store - Episode 137

Machine learning is a process driven by iteration and experimentation which requires fast and easy access to relevant features of the data being processed. In order to reduce friction in the process of developing and delivering models there has been a recent trend toward building a dedicated feature. In this episode Simba Khadder discusses his work at StreamSQL building a feature store to make creation, discovery, and monitoring of features fast and easy to manage. He describes the architecture of the system, the benefits of streaming data for machine...

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Data Management Trends From An Investor Perspective - Episode 136

June 8, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Data Management Trends From An Investor Perspective - Episode 136

The landscape of data management and processing is rapidly changing and evolving. There are certain foundational elements that have remained steady, but as the industry matures new trends emerge and gain prominence. In this episode Astasia Myers of Redpoint Ventures shares her perspective as an investor on which categories she is paying particular attention to for the near to medium term. She discusses the work being done to address challenges in the areas of data quality, observability, discovery, and streaming. This is a useful conversation to gain a macro...

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Building A Data Lake For The Database Administrator At Upsolver - Episode 135

June 2, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Building A Data Lake For The Database Administrator At Upsolver - Episode 135

Data lakes offer a great deal of flexibility and the potential for reduced cost for your analytics, but they also introduce a great deal of complexity. What used to be entirely managed by the database engine is now a composition of multiple systems that need to be properly configured to work in concert. In order to bring the DBA into the new era of data management the team at Upsolver added a SQL interface to their data lake platform. In this episode Upsolver CEO Ori Rafael and CTO Yoni...

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Mapping The Customer Journey For B2B Companies At Dreamdata - Episode 134

May 25, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Mapping The Customer Journey For B2B Companies At Dreamdata - Episode 134

Gaining a complete view of the customer journey is especially difficult in B2B companies. This is due to the number of different individuals involved and the myriad ways that they interface with the business. Dreamdata integrates data from the multitude of platforms that are used by these organizations so that they can get a comprehensive view of their customer lifecycle. In this episode Ole Dallerup explains how Dreamdata was started, how their platform is architected, and the challenges inherent to data management in the B2B space. This conversation is...

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Power Up Your PostgreSQL Analytics With Swarm64 - Episode 133

May 18, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Power Up Your PostgreSQL Analytics With Swarm64 - Episode 133

The PostgreSQL database is massively popular due to its flexibility and extensive ecosystem of extensions, but it is still not the first choice for high performance analytics. Swarm64 aims to change that by adding support for advanced hardware capabilities like FPGAs and optimized usage of modern SSDs. In this episode CEO and co-founder Thomas Richter discusses his motivation for creating an extension to optimize Postgres hardware usage, the benefits of running your analytics on the same platform as your application, and how it works under the hood. If you...

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StreamNative Brings Streaming Data To The Cloud Native Landscape With Pulsar - Episode 132

May 11, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on StreamNative Brings Streaming Data To The Cloud Native Landscape With Pulsar - Episode 132

There have been several generations of platforms for managing streaming data, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, and different areas of focus. Pulsar is one of the recent entrants which has quickly gained adoption and an impressive set of capabilities. In this episode Sijie Guo discusses his motivations for spending so much of his time and energy on contributing to the project and growing the community. His most recent endeavor at StreamNative is focused on combining the capabilities of Pulsar with the cloud native movement to make it...

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