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The Splunk Trust & Splunk Community with Ryan Plas - #VR2C Oct 19, 2020

It’s here!! Day 10 of 10 of our Virtual Race to .conf20 #VR2C! Today we chat about the Splunk Trust with Ryan Plas, Splunk Trust MVP. Ryan shares what it takes to earn one of the mythical Fez’s, and how to become a member of the Splunk Trust. He also shares some of his favorite tools and ways to engage with other Splunk users & partners. Love the Splunk community? Give this episode a listen.

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Splunk at Intel with Jac Noel & Merritte Stidston - #VR2C Oct 18, 2020

We are on day 9 of 10 of the Virtual Race to .conf20, #VR2C! We sat down with Jac Noel – Security Solutions Architect in Intel IT Information Security, & Merritte Stidston – Technical Solution Specialist in Intel’s data platforms sales group. We hear how Intel is using Splunk internally, as well as their partnership with architectures based on the latest Intel technology. Jax and Merritte share how Intel is catching the bad guys with Splunk and how Intel is working with Splunk to optimize Splunk for their customers. We also learn what key metrics customers are looking for with Splunk performance.

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Splunk Observability & OpenTelemetry with Karthik Rau - #VR2C Oct 17, 2020

We are on day 8 of or Virtual Race to .conf20 #VR2C. Today we hear about Karthik Rau, VP of Observability at Splunk. First we get a quick overview of what is observability and how Splunk is contributing to OpenTelemetry. Karhik also shares some of the standards needed for building a strong practice. To finish, we hear about how Splunk earned it’s spot in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for APM through it’s acquisition of SignalFX, Omnition and contributions to OpenTelemetry.

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Ethical Hacking and Splunk Security with Red River's Brian Clarke - #VR2C Oct 16, 2020

It’s day 7 of our Virtual Race to .conf20! #VR2C Today we chat with Brian Clarke – Security SME, Design Engineering for Red River Technology. Brian shares his history of ethical hacking, and tells us of some of the security challenges organizations are facing today. We also learn how Red River uses Splunk to help solve IOT and security problems for a number of their customers in the federal space. Brian also shares what he’s excited for at .conf20 and what to be on the lookout for!

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The Arrow Autonomous Race Car with Joshua Parrish - #VR2C Oct 15, 2020

We are at Daytona for day 6 of our Virtual Race to .conf20, #VR2C! Today we meet Joshua Parrish who is a Principal Field Applications Engineer for Arrow Electronics. Joshua shares around one of the coolest projects ever, the SAM (semi-autonomous mobility) car. We learn about the history of the project, and how it’s given drivers the ability to race again. Joshua also shares about the technical process of undertaking a project like this, and some of the design principles required for safe operation.

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Splunk at Dell with Jaynene Hapanowicz & Will Hudson - #VR2C Oct 14, 2020

Welcome to day five of our Virtual Race to .conf20 #VR2C! Our guests today are Jaynene Hapanowicz – CTO of Dell Digital, & Will Hudson – VP, IT for Dell Digital. We hear a bit around how Dell quickly implemented their work from home policy this year during the pandemic. Jaynene and Will also share a bit around Spunk and Observability are impacting them as they transition from a reactive to proactive IT environment.

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The Splunk Security Landscape with Albert Biketi - #VR2C Oct 13, 2020

Join us on our fourth day of our virtual race to .conf20! #VR2C as we chat with Albert Biketi, VP of Security Business at Splunk. Albert shows us how businesses are going through a digital transformation and how we must change our security posture to adapt in this new digital world. We also hear about future trends of AI / ML as it relates to security with Splunk and learn a bit about some F1 trivia as well! Join in on the fun here.

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Racing Data Insights with McLaren and Splunk - #VR2C Oct 12, 2020

Today on our Virtual Race to .conf20 #VR2C, we are at Silverstone! Dan McEwen Head of Partnerships at McLaren Racing and James Hodge, Chief Technical Advisor at Splunk join us and share insights around the McLaren and Splunk partnership. We learn about McLaren’s e-sports program, Veloce. Dan also shares what McLaren has learned through virtual racing and how James and team at Splunk have been able to quickly provide views into multiple data sources for real time insights in racing.

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Splunk AIOps with Kia Behnia - #VR2C Oct 11, 2020

While we race at Laguna Seca on the #VR2C today, we chat with Kia Behnia, VP of IT Operations at Splunk. We learn how Splunk’s AIOps capabilities enable teams to provide 360 degree insights into your data. Kia shares how the networks landscape has change as we have transitioned to WFH this year. We also learn how AIOps is being applied to citical applications like SAP.

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Splunk and IOT with Red River's Amin Murad - #VR2C Oct 10, 2020

Hear about the partners that are powering Splunk’s Virtual Race to .conf20. #VR2C Today we meet Amin Murad – Customer Solutions Architect at Red River Technologies. Amid shares how Red River helps customers use Splunk to answer their data analytics and IOT strategy. We also hear what’s next for the Splunk and Red River partnership, as well as what trends he’s excited about in the analytics space.

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The technologies that power AI with Nvidia's Chris Milroy Sep 29, 2020

We've talked a lot about the application and use cases around Artificial Intelligence but we have not really gone into the infrastructure that is powering this awesome technology. In the season 7 finally of the Big Data Beard Podcast, Brett sits down with Nvidia's Chris Milroy to dig into the technologies that are powering AI today. Chris, a senior data scientist in Nvidia's public sector, talks about GPUs both past and present and their impact on the evolution of AI. Its not just about GPUs however, Chris talks about the various hardware and software components, their impact on AI and Nvidia's strategy around integrating these components. With Nvidia's recent ARM acquisition, Chris gives a brief insight into why he is excited and how Nvidia is not just a GPU company.

Just because season 7 is in the books doesn't mean the Big Data Beard team is going to be sitting on the beach having a drink. On October 10th, we are starting the Virtual Race 2 .conf with a daily virtual race video and podcast. Make sure you check out all the excitement and subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss any of the fun.

Talking To Servers and building Splunk Add-ons with Dean Jackson Sep 22, 2020

Join Cory Minton as he chats with Kyle Prins & Dean Jackson around their newest development, The Redfish Add-on for Splunk! We dive into the history of Redfish, why open standards are important, and how to get started with redfish. We also discuss the use cases of monitoring your servers via the new api and what valuable use cases you'll have for it. To finish we discuss our experience with Splunk Add-on Builder and the next steps for our add-on. Full notes here.

The Three Pillars of AI in Federal with GAI Sep 15, 2020

Today Cory and Kyle sit down with GAI President, Jay Lambke, and CTO Prem Jadwhani. GAI, or Government Acquisitions, is a Federal ISO-certified VAR focused on empowering Federal missions with cutting-edge research and development. Jay and Prem also discuss how the Federa is adopting machine learning and they can use the "3 pillars of AI" to achieve success. We also hear how laws being passed recently affect those technologies. Jay and Prem also share some of the challenges that the government can face with artificial intelligence; like how to scale and secure these complex platforms.

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The Virtual Race to .Conf20 Announcement! Sep 08, 2020

One year ago, the Big Data Beard Team set out on the most epic roadtrip on the #IOTRV. We learned a lot about Splunk, IOT data, and living in an RV. However, this year threw us a curveball. So we decided to make our epic roadtrip even more awesome! With Splunk .conf20 being virtual (as have most of the professional racing series), the Big Data Beard team decided to race ourselves (virtually) to .conf20! Come listen to our wild idea and some of the excitement around our Virtual Race 2 .Conf20. You’ll hear a bit around the idea, the setups, and the projections as we share our excitement, as well as a bit of trash talking as we prep for the #VR2C20 starting on Oct 10!

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Be sure to bookmark our Race page for all the latest news and info

Data Literacy and the Rise of the Citizen Data Scientist with Quanthub Sep 01, 2020

In this week’s podcast, Cory Minton sits down with returning guest Matt Cowell, CEO of Quanthub, to hear about some of the innovation and changes that have been taking place at Quanthub over the past year. Quanthub, whose mission is to enable organizations to build great capabilities in data from data engineering to data science and advanced analytics provides skills assessments and a development platform to help organizations hire with confidence and for individuals to showcase and grow their skills. Cory and Matt explore the state of data literacy and its impact in today’s analytical world.

Interested in taking Quanthub for a spin? Click here to demo this awesome product for yourself!

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Smart Home Success with Dean Jackson Aug 25, 2020

We're back for season 7! We hope you've all been safe and well. As for us, we've been social distancing, masking up, and balming our beards here. Oh! And we've been upgrading our smart homes! Since we haven't shared much, we thought we'd do that for today's episode. Today, Brett and Kyle are chatting with THE smart home guru, Dean Jackson! Dean's going to share his setup on his smart home, solar panels, smart doorbells, home data centre, and smart pool! We also hear about what Brett's learned setting up his smart home, as well as some tips and tricks to help you get started as well.Full shownotes here.

Data Makes Us Faster: Apex Pro Digital Driving Coach May 12, 2020

You’ve heard Cory Minton talk about his love of cars a lot on the Big Data Beard podcast, and in this episode he is joined by two fellow automotive enthusiasts, Andrew Raines and Austin Gurley, who founded Apex Pro. Building on their experiences in FSAE while attending Auburn University, these two used their unique combination of skills….Austin as a talented engineer and Andrew as an professional racing driver, to create a device that would give drivers like Cory real-time feedback on the track about the performance capabilities of their vehicle. Listen in to hear how this start-up in Birmingham has transformed data acquisition for drivers to real-time feedback powered by IoT and machine learning. Be sure to listen all the way to the end as Andrew shares his top tips for amateurs to improve their performance based on not only his experience, but the massive amounts of data they now have in hand. If you are interested in getting one of these awesome devices yourself, head over to https://apextrackcoach.com/shop/. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle.

Streaming Storage Reimagined Apr 28, 2020

The Big Data Beard Podcast is back! To kick off our first episode of season 6, Cory Minton sits down with Amy Tenanes, Product Marketing Manager at Dell Technologies and Flavio Junquiera, Senior Distinguished Engineer at Dell Technologies to talk about all things streaming. In today's modern analytics world, streaming data is critical component that allows organizations to get the real-time insights to drive business decisions. Streams however provide challenges to traditional analytics platforms. Amy and Flavio dive into these challenges and introduce Pravega, an Apache open-source project that provides a new storage abstraction for continuous and unbounded data. The team discusses how Pravega solves unique challenges, how it compares to other open-source projects and how organizations are using Pravega today. Amy and Flavio also share how Dell Technologies has incorporated Pravega into Dell's Streaming Data Platform, a new solution designed specifically to help organization easily and quickly get value out of their data streams.

Want to enter for a chance to win a free copy of Streaming Systems by Tyler Akidau? Click here to get your hands on Pravega and check it out for yourself. To enter for a chance to win, tweet your experience with Pravega to @PravegaIO!

The past, present, and future of the Big Data Beard Dec 04, 2019

2019 has been a wild ride for the Big Data Beard podcast with a ton of great shows, all culminating in Season 5 and the epic Road Trip to Splunk .conf. During this episode, the team shares stories from the road, hard lessons learned in building the IOT RV and discuss the key takeaways from all of the incredible conversations we had in 2019. And with the holidays just around the corner, we talk about the tinkering we have planned for the holiday season and why Erin is considering crafting a raft to cross the Caribbean. This will be the last episode of Season 5 of the podcast and the last one for 2019...but this is not the end. While we are going to have some changes to publishing schedules in 2020, we want your feedback on what you want to hear from the Big Data Beard podcast. Comment below or on Twitter and guide us on our search in 2020 for the most interesting and inspiring use cases of AI and Big Data changing our world!

Moving Data from Legacy to Next-Gen Platforms with Syncsort Nov 13, 2019

This week's podcast, we meet with Dave Normandeau, VP Global Technology Alliances and Business Development from Syncsort. And Dave Hodgson, Chief Product Officer, from Syncsort. We review their 51 year old business and how they built the company around innovative data management products. Syncsort are specialists in moving data from the legacy platforms, like mainframes, to all the next gen platforms, like Splunk. We discuss use cases, the data types, and their Ironstream product which is available in a free and paid version.

Signalfx and Other Splunk Aquisitions with Rick Fitz Nov 05, 2019

We're at Splunk's .conf 19 with SVP & GM Rick Fitz. Rick climbs in the #IoTRV with Cory Minton as they discuss Rick's history around campervans and IT software tools. We also hear about Splunk's recent acquisitions of SignalFX among other new logos to join the family. Rick shares what exactly goes into acquiring a company (hint: its not just the tech) and how AI plays a role in the new announcements from Splunk!

Big Announcements Coming From .conf: A talk with Chief Product Officer Sendur Sellakumar Oct 29, 2019

Recorded at Splunk’s .conf 2019, Cory sits down with Sendur Sellakumar, Chief Product Officer at Splunk to dive into all the great product announcements unveiled at the 10th annual .conf. Every year, Splunk releases multitudes of features into Splunk Enterprise to provide customers with a best in class product but Sendur talks about how this year, Splunk has gone above and beyond the stack that is Splunk Enterprise. Cory and Sendur unpack some of the major announcements such as Data Fabric Search, Data Stream Processor and Splunk Enterprise 8.0 and get insights into how Splunk is evolving to enable Data to Everything.

.conf Excitement with the Chief Splunker Oct 22, 2019

Splunk .conf is one of our favorite weeks of the year. After a 14 day #RoadTrip2conf we couldn't think of a better way to start our .conf19 then to sit down with Splunk CEO Doug Merritt. Cory and Doug discuss Splunk's vision around Data to Everything, Splunk4Good, the Splunk community and much more.

Splunk & DevOps with Andi Mann Oct 18, 2019

Passing through Colorado on our Road Trip 2 .conf19, we caught up with Andi Mann, Chief Technology Advocate for Splunk in the final podcast before Splunk .conf19. Tune in to hear Andi share innovative stories from his work in DevOps and how organizations use the powerful Splunk platform to mine valuable insights from all the emerging ops categories. You'll get a preview of Andi's sessions at .conf19 and hear his passion for this exciting gathering of techies from around the world.

Follow our entire adventure and all of our livestreams, podcasts, and live dashboards at https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/

Security & IOT: How Arrow is powering innovation Oct 17, 2019

On day 11 of the Road Trip 2 .conf, Cory and Brett sit down with Davitt Potter, Global Security Practice Lead and Frank Lyles, Splunk Sales Engineer to hear how Arrow is helping customers manage the complexities and ever the evolving landscape important areas like security and IoT. At the beautiful Arrow HQ in Denver, Davitt and Frank talk about how Arrow's mission and strategy and the partner ecosystem they are leveraging to help their customers. Cory and Brett hear about Arrow's partnership with Splunk and the way this partnership is helping customers.

A Peek Inside Splunxter with Gregg and Noah Woodcock Oct 16, 2019

Join us in Dallas, Texas when we catch up with Gregg Woodcock & Noah Woodcock to learn why and how they built Splunxter, their Splunk consulting practice during The Big Data Beard Road Trip to Splunk's .conf 2019! We also chat about Gregg's activity on Splunk Answers as well as the Dallas Splunk User Group he started. We also get a preview of Gregg's new venture, Siemplicity, and how it will utilize Splunk to simplify for SIEM. Be sure to checkout their 2018 .conf talk here.

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Follow our entire adventure and all of our livestreams, podcasts, and live dashboards at https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/

Dell.com: Site Reliability Engineering with Splunk Oct 15, 2019

Dell.com is one of the most frequently visited eCommerce sites and is a major contributor to Dell Technologies revenue. Where even minutes of downtime could cause millions in lost revenue, it's up to the Dell Technologies Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team to ensure continuous availability.

On day 9 from our #RoadTrip2conf, Kyle and Brett sit down with the team charged with ensuring Dell.com is always up and running. Scott Mosqueda, Sr. Director for SRE and Tanuj Arcot, Lead SRE Engineer talk about their responsibility to keep Dell.com up and running and how they turned to Splunk to help. Scott and Tanuj go into how Splunk was introduced into the data center and the evolution of how it's been used.

A Glimpse into Dell's Digital Transformation Journey with Jen Felch Oct 14, 2019

On the 8th day of our Road Trip 2 .conf, we find ourselves at the Dell Technologies headquarters in Round Rock, TX. Cory and Brett sit down with Dell's new Chief Digital Officer, Jen Felch to hear about Dell's vision for digital transformation. In a organization where digital transformation is a never ending journey, Jen talks about the role that people, process technology and culture play in driving Dell's strategy and next phases of digital transformation.

An Inside Look at The Splunk Trust Oct 11, 2019

Join Cory and Kyle in Nashville, TN as we go under the Fez, into the mind of the Splunk Trust. We chat with Splunk Trust members Duane "DuckFez" Waddle and George Starcher, discussing the history of Splunk Trust, how Duane became "DuckFez", and what really goes into being able to wear the black fez. We also chat about the community surrounding Splunk Answers, icq, and the slack channel.

How Red River Technology is Solving Data Analytics Challenges Oct 10, 2019

It's Day 4 of our #RoadTrip2conf! In our journey so far, we have traveled across 9 states and have had some excellent conversations. For the podcast today, Kevin Steeprow and Ramon Taylor join Cory and Kyle for round 2. Kevin and Ramon provide a deeper look into the tools and technologies that customers are using to solve their analytics challenges and further their AI capabilities.

Splunk Powering Public Sector with Splunk's Juliana Vida Oct 09, 2019

We are just outside Washington DC on day 2 of the #RoadTrip2Conf. Join us as Brett and Cory sit down with Navy veteran and Splunk's Public Sector Chief Technical Advisor, Juliana Vida. Juliana shares insights from her career as a naval officer turned technologist. She also provides advice for military personnel wanting to broaden their career in IT. Then we dive in on the power of data and how its helping transform experiences from higher education to military intelligence.

Red River Technologies: Powering the Journey to AI Oct 08, 2019

It's day 2 of our #RoadTrip2conf and today we are in Washington D.C meeting with Red River Technology. In today's podcast Cory and Kyle sit down with Kevin Steeprow, VP of Design Engineering and Ramon Thomas, Design Engineering Manager. Kevin and Ramon provide a glimpse into how Red River is helping customers make sense of their data and turn insights in actionable intelligence.

Splunk Architecture with Splunk's Jeff Champagne Oct 07, 2019

Its finally here! The Big Data Beard team has started its epic Road Trip 2 .conf today. I can think of no better way to kick off our Road Trip series of podcasts than with Splunk's very own Jeff Champagne. In the first episode of season 5, Brett and Kyle sit down with Jeff and get his thoughts on how customers are deploying Splunk at scale, deployment trends and the evolution of SplunkNext.

Season Five - The Road Trip and .conf19 Oct 01, 2019

Season four of the Big Data Beard podcast was 36 weeks of episodes following the trends, technology, and talented people making AI, IoT, and Big Data a big deal. In season five, you're in for something different.

This is going to be a very short, but crazy busy season of podcasts from the Big Data Beard. Starting October 7th, you'll see a new podcast post every day, Monday to Friday until October 18th. Then you'll see the podcasts we record during Splunk's .conf19 publish each Tuesday following the conference. And don't forget to check out our YouTube channel for our daily "Breakfast With The Beards" during the Road Trip 2 .conf!

You can follow along with all our progress on the Road Trip simply by going to www.BigDataBeard.com and click on Road Trip 2 .conf.

Join us on this wild adventure as we uncover the incredible stories of Digital Transformation with Splunk and our sponsors, Dell Technologies, VMware, Red River Technologies, Arrow Electronics, and Converging Data!

Analyze, Act THEN Store: How SWIM.AI is changing data processing Sep 24, 2019

Data processing today is based on a “Store then Analyze” architecture born in the big-data era. Cory and Brett sit down with SWIM.AI CTO Simon Crosby to hear about their recently launched DataFabric software is changing how organizations can stream, analyze and store data. Announced on September 18th, DataFabric software lets businesses interconnect all data-generating assets and provides real-time data classification, reduction, analysis and prediction. Simon talks about how this technology allows for an Analyze, Act and then Store architecture rather than the traditional Store then Analyze architectures that are most common. Simon also talks about SWIM.AI's partnership with Microsoft Azure and its integration into the Azure suite of Data Analytics and AI tools.

From the Lab that Brought you Spark comes Alluxio, the Data Orchestration Platform of the Future Sep 17, 2019

Decoupling compute from storage has been a growing trend in the enterprise as organizations turn towards a data driven business. Cory and Erin sit down with Haoyuan (HY), Founder and CTO of Alluxio to talk about the importance in data orchestration and how Alluxio provides customers with the ability to bring data closer to the compute across clusters, regions, clouds and countries. Created in the same lab as Spark and other widely known open-source technologies, HY talks about the inception of Alluxio and the challenges this data orchestration platform solves. HY also gives his vision for the future of innovations and how Alluxio enables them most effectively. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

From the Lab that Brought you Spark comes Alluxio, the Data Orchestration Platform of the Future Sep 17, 2019

Decoupling compute from storage has been a growing trend in the enterprise as organizations turn towards a data driven business. Cory and Erin sit down with Haoyuan (HY), Founder and CTO of Alluxio to talk about the importance in data orchestration and how Alluxio provides customers with the ability to bring data closer to the compute across clusters, regions, clouds and countries. Created in the same lab as Spark and other widely known open-source technologies, HY talks about the inception of Alluxio and the challenges this data orchestration platform solves. HY also gives his vision for the future of innovations and how Alluxio enables them most effectively. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Decision Science at Disney with McKay Curtis Sep 10, 2019

There may be an art to business, but there is science in data science. In this episode of the Big Data Beard podcast we talk with McKay Curtis, Senior Principal, Decision Science at The Walt Disney Company, about tackling the challenges of real world business with scientific experimentation. Hear best practices on how his team works across this giant enterprise to power incredible experiences with data driven insights.

This podcast was recorded at the Disney Data and Analytics Conference in Orlando, Florida. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

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Building A Data Integration Practice Inside Disney with Ken Sterling Sep 03, 2019

Disney is so much more than Mickey Mouse and the amount of data being created across this massive enterprise represents untold value. Tapping that value in dark data in consistent way is exactly what our guest, Ken Sterling, and his Management Science and Integration team are doing inside Disney. Learn how they've created a consulting practice inside the company and the lessons learned along the way. This podcast was recorded at the Disney Data and Analytics Conference in Orlando, Florida. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

How National Geographic Used Analytics to Become the Biggest Brand on Instagram Aug 27, 2019

Move over Justin Bieber, National Geographic is coming through! Thats right, when it comes to Instagram, National Geographic is a pretty big deal. Their total followers exceed some notable celebrities such as Drake, Rihanna, Khloe Kardashian and that’s right, Justin Bieber. With over 118 Million followers, National Geographic is in fact the biggest brand on Instagram. Recorded at Disney’s Data and Analytics Conference, Cory and Brett sit down with National Geographic Partner's own Brad Dancer and Mia Vallo from the Insights, Analytics & Data Strategy team. This team is responsible for overseeing all insights, analytics and business intelligence across National Geographic including social media. Brad and Mia discuss the role that analytics played in becoming the biggest brand on Instagram and the journey that Nat Geo took to get to where they are today. The team talks about some of the challenges, key lessons and best practices to driving platform engagement to the next level. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

The Big Data Beard Road to Splunk .conf 2019 Aug 20, 2019

On this episode, we unveil the Big Data Beard Road Trip to Splunk .conf 2019, sponsored by Dell Technologies and Red River. Three beards, two weeks, seven thousand miles in an RV, what could possibly be wrong with that?!? Join the beards for a chat about the epic adventure that they have planned for October crossing the country in an RV outfitted with IoT tech from Dell and Splunking the whole trip. Learn how you can follow their adventures on a daily morning show, daily podcasts with some of the most interesting people in the world, and all the data from our IoT RV made real by our rolling Splunk data center! Follow our progress at: https://bit.ly/BDB_YTRTC2

The Future of Big Data with O'Reilly's Chief Data Scientist Aug 13, 2019

Cory and Brett get to sit down with Mr. @BigData, Ben Lorica, Chief Data Scientist at O’Reilly Media to get a glimpse into the future of AI, ML and Data Science. Ben, who also happens to be the Program Chair for Strata Data, AI Conference and TensorFlowWorld talks about the common challenges he is seeing organizations have in starting and scaling machine learning projects and provides some best practices to take in order not to fall into the same traps as others. The team also gets to hear about some of the trends, tools and technologies on the bleeding edge that are driving huge advancements in machine and deep learning.

Data Science Driving Next Generation Customer Service at Dell Aug 06, 2019

Recorded at Rev2, Brett and Cory get to sit down with Randi Ludwig, a Data Scientist at Dell Technologies to hear about how Dell is incorporating Data Science into its operations. Randi, who works within Dell’s Support and Deployment Services and leads their Data Science Council talks about some of the use cases that she has worked on to help provide technical support agents additional tools to help them predict and resolve customer issues more quickly and effectively. The team also explores some of the common data science challenges that most organizations are facing in the enterprise and hear about specific things Dell is doing to solve these challenges.

Insights into the Tools and Technologies Driving our Favorite Shows at Netflix Jul 30, 2019

From a DVD company to a streaming company to a producer of some our favorite shows, Netflix has been at the forefront of media and entertainment innovation since the late 90’s. Today, Netflix touts over 148 million subscribers, accounts for nearly 15% of all global streaming traffic AND is the largest content producer with a $12 billion dollar content budget alone. Recorded at Rev2, Cory and Brett get to sit down with Michelle Ufford, former Head of Data Science Tools at Netflix to better understand how Netflix is using data and data science to create a unique and awesome experience for its subscribers. Michelle gives us insights into the open, collaborative and experimentation culture of Netflix that has been a major contributor to Netflix’s success. The team also dives into the different tools and technology that Netflix is using to drive the variety of data analytics use cases. So press pause on your episode of Stranger Things or Orange is the New Black and check out this exciting episode! Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Insights into the Tools and Technologies Driving our Favorite Shows at Netflix Jul 30, 2019

From a DVD company to a streaming company to a producer of some our favorite shows, Netflix has been at the forefront of media and entertainment innovation since the late 90’s. Today, Netflix touts over 148 million subscribers, accounts for nearly 15% of all global streaming traffic AND is the largest content producer with a $12 billion dollar content budget alone. Recorded at Rev2, Cory and Brett get to sit down with Michelle Ufford, former Head of Data Science Tools at Netflix to better understand how Netflix is using data and data science to create a unique and awesome experience for its subscribers. Michelle gives us insights into the open, collaborative and experimentation culture of Netflix that has been a major contributor to Netflix’s success. The team also dives into the different tools and technology that Netflix is using to drive the variety of data analytics use cases. So press pause on your episode of Stranger Things or Orange is the New Black and check out this exciting episode! Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Taking a Model Driven Approach to Data Science with Domino Data Lab Jul 23, 2019

Cory and Brett sit down Domino Data Lab's Co-Founder and CEO Nick Elprin to hear about how Domino Data Lab is helping customers move from the traditional data driven approach and become more model driven. Nick talks about the challenges in moving to a model driven approach and details the journey customers are taking to get there.
Recorded from Domino Data Lab’s Rev2 Conference in New York City, Nick gives a brief history of Rev, Domino's yearly data science conference, and explains why this conference is different than the other AI and Data Analytics conferences out there. Lastly, Nick provides unique insights into some of the announcements that Domino Data Lab had at Rev2 and how the Domino Data Lab Platform is positioned to power model driven organizations.
Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

AI in the Past, Present and Future: Insights from Google's Ron Bodkin Jul 16, 2019

From the Google File System that paved the way to Hadoop, to Tensor Processing Units to Kubernetes, Google has been at the forefront of impactful technology innovation that has accelerated data analytics and AI. Recorded from Domino Data Lab’s Rev2 Conference in New York City, Cory and Brett sit down with Rod Bodkin to get his perspectives on the state of AI in the enterprise. Rod, who is a Technical Director in the CTO office for Google Cloud and is focused on Applied AI talks about some of the game changers that have led to the past evolutions in data science and what Google is doing to drive technologies to help further these evolutions in Cloud, AI and Data Science in the future. The team also dives into some recent examples of how Google is applying Deep Learning in areas like YouTube and Google IO. The 2019 Disney Data & Analytics Conference is taking place at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando Floria on August 20th and 21st. DDAC always has an all-star line up of speakers and this year Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III the “Miracle on the Hudson” Hero Pilot & Shane Battier Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development for the Miami Heat will be the keynote speakers. You can use promo code “BigDataBeard-2019” to receive 20% off your conference pass. Click here to register with the promo code.

AI for Accessibility at Microsoft Jul 09, 2019

Wrapping up our time at build 2019, Cory and Brett sit down with Mary Bellard, Senior Accessibility Architect for Microsoft. We hear how Mary and her team are using AI to help give people with disabilities equal access to data. Mary also shares a few of Microsoft's initiatives and products around accessibility; like the Seeing AI mobile app and the InnerVoice project as well. We also hear about the Microsoft AI for Accessibility grant, which helps ideas receive funding to become real products that can affect change with a global reach.

Machine Teaching Concepts at Microsoft Build Jun 25, 2019

Join Brett and Cory at Microsoft Build 2019 as we sit down with David Carmona, GM of Microsoft AI, and Mark Hammond, GM of Business AI. We hear from the announcements on machine teaching, and how they are helping Microsoft’s vision of empowering every developer with AI at companies such as Schneider Electric. We also learn about the differences of machine teaching and supervised / unsupervised learning, and how anyone within the business can build systems with AI. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Microsoft's Azure AI Announcements with Eric Boyd Jun 18, 2019

Join Brett and Cory as they are at Microsoft's Build 2019 with Azure AI CVP, Eric Boyd. Eric shares his thoughts and history of Microsoft's AI division, how AI is directly helping other Microsoft products, and where AI can help your business. We also discuss the challenges of AI and how to influence change in your business, and how change has helped influence customers like Kroger and Starbucks. Eric also shares some announcements around the Azure Data Factory and some of his favorite new features of the product, like drag and drop experiences for build machine learning models. We also learn a bit about Eric's 15 minutes of fame and his skill of counting cards.

Dealing with Scale and Security: How MasterCard is Mastering the Game Jun 11, 2019

With over 2.5 billion card holders making 74 billion transactions a year, MasterCard has a huge responsibility to ensure not only that these transactions are processed in a timely manner but that each and every transaction is safe and secure. From Dell Technologies World, Cory and Brett sit down with Nick Curcuru, VP of Data Analytics and Cyber Security to get an insight into this massive challenge and understand how MasterCard is solving this problem. From being an early adopter in Hadoop to embracing AI technologies, MasterCard is not a credit card company, they are a technology company and Nick provides an overview of the technologies and partnerships MasterCard is leveraging to not only focus on today but to help them get to where they need to be in 5 years and beyond. Check out how MasterCard is dealing with the massive scale of their business while also ensuring they are staying 3 steps ahead of fraudulent activity. The 2019 Disney Data & Analytics Conference is taking place at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando Floria on August 20th and 21st. DDAC always has an all-star line up of speakers and this year Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III the “Miracle on the Hudson” Hero Pilot & Shane Battier Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development for the Miami Heat will be the keynote speakers. You can use promo code “BigDataBeard-2019” to receive 20% off your conference pass. Click here to register with the promo code. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Insight into Pivotal's Kubernetes and Data Analytics Strategy with Chad Sakac Jun 04, 2019

Pivotal’s mission is to transform the way in which people and companies build software. From Pivotal Cloud Foundry to Greenplum, this company has been at the forefront of innovation and open source collaboration. Cory and Brett get to sit down with one of the industries’ great technologist Chad Sakac, who leads Pivotal’s strategy and development around Kubernetes. Kubernetes has been seen as a deployment methodology of the future for all workloads including Big Data and AI. Cory and Brett pick Chad’s brain about how Pivotal is incorporating Kubernetes into their products through Pivotal Container Services and how this can help drive Data Analytics and AI workloads into the future. Chad also provides unique insights into the history of Kubernetes and containers and provides parallels to the rise of virtualization. The team then gets a look into Pivotal’s strategy and portfolio for Data Analytics today and in the future.

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New Splunk Enterprise Release - An Executive Insight May 30, 2019

In this special episode of the Big Data Beard Podcast, Cory and Brett get to sit down with Josh Klahr, Splunk’s VP of Product Management, Splunk Enterprise and Core Products to breakdown Splunk’s announcement today regarding Splunk Enterprise 7.3 and Machine Learning Tool Kit (MLTK) 4.3. Josh provides new details and insight into the announcements surrounding Workload Management, Metrics, SmartStore and the new support for Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and MLTK’s Smart Assist. Cory and Brett also dig into Splunk’s announcements from April around Splunk’s Connected Experiences and Business Flow. Check out this special podcast to get the scoop on all the new features Splunk has added!

Carmax: The way data-science-powered car buying should be! May 28, 2019

Todd Dube, Architect for Data Science at Carmax joined the Big Data Beard’s Cory at Spark+AI Summit and shared how his team is changing the experience of buying a car in the best way possible. Sure, we know the old process, but this digital native company is driving better experiences for customers in the modern world on any platform to acquire these old school assets in a modern way! We talk about the value of starting with a use case in mind and iterating towards a real deliverable that makes a real difference.

Carmax has a super innovative and welcoming culture that is looking for more talented folks to help them evolve in the modern market. Are you up to the challenge to join them?!?

Manager Data Science and Machine Learning: https://carmax.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Corporate---Richmond/Technology-Manager---Data-Science-and-Machine-Learning_JR-003622
Sr Data Engineer: https://carmax.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Corporate---Richmond/Sr-Software-Developer---Data-Engineering_JR-006291
Data Engineer: https://carmax.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Corporate---Richmond/Software-Developer-II---Data-Engineering_JR-006292

This podcast was recorded at Spark+AI Summit in San Francisco, California in April 2019.

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Splice Machine: The Operational Data Platform May 21, 2019

Splice Machine announced the company’s new data science workbench, ML Manager, at the Spark + AI Summit 2019 being held April 23-25, in San Francisco, CA. Cory caught up with Splice Machine's founder and CEO, Monte Zweben, about how Splice Machine bridges the gap between operational databases and the tools used by data scientists to power modern AI. Splice Machine’s new Data Science Workbench, called ML Manager, empowers data science teams to maximize the performance of their machine learning models by removing the latency associated with building complex data pipelines, performing cumbersome transformations and training models on updated data. At the Spark+AI Summit, Monte presented, “Without Operational AI, Your ML Model is Stale” which will discussed how companies can integrate OLTP, OLAP and ML capabilities in a unified platform to make intelligent decisions in real time using data at scale. The resulting SQL platform reduces data movement and therefore enables training on real-time data and testing on real-time data leading to better decision-making. This podcast was recorded at Spark+AI Summit in San Francisco, California in April 2019. Full show notes and links are available here - https://bit.ly/BDB_EP73 Conference discount opportunity for our listeners…check out the ways our partnerships can save you money on the best big data and AI tech conferences around the world:

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Spark of The Future with DataBricks May 14, 2019

Spark is one of the most popular platforms for Data Science and AI development today and the team at DataBricks is driving massive innovation in this community, both open-source and commercially. Cory sat down with Reynold Xin, Co-Founder and Chief Architect, and Michael Armburst, Principal Architect, at DataBricks to understand the history of Spark development and uncover the massive developments in the platform available now and in the near future making Spark more accessible and easier for Data Scientists and Engineers alike. This podcast was recorded at Spark+AI Summit in San Francisco, California in April 2019. Links DataBricks Reynold on LinkedIn & Twitter Michael on LinkedIn & Twitter DeltaLake and Announcement Apple Presentation on DeltaLake MLFlow Videos from Spark+AI Summit 2019 Reynold Keynote Recording on Koalas Michael Keynote Recording on Delta Did you know we are on Spotify? Tune in to The Big Data Beard! Don’t forget that we are going to Domino Data Labs’ upcoming REV2 Conference in NYC May 23-24. Visit the REV Conference Website and use promo code BDB_REV100 to save $100 on your pass! Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

MapR: A Proven Platform for Big Data and AI with Jack Norris May 07, 2019

In the world of platforms for Big Data, there is a lot of confusion and conflict. But one one of the early entrants to the market is still one of the most popular. Brett and Cory sit down with Jack Norris of MapR Technologies to learn how they’ve evolved over the years to become a truly unique data platform delivering a first class layer of “DataWare” in the enterprise stack. Learn from an industry veteran who understands the history of platforms and has an educated view on platforms of the future…and trust us, Jack is a super cool, interesting dude to hang out with for a chat! This podcast was recorded at the fantastic O’Reilly Media AI Conference in NYC. In addition to interviewing great leaders in the AI space like Jack, the Big Data Beard team got to attend a variety of sessions and get a sense of the bleeding edge of AI. If you missed this conference, don’t worry there are three more left this year. Click here to get the schedule and promo codes to save you 15% off your conference pass. Links FREE Training from MapR - this is huge that they offer this for free Machine Learning Logistics Book - authored by MapR folks MapR Disaggregated Storage Layer MapR Platform KubeFlow Mapr Event Insatek - Australian Explosion as a Service The Couple Next Door - book recommendation from Jack Americans - Jack’s binge-worthy show Martin Miller’s Gin Did you know we are on Spotify? Tune in to The Big Data Beard! Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Land, sea and space: how Intel is using AI for social good Apr 30, 2019

A lot of the Artificial Intelligence conversations that are being had today revolve around how AI is influencing government and business but in this week’s episode, Brett and Cory sit down with Anna Bethkefrom Intelto talk about how her team is driving AI for social good initiative around the globe. From anti-poaching to counting whales, Anna, the Head of AI for social good within the Intel AI products group, outlines some of the really cool and impactful projects her team is driving to better society. Brett and Cory also get Anna’s opinion on the ethics of AI, the state of AI bias and some of the top trends she is seeing. This podcast was recorded at the fantastic O’Reilly Media AI Conferencein NYC. In addition to interviewing great leaders in the AI space link Anna, the Big Data Beard team got to attend a variety of sessions and get a sense of the bleeding edge of AI. If you missed this conference, don’t worry there are three more left this year. Click here to get the schedule and promo codes to save you 15% off your conference pass.

Domino Data Lab: The Data Science Platform Apr 23, 2019

Brett and Cory get the low down on Domino Data Lab’s Data Science Platform with returning guest, VP of Marketing Jon Rooney and their Deputy CTO, Ozzy Johnson. We discussed what it means to truly be a platform and how to separate Domino from the pretenders. Hear how the world’s most mature, model driven businesses leverage Domino to not only collaborate and accelerate model development, but also deliver simpler deployments that scale and provide reproducibility and explainability so critical for enterprises automating with AI. Also hear how you can get a great discount to Rev2, the Domino sponsored Data Science Conference in NYC May 23-24.

Making Smarter Beer with Deschutes Brewery and Microsoft Azure AI Apr 16, 2019

Recorded at Microsoft’s office in Bellevue WA, Brett and Kyle sit down with Kyle Kotaich and Jeremiah Beisner of Deschutes Brewery. Deschutes Brewery was founded in 1988 and is the tenth largest craft brewery in the US. We'll find out how Deschutes uses data collected from the fermentation process to brew better beer as well as increase utilization from their machine learning models with Microsoft Azure AI and Cognitive Services. We'll also chat about their open source project, Brewery Pi, which helps brewers, large and small, make beer better using data.

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A glimpse into Microsoft's Data and AI strategy Apr 09, 2019

Recorded at Microsoft’s office in Bellevue WA, Brett and Kyle sit down with John "JG” Chirapurath, General Manager for Azure Data & Artificial Intelligence for Microsoft. JG talks about how Microsoft is helping their customers successfully ingest, manage and analyze their data as well as provide a path towards AI. JG and the team go into Microsoft's portfolio of offerings to help customers turn insights into actions that move the needle for the business. Brett and Kyle were amazed with all the innovative things Microsoft is doing in the world of AI and Data Analytics. They are definitely not your mama's Microsoft.
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Validating Data Scientists with QuantHub Apr 02, 2019

Data Scientists are in high demand and with such awesome money being thrown their way, everyone claims to be one these days. So how do you know you're hiring someone that actually has the data science skills needed on your team? Well that's where this week's guests from QuantHub save the day! Join your host, Cory Minton, as he talks with Matt Cowell, CEO, and Nathan Black, Cheif Data Scientist, in Birmingham about how the QuantHub platforms saves time in technical vetting of data science talent and helps make sure you hire the right talent every time! For 20% off your pass to Dataworks Summit in Washington, DC May 20-23, use promo code "BDBeard19" at check out. Want a free pass? Mention @BigDataBeard on Twitter or Linkedin with a link to one of our shows betwen April 2nd and April 16th and you will be entered for a chance at a free pass. We will announce the winner on April 23rd. Did you know we are on Spotify? Tune in to The Big Data Beard! Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Making On-Call "Suck Less" with Splunk & VictorOps Mar 26, 2019

Recorded at the Splunk’s Sales Kick-off in Las Vegas, Cory Minton and Brett Roberts sit down with Big Data Beard podcast Alumnus, Bill Emmett and first time guest Dylan Klausing to dive into one of Splunk recent acquisitions, VictorOps. Last year, Splunk acquired VictorOps, an incident management platform that is purpose built to help teams “Make On-Call Suck Less”. Bill and Dylan provide an insight into how VictorOps is a powerful extension to the powerful and popular Splunk platform. While Splunk has been historically great in surfacing alerts, VictorOps takes it a step further and provides a better ability to get that alert in the hands of someone who can drive it to the solution. Cory and Brett dive into the software and explore what’s next with the platform and its integration with Splunk. Looking to attend O’Reilly’s AI Conference in NYC on April 15th-18th? Click here and use promo code PCBEARD to save 15% off!

Elevate: A Women in Data Science Panel Mar 19, 2019

In this special episode of the Big Data Beard podcast, we partnered with the team from Data Science Salon to bring you a women in data science panel. Panelists for this episode include Maureen Johnson, a data ethicist at Data for Democracy, Eunice Chendjou founder and CEO of DataGig (we recorded a podcast episodewith her), Hillary Green Lerman, a Sr. Curriculum Lead at DataCamp and moderated by Randi Ludwig, a data scientist at Dell EMC. Randi and the panelists explore some of the extremely important issues and challenges for women working in tech and talk about some ways they have overcome certain challenges in their careers. The panel also talks about the importance of inclusion and having more women and minorities join the technology and data science workforce. The Data Science Salon in Austin was an amazing event. If you were not able to attend, don’t worry there will be another Data Science Salon coming in New York Cityon June 13th, 2019. Use promo code BDBEARD19 for 15% off you conference pass. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Data science for everyone with DataGig's data scientist market place Mar 12, 2019

Recorded at the Data Science Salon in Austin, Cory Minton and Brett Roberts sit down with Eunice Chendjou, CEO and founder of DataGig, a startup that aims to help organizations of all sizes gain access to data scientists for help in building out their data analytics and AI use cases. DataGig was founded to help address two critical gaps: organizations needing access to data scientists for some projects but can’t afford to hire in-house and newly minted data scientists unable to find employment due to lack of real world experience. Eunice explains that DataGig acts as the match maker between the companies and data scientists or data engineers to help place the right expertise for the right use case. Cory and Brett also ask Eunice about some of the trends she is seeing in the world of AI and analytics. Did you know we are on Spotify? Tune in to The Big Data Beard!
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NumFocus: The team behind Jupyter and much more! Mar 05, 2019

NumFocus: The team behind Jupyter and much more!

AI under your desk Feb 26, 2019

Recorded at the Data Science Salon in Austin, Cory Minton and Brett Roberts sit down with David Patschke, Director of AI Strategy for Dell Technologies Precision Workstations organization to hear about what Dell is doing to enable customers to be successful with AI. Reflecting on his previous experiences as a data scientist, David talks about the need for resource intensive machines to limit system constraints to give more time back to the data scientist. Cory, Brett and David explore some of the hardware trends that are impacting AI today and what advances are needed for the future growth of AI in the enterprise. Did you know we are on Spotify? Tune in to The Big Data Beard! Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Data engineering simplified with Infoworks' agile and automated platform Feb 19, 2019

Data engineering and data ops are some of the most challenging and resource intensive parts of the data science process. Cory Minton and Brett Roberts sit down with Infoworks CTO and co-founder, Amar Arsikere and VP of Product, Ramesh Menon to hear about how their agile Data Engineering Platform helps automate data workflows allowing organizations to accelerate the number of use cases they can get into production while using fewer resources. The team explores the challenges organizations are having around data lakes, data sourcing strategies and scalable data pipelines and hear how the Infoworks’ platform helps solve these challenges. Amar and Ramesh also provide real world examples of how customers have turned to Infoworks to help successfully solve these challenges.

Afraid of AI? Feb 12, 2019

Should we really fear AI? What's really happening with Artificial Intelligence today? Why are enterprises struggling to adopt AI in meaningful ways? In this special episode of the Big Data Beard podcast, we share many previously unheard conversations with five of podcast guests about their view of AI today and find out if the fear we hear so often about AI is well founded.

Our guests for this show include:

Vikram Mahidar, AI Practice leader at Genpact Consulting
David Fearne, AI Practice leader at Arrow Electronics
Dr. Stephen Thomas, Director of the Masters in AI program at Queens University
Dan Jeavons, Director of Data Science and AI at Shell Corporation
Doug Merritt, CEO of Splunk

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Technology and Security with CISO, Mike Watson Jan 29, 2019

Thomas Henson and Erin K. Banks spoke with Mike Watson, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Commonwealth of Virginia. His agency ( Virginia Information Technology Agency ) has a two fold mission in Virginia, they do centralized technology providing infrastructure services for 67 lines of businesses including hospitals, museums, businesses, and public safety. They are also responsible for setting governance rules for how the Commonwealth is supposed to operate in a secure fashion. They also have a data centric approach. They look to create controls and monitor all transactions around the data that the agencies are using and sending place to place.

His job is to care mostly about the data. Computers are not worth anything, if they don’t have good data on them. They pay very close attention to the data that is out there and how to secure it. This is important because the Commonwealth is looking share information between agencies, while protecting the privacy of their citizens. They hired a Chief Data Officer to help with this and we talk about the projects that they are working on. We talk about the future of technology, combining security, privacy, with technology, and how they are dealing with it in the public sector

Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

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The Life of AI with Paul Brook Jan 22, 2019

Cory Minton and Brett Roberts sit down with their friend from across the pond Paul Brook to talk about the book he wrote titled “Life of AI: AI today, tomorrow, and in the future and what this may mean for human kind. Paul talks about what inspired him to write a book (spoiler it was at a bar) about Artificial Intelligence and what went into creating it. Paul and the team then explore different aspects of Artificial intelligence from bias, regulation, hardware and discuss how AI will evolve from man made AI to autonomous AI in the future. Tune in to get some brilliant insights into all things AI. O’Reilly Media’s Strata Data is coming to San Francisco on March 25 - 28, 2019 and YOU have a chance to win a free pass to this fantastic conference. All you have to do is subscribe to our BrightTalk channel between now and February 1st and you are entered to win. You can also use Promo Code PCBEARD for 20% off your conference pass. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Data Science Salon: A Place to Share, Grow, and Learn Jan 15, 2019

Brett Roberts and Erin K. Banks met with Anna Anisin, CEO and Jeremy Mason, Head of Marketing Operations of FormulatedBy, talking about the Data Science Salon conference. Although these conferences are focused on the data and sessions, they make sure there is time for networking, a great reception, and the best coffee in town. There are four Data Science Salon conferences in 2019. The verticals they focus on are media & entertainment and finance & technology and some of the themes at the conference are data governance, data modeling trends, impact of data quality, data strategy trends, data security, and data bias.

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Beard Season with Jimmy Niggles Dec 11, 2018

Jimmy Niggles, the founder of Beard Season, is selling his beard for $1,000,000. In the season 3 finale, Cory and Kyle sit down with Jimmy at Cafe Salina in beautiful Bronte Beach Australia. Jimmy shares with us the history of Beard Season, the importance of having your skin checked, and how beards can help save someone's life. We also discuss how Jimmy met Sir Richard Branson and speculate on the future of BeardCoin. The Big Data Beard Team has proudly become ambassadors the The Beard Season in hopes to assist Jimmy in helping to save more lives. Please consider donating or joining as an ambassador yourself. It's a wonderful cause to grow a beard and start a great conversation. We hope you have a wonderful holiday break. See you next Season!

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Show Notes can be found here: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP55

Immuta Platform with CTO, Steve Touw Dec 04, 2018

In Episode 54, Erin K. Banks and Brett Roberts met with Steve Touw, CTO of Immuta and he runs the product roadmap for the company which means he talks to customers a lot and he plans out the vision of the company and what they work on. Immuta, is a data management platform that was built to manage access and control of data and to help manage privacy when building machine learning models. They lean towards enabling compliance and ethical data science operations in organizations. We review the data policy snowflake concept and the pain that comes with it and how the control plane helps. We discuss security vs privacy and differential privacy as well as purpose based restrictions with regard to data management. Of course we can’t talk about data and privacy without discussing GDRP

Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Data Wrangling Made Simple with Trifacta Nov 27, 2018

Join Cory and Brett as they sit down with Joe Hellerstein to explore one of the most challenging and time consuming parts of the data science process. Regardless of if you call it Data Wrangling, Cleansing or Munging anyone who has had to do this k...

How Bühler is using Data Analytics and IOT to Feed the World Nov 20, 2018

- Join Cory and Erin as they sit down with Stuart Bashford, CDO at Bühler Group to discuss how IOT, data analytics, artificial intelligence and blockchain are impacting food production. Today, we loose or waste 30% of the food we produce as it tra...

Machine Learning Projects at Shell with Dan Jeavons Nov 13, 2018

Join Cory and Kyle as they sit down with Dan Jeavons, General Manager of Data Science at Shell. Dan is responsible for a team that builds data centered solutions for multiple areas of Shell. Some projects include geo-steering in wells,

RSA CTO discusses Artificial Intelligence and the Security Landscape Nov 06, 2018

In episode 50, Cory Minton and Erin K. Banks talk with Zulfikar Ramzan, CTO of RSA, shares his experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Security. He discusses the hype of Artificial Intelligence and what are the important things to keep in mind,

A Year in Review with David Fearne: Retrospectives and Predictions Oct 30, 2018

Join Cory and Brett as they sit down with Big Data Beard podcast Alumnus David Fearne one year since he was first on the podcast. A year later, David is now the Global Practice Lead for Data Analytics at ArrowECS and he gives the audience an update on some of the exciting projects he has been working on over the past year as well renewed perspectives into the world of analytics. The team also gets his thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and his predictions for the future of AI as well as its impact on business value. Tune in to this very exciting and thought provoking episode! Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Splunk for Industrial IoT with Seema Haji Oct 23, 2018

Seema Haji, Director of Product Marketing for IoT at Splunk, sits down at .Conf 2018 to discuss the announcemnt of Splunk's first IoT offering, Splunk for Indsustrial IoT. We discuss how Splunk is using the new platform to make data more accessible fo...

A view from the top... Splunk CEO Doug Merritt talks to the Big Data Beard Oct 16, 2018

Join Cory and Brett in the special Big Data Beard episode as they sit down with Doug Merritt, leader of Splunk to get some rare insights from one of the industry's top CEOs. Doug gives his predictions and views on Artificial Intelligence and the tren...

Splunk Next with Jon Rooney Oct 09, 2018

Starting season 3 off, Cory and Rob as they discuss Splunk’s newest announcements with podcast alum Jon Rooney, Vice President Product Marketing for Splunk. In this episode we dig in on Splunk Next and its components. This announcement at Splunk .Conf included the ability to use augmented reality, business process flows, natural language processing, Phantom, federated search, data stream processing, and quite possibly the most applauded announcement “Dark Mode". We dig in to the potential of each of these topics and their real world applications with Jon. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us! Link to the shownotes - http://bit.ly/BDB_EP46

AI Applied with Vikram Mahidhar Oct 02, 2018

Vikram Mahidhar, Genpact's Artificial Intelligence Lead, sits down with Cory and Brett to provide his perspectives and insights into this blazing hot area of technology. Vikram provides the team with his views on the current state of AI,

Understanding SFDC's Einstein role in AI Sep 25, 2018

Salesforce.com is not just the classic CRM company that you all know and love. With SFDC’s AI powered Einstein Analytics platform, you can now go beyond business intelligence. Cory and Brett sit down with Sean Alpert,

The Future of AI at Azure Data with Rohan Kumar Sep 18, 2018

Cloud computing gets a lot of attention when we have any conversation about AI and Big Data. To learn more about the current state of AI in the Cloud, Cory Minton caught up with Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Azure Data,

AI and Management come Together in the Classroom at Queen's University Sep 11, 2018

Brett Roberts and Cory Minton sit down with Dr. Stephen Thomas, professor at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University to explore AI in the world of academia. Stephen discusses the recently announced Queen’s University new management bu...

PowerAdvocate : Energy Intelligence Platform Sep 04, 2018

Erin K. Banks and Cory Minton spoke with Rob Antczak, Chief Technology Officer of PowerAdvocate, A Verisk Analytics business. Their SaaS platform is called "Energy Intelligence Platform" and is six products focused on bringing suppliers together and a ...

Living the Beard Life with Taylor Welden Aug 28, 2018

In honor of World Beard Day taking place on September 1st and to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Big Data Beard Podcast, we thought we would do something a little special. Cory and Brett waxed up their beards and sat down Taylor Welden,

BlueData brings Big Data expertise to Kubernetes Aug 21, 2018

The team sits down with Tom Phelan, Chief Architect, and Joel Baxter, Senior Engineer, both with BlueData, a container-based software platform for Big Data Analytics. While BlueData has been on the podcast before,

Palmaz Vineyards: Innovating Wine Through Data Aug 14, 2018

We met with Christian Palmaz, CEO of Palmaz Vineyards and President and CEO of Vactronix Scientific, a material science company based in Silicon Valley. Palmaz Vineyards has been able to pull together wine and data together to not make better wine but ...

Smartware: IoT Food Storage from Ovie Aug 07, 2018

Ovie, a Chicago based tech startup, has combined hardware, software, and machine learning to create a smart food storage system that will eliminate waste and change the way people eat, save, and shop for food. Founders Ty, Dave,

SAS Chief Data Scientist Get's Real with The Beards Jul 31, 2018

Anytime you talk big data these days, you are bound to hear machine learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence brought up and often by folks who really don't understand the difference. That's ok; that's the fun with buzzwords.

Exploring the magical world of Disney Data Analytics Jul 24, 2018

Cory and Brett chat with Disney’s very own Becky Kirby and Teddy Benson about the most magical technology conference of the year… Disney Data Analytics Conference. For years, Disney has been a data analytics pioneer using their massive amou...

Putting AI to work with MLOps powered by ParallelM Jul 17, 2018

Cory Minton and Kyle Prins sit down at the Spark+AI Summit in San Francisco, sponsored by DataBricks, to talk with the founders of ParallelM, Sivan Metzger, CEO and Nisha Talagawa, CTO. As a reminder, we are a partner for the Disney Data Analytics Con...

Conversational Artificial Intelligence with SAS Jul 03, 2018

Recorded at the Spark+AI Summit, we sit down with Ben Tomlinson and Andre Violante from SAS to learn how they giving AI and ML technologies a voice. We discuss the the basic technical process for approaching natural language processing project,

Dataiku with Dr. Ken Stanford Jun 26, 2018

Recorded at Spark+AI Summit in San Francisco, Cory Minton & Kyle Prins sit down with Dr. Ken Stanford to learn how Dataiku collaborative data science platform is powering powerful innovation in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for enterp...

Big Data Under Control with Blue Talon Jun 12, 2018

Cory Minton and Kyle Prins chat with Pratik Verma Founder and Chief Product Officer, and Carey James, VP of Alliances for Blue Talon. Pratik shares with us how he went from a chemist to the founder of Blue Talon and how they've integrated their platform into the big data ecosystem. Pratik and Carey also discuss BlueTalon’s rules based security engine, security on read, and unified access control for modern data applications. After that, the team learns about the future for BlueTalon and hot trends in Silicon Valley. We are excited to announce that the Big Data Beard is now a partner of the Disney Data Analytics Conferencethat is taking place on August 28th & 29th in Orlando, FL. Check out this blog post for an opportunity to win a pass to this year’s conference. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle.Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP31

A shot of espresso with Scott Kahler from Pivotal May 30, 2018

In episode 30, Cory Minton and the Big Data Beard gang chat with Scott Kahler, a Data Product Manager at Pivotal who focuses on driving Greenplum innovation and development. Scott and the gang dive into the Greenplum Database Software and explore wha...

Enabling exploratory analytics with SAS & Blue Data May 22, 2018

Cory Minton sits down with John Lambert from SAS & Matt Maccaux from Dell EMC to understand how these companies are partnering together to enable exploratory analytics to organizations. John talks about some of the technology advancements that SAS ha...

Better Data from Big Data with The Celebrus Platform May 16, 2018

Cory Minton and Thomas Henson talk with Luke Vant Land from D4T4 Solutions to understand how their patented Celebrus platform delivers a real-time capture, connection, transformation and delivery platform powering a GDPR-compliant path to feed your AI and Machine Learning with better data from a variety of sources, including experiential web sources without the pain of manual tagging. If you want better data that is compliant and easy to work into your pipeline, you really should be checking out what D4T4 has built to help you deliver real time decision support and next-best action capabilities, especially if you work in financial services, government, or retail. And Luke looks so much like Bill Hader, it's straight up awkward. Full show notes can be found at http://bit.ly/BDB_EP28. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle.

Extra Extra, Read all about it! Data Analytics is driving growth at the Globe May 08, 2018

“Ink or pixels, journalism doesn’t change.” The team sits down with Greg Doufas, CTO of The Globe and Mail, the national Canadian newspaper and a 170 year old media company, to explore how data analytics is being used to enhance customer experiences, drive engagement and fuel growth. Erin K. Banks & Cory Minton dive into the pages of this brilliant company’s history and understand how The Globe and Mail is using analytics to write their future by retaining and capturing new subscribers through their digital transformation. Strata Data London is right around the corner and as with all Strata Data and AI conferences, use promo code PCBEARD. to get 20% off conference passes! Full show notes can be found at http://bit.ly/BDB_EP27. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle.

Tim Hortons, Justin Bieber, and The Flames: How Analytics is Fueling Calgary Apr 24, 2018

What does Tim Hortons, Justin Bieberand the Calgary Flames have in common? Brett Roberts and Erin K. Banks explored just this with Deniece Kennedy, Senior Director of Business Intelligence and Special Projects and Ziad Mehio,

Fighting Cancer with Machine Learning Apr 10, 2018

Wrapping up Strata Data San Jose conference by talking about driving human progress with data and analytics. Cory & Rob sit down with Wei Lin and Mauro Damo, two data scientists from Dell EMC who have been working on fighting bladder cancer using machi...

Changing the Processing Paradigm with Pravega and Apache Flink Mar 27, 2018

Live from Strata Data San Jose, the team dives into the world of batch and stream processing with guests Fabian from Data Artisans and Flavio from Dell EMC. Our guests detail an open source streaming data stack consisting of Pravega (stream storage) an...

A Glimpse Under the Hood of Cloudera with Amr Awadallah Mar 14, 2018

Live from Strata Data San Jose, the team sits down with CTO and Founder of Cloudera, Amr Awadallah. Amr dives into some of the cool Cloudera announcements from the conferences ranging from cloud to machine learning.

Why Tasting Whiskey is Like Data Analytics Mar 07, 2018

Anthony Dina, Director of Data Analytics Solutions at Dell EMC, recently release a blog describing the ways in which tasting whiskey is like data analytics. Clearly this required a deeper conversation, and perhaps a bit of sampling. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP22

Big Data Makes Skiing More Awesome: Squaw Alpine Resort Talks with Big Data Beard Feb 27, 2018

In Episode 21 of the Big Data Beard podcast, the team ditched the desks, grabbed our skis and jackets and headed out to Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows to ski and learn about how big data is impacting the ski industry.

Software Composable Infrastructure with DriveScale Feb 22, 2018

Cory Minton & Thomas Henson discuss software as infrsturcture with Tom Lyons and SK Vinod from DriveScale. Tom Lyon is Co-founder and Chief Scientist at DriveScale. Tom had a hand in the creation of iconic products and technologies like UCS,

Architectural Tenets of Deep Learning with Keith Manthey Feb 13, 2018

In this episode, Cory Minton, Brett Roberts & Kyle Prins chat machine learning and deep learning with Keith Manthey. Keith is the Global CTO, Unstructured Data Solutions at Dell EMC. We'll about the differences in machine learning and deep learning, architectural tenets of deep learning. and different ML and DL libraries. We also chat about some great customer use cases for these new technologies, such as building movie trailers using artificial intelligence. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP19

A Look at the Modern Data Architecture with Hortonworks CTO Scott Gnau Jan 31, 2018

Cory Minton and Brett Roberts talk with Scott Gnau, CTO of Hortonworks and they learn why Hadoop is absolutely not dead. Scott shares his top trends in Big Data that shaped 2017, what a modern data architecture means in 2018,

Hindsight and Insights with Speaking In Tech Jan 24, 2018

The Speaking in Tech team join Cory Minton, Kyle Prins & Rob Hout to kick off the year by giving their 2018 technology predictions. Nothing is off limits as the team discusses what 2018 has in store for AI, Machine Learning, Cloud, Containers and more. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_SiT

Everyone is a Unicorn with Data Robot Jan 16, 2018

Cory Minton, Kyle Prins,Thomas Henson talk with Dr. Greg Michaelson, VP at Data Robot about all things machine learning. Machine learning was one of the top trends in 2017 and 2018 looks to be no different but with the shortage of data scientists org...

Hadoop Community Updates with Alan Gates from Hortonworks Dec 19, 2017

Special guest Alan Gates from Hortonworks helps us explore where the Hadoop community is headed in 2018 and what's new with Apache Hive. We also take time to dive into Alan's background at working with Hadoop, Hive, and Pig in the early days at Yahoo. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_AGH

Data… Are We Using It Ethically and Are We Securing It Appropriately? Dec 11, 2017

Erin Banks, Brett Roberts, and Rob Hout talk with special guest Carey James, VP of Alliances at BlueTalon about all things data security. Whether it is companies using the data for good or bad, we discuss the ethical implications of data and it’s use in analytics. We will also review how countries are dealing with data privacy issues through regulations like the EU, implementing General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Does it really have an impact, can we change the regulation down the road as innovation evolves or will it hinder innovation in the long run? Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP14

A Lesson in Data Monetization from the Dean of Big Data Dec 04, 2017

Thomas and Cory talk with special guest Bill Schmarzo, the “Dean of Big Data” about the organization challenges and opportunities in monetizing data assets. Bill is the author of Big Data: Understanding How Data Powers Big Business and Big Data MBA: Driving Business Strategies with Data Science, is responsible for setting strategy and defining the Big Data service offerings for Dell EMC’s Big Data Practice. As a CTO within Dell EMC’s 2,000+ person consulting organization, he works with organizations to identify where and how to start their big data journeys. He’s written white papers, is an avid blogger and is a frequent speaker on the use of Big Data and data science to power an organization’s key business initiatives. He is a University of San Francisco School of Management (SOM) Executive Fellow where he teaches the “Big Data MBA” course. Bill also just completed a research paper on “Determining The Economic Value of Data”. Onalytica recently ranked Bill as #4 Big Data Influencer worldwide. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP13

Banks Shots Nov 27, 2017

Brett Roberts and Kyle Prins talk with special guest and Big Data Beard member Erin "Big Data" Banks about her passions with data analytics and how data analytics are impacting all aspects of life, from the sports we watch to the food we eat. In this special episode, Erin is literally putting her money where her mouth is and for every curse word that she says on the podcast, she is donating $10 to the Road Recovery Organization. Show Notes: http://www.bigdatabeard.com/bdb-podcast-ep-12/

Containerizing Big Data with BlueData Nov 20, 2017

Cory Minton, Rob Hout and Thomas Henson talk with special guest Anant Chintamaneni about BlueData's unique approach to making Big Data technologies easier to deploy, manage and orchestrate using containers and some other really cool innovations. Tune in to see what crumbs of knowledge got trapped in their beards. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP11

Containerizing Big Data with BlueData Nov 20, 2017

Cory Minton, Rob Hout and Thomas Henson talk with special guest Anant Chintamaneni about BlueData's unique approach to making Big Data technologies easier to deploy, manage and orchestrate using containers and some other really cool innovations.

Splunk is a car show... Nov 13, 2017

Cory Minton, Rob Hout, and Alex Rodriguez talk with special guest Simeon Yep about Splunk .Conf culture, benefits of the Dell EMC partnership, and our collective passion for racing. Tune in to see what insights they found. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_CAR

Walk Through Data with Virtual Reality Nov 06, 2017

Cory Minton, Rob Hout, & Kyle Prins chat with special guest Andre Putsch about a special project he and his company, Otto, did around visualizing Splunk data in virtual reality. The team then explores virtual reality use cases with Splunk and the art...

How Happy is .Conf? Oct 30, 2017

Cory Minton, Rob Hout, & Keith Quebodeaux chat with special guest David Fearne about using fitness trackers to find out how happy people are. From London to .Conf, David has been measuring happiness across the world for years. Listen to stories around election analytics, burning the haystack for your data, ETL vs ELT, and more. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_HPY

Using Splunk To Find Love Oct 23, 2017

Live from the expo floor at Splunk’s user conference, .Conf 2017. Hosts Cory Minton and Brett Roberts chat with Splunk’s Kelly Kitagawa and Keegan Dubbs about their quest to find love, but to use Splunk to make the process of modern dating more successful with better data analytics driven decisions. Join a delightful conversation with two incredibly bright women in tech that marry big data goodness with the real world use cases powered by Splunk while simultaneously making Brett wish he actually knew how to Splunk something…mostly his love life. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_LOVE

Miles Davis’s Electric Period Oct 16, 2017

Live from the expo floor at Splunk’s user conference, .Conf 2017. Hosts Cory Minton, Rob Hout and Kyle Prins chat with Splunk’s Jon Rooney about the history of IT monitoring and how the innovations around IT Service Intelligence using Machine Learn...

The End of Meh-Trics Oct 11, 2017

From the expo floor at Splunk’s user conference, .Conf 2017. Hosts Cory Minton, Kyle Prins, & Rob Hout chat with Bill Emmett, Splunk’s Director of Solutions Marketing, about the announcements from day one of .Conf 2017, enhancements in Splunk 7.0, the end of meh-trics. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP5

From Budweiser to Big Data Oct 09, 2017

Cory Minton, Thomas Henson, Kyle Prins and Rob Hout discuss IoT fails, big data certifications, and other hot topics from the Big Data community. Our guest for this episode is none other than THE Rob Hout. Show notes can be found at https://bigdatabeard.com/bdb-podcast-ep-4

The Man With The Perfect Splunk Wardrobe Oct 04, 2017

Cory Minton, Thomas Henson and Kyle Prins discuss Ransomware, Splunk and other hot topics from the Big Data community. Our guest for this episode is none other than Kyle Prins. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP3

The Hot Seat in the Summer Sep 25, 2017

Cory Minton, Kyle Prins, and Thomas Henson discuss Big Data tools, Smart Homes, start-ups and other hot topics from the Big Data community. Our guest for this episode is none other than Thomas Henson. Remember, this is our second episode... comments on how to make this better are welcomed. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/BDB_EP2

Who's Watching Me at the Movies? Sep 14, 2017

- Thomas Henson, Brett Roberts, and Cory Minton discuss hot topics from the Big Data community. Our guest for this episode is none other than Cory Minton. Remember, this is our first episode....comments on how to make this better are welcomed. -

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