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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Decision Science at Disney with McKay Curtis Sep 10, 2019

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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

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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

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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!

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