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From candy bars to industrial IOT, Arcus Data’s CEO Josh Hritz talks about the exciting use cases for the Splunk Edge Hub. Arcus Data has been a long time Splunk Partner and has created numerous solutions that help companies get the most out of their data with Splunk. The Big Data Beard team sits down with Josh to dive into some of these use cases and how the Splunk Edge Hub is helping solve the most complex industrial IOT challenges. 

The Big Data Beard team puts on their hard hats and dives into the world of bitcoin mining to see how Splunk and Fulcrum have ppartnered together to create a powerful solution for bitcoin mining farms. The team hears from Fulcrum’s Director of Security Analytics, John Owen, how Fulcrum is using the Splunk Edge Hub to help farms to optimize their operations, reduce costs, improve energy efficiency, enhance equipment performance, and ultimately increase their profitability.

The Big Data Beard team dives into the Data Drivers program and Splunk and talks about role data plays in giving the McLaren F1 and Esports teams a competitive advantage. Joined by Robert Castley, the team talks about how they Splunked the racing data and some of their favorite insights.

What do chicken coops and Operational Technology have in common? The Big Data Beard team sits down with Sean Tufts to hear about how Optiv is using the Splunk Edge Hub to secure OT environments. Sean talks about the future of OT Security, the impact of AI and some interesting use cases. The team learns about how Sean used the Splunk Edge Hub to secure his chicken coop and much more. 

The Big Data Beard team dives into the world of Generative AI and explores how Generative AI can be used with Splunk. The team chats with the founder of Splunkable, Michael Camp Bentley and creator of the Splunk Add-On for ChatGPT. Michael shares how the Splunk Add-on for ChatGPT works and the real world applications. The team discusses the growth and future of Generative AI and the implications for humanity. 

After a 3 year hiatus, AI is still a thing?!? We had a feeling it might be...which is why The Big Data Beard team is back on the podcast wagon! Join Cory, Kyle and Brett on this episode explaining what's been going on since the last episode and catch a glimpse of what's in store for the team as we restart this party.

Be sure to check out conf.splunk.com for all the details about Splunk's Annual User Conference and stay tuned for live-streamed episodes with the Beards live at Splunk .conf23!

You’ve heard Cory Minton (https://twitter.com/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 (https://instagram.com/andrew_rains_44?igshid=1xmsrtbkl2qv1) and Austin Gurley, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-gurley-1b966642/) who founded Apex Pro (https://apextrackcoach.com/).  Building on their experiences in FSAE (https://www.sae.org/attend/student-events) 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/ (https://apextrackcoach.com/shop/). Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/291731793).

The Big Data Beard Podcast is back!  To kick off our first episode of season 6, Cory Minton (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton) sits down with Amy Tenanes (https://twitter.com/AmyTenanes), Product Marketing Manager at Dell Technologies and Flavio Junquiera (https://twitter.com/fpjunqueira), 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 (http://pravega.io/), 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 (https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/index.htm) has incorporated Pravega into Dell's Streaming Data Platform (http://delltechnologies.com/StreamingDataPlatform), 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 (http://streamingsystems.net/) by Tyler Akidau?  Click here (http://pravega.io/) 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 (https://twitter.com/PravegaIO)!

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!

This week's podcast, we meet with Dave Normandeau, VP Global Technology Alliances and Business Development from Syncsort (https://www.syncsort.com/en/home). 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 (https://www.syncsort.com/en/resource-center/data-integration/solutionsheets/ironstream) product which is available in a free and paid version.

We're at Splunk's .conf 19 (https://conf.splunk.com) with SVP & GM Rick Fitz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-fitz-7b32461/). Rick climbs in the #IoTRV with Cory Minton (https://www.twitter.com/cory_minton) as they discuss Rick's history around campervans and IT software tools. We also hear about Splunk's recent acquisitions of SignalFX (https://www.signalfx.com/) 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!

Recorded at Splunk (http://www.splunk.com/)’s .conf 2019, Cory (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) sits down with Sendur Sellakumar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sendursellakumar), Chief Product Officer at Splunk to dive into all the great product announcements unveiled at the 10th annual .conf (https://conf.splunk.com/).  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 (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/software/enterprise-data-search-and-analysis.html), Data Stream Processor (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/software/stream-processing.html) and Splunk Enterprise 8.0 (https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/ReleaseNotes/MeetSplunk) and get insights into how Splunk is evolving to enable Data to Everything.

Splunk .conf (https://conf.splunk.com/) 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 (http://www.splunk.com)CEO Doug Merritt (https://www.splunk.com/blog/author/dmerritt.html).  Cory and Doug discuss Splunk's vision around Data to Everything (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/enterprise-data-platform.html), Splunk4Good (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/about-us/splunk4good.html), the Splunk community and much more.

Passing through Colorado on our Road Trip 2 .conf19 (https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/), we caught up with Andi Mann (https://twitter.com/andimann?lang=en), Chief Technology Advocate for Splunk (https://www.splunk.com/)in the final podcast before Splunk .conf19. (https://conf.splunk.com/) 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 (https://conf.splunk.com/learn/session-catalog.html?search=%22Andi%20Mann%22#/)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/ (https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/)

On day 11 of the Road Trip 2 .conf (https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/), Cory (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton)and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) sit down with Davitt Potter (https://twitter.com/davittjpotter?lang=en), Global Security Practice Lead and Frank Lyles (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-c-lyles-858538101), Splunk Sales Engineer to hear how Arrow (https://www.arrow.com/ecs/)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.

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, (http://www.getsiemplicity.com) and how it will utilize Splunk to simplify for SIEM. Be sure to checkout their 2018 .conf talk here. (https://conf.splunk.com/files/2018/recordings/10-must-have-apps-fn1072.mp4) Find out more here: http://bit.ly/RT2C-E8a Follow our entire adventure and all of our livestreams, podcasts, and live dashboards at https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/

Dell.com (http://www.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 (https://twitter.com/KylePrins?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett)sit down with the team charged with ensuring Dell.com is always up and running.  Scott Mosqueda (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-mosqueda-3680a11/), Sr. Director for SRE and Tanuj Arcot (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanujarcot), Lead SRE Engineer talk about their responsibility to keep Dell.com up and running and how they turned to Splunk (http://www.splunk.com)to help.  Scott and Tanuj go into how Splunk was introduced into the data center and the evolution of how it's been used.

On the 8th day of our Road Trip 2 .conf (https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/), we find ourselves at the Dell Technologies headquarters in Round Rock, TX.  Cory (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton)and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett)sit down with Dell's (http://www.dell.com)new Chief Digital Officer, Jen Felch (https://twitter.com/jenfelch?lang=en) 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.

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.

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.

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.

It's day 2 of our #RoadTrip2conf and today we are in Washington D.C meeting with Red River Technology (https://www.redriver.com/).  In today's podcast Cory (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)and Kyle (https://twitter.com/KylePrins?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)sit down with Kevin Steeprow (https://www.redriver.com/industry-news/podcast-4-for-4-with-kevin-steeprow), VP of Design Engineering and Ramon Thomas (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramon-thomas-9b0bb329), 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.

Its finally here! The Big Data Beard team has started its epic Road Trip 2 .conf (https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/) 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 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffchampagne).  In the first episode of season 5, Brett (https://twitter.com/bigdatabrett)and Kyle (https://twitter.com/KylePrins)sit down with Jeff and get his thoughts on how customers are deploying Splunk at scale, deployment trends and the evolution of SplunkNext (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/software/splunk-next.html).

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!

Data processing today is based on a “Store then Analyze” architecture born in the big-data era.  Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett)sit down with SWIM.AI (http://www.swim.ai) CTO Simon Crosby (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sicrosby) to hear about their recently launched DataFabric software is changing how organizations can stream, analyze and store data.  Announced on September 18th,  DataFabric (https://www.swim.ai/product/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.

Decoupling compute from storage has been a growing trend in the enterprise as organizations turn towards a data driven business.  Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Erin (https://twitter.com/banksek?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) sit down with Haoyuan (HY) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/haoyuanli1), Founder and CTO of Alluxio (https://www.alluxio.io/) 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 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Decoupling compute from storage has been a growing trend in the enterprise as organizations turn towards a data driven business.  Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Erin (https://twitter.com/banksek?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) sit down with Haoyuan (HY) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/haoyuanli1), Founder and CTO of Alluxio (https://www.alluxio.io/) 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 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

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 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-mckay-curtis-1400322a/), 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 (https://disneydataconference.com/) in Orlando, Florida. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us! Links: Changing Science of Machine Learning (http://www.isle.org/~langley/papers/changes.mlj11.pdf) Uncontrolled by Jim Manzi (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/uncontrolled-jim-manzi/1110780464) Stone Roses - Breaking into Heaven (https://music.apple.com/us/album/breaking-into-heaven/1440870988?i=1440871143) I Love You, Now Die (https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/i-love-you-now-die-the-commonwealth-v-michelle-carter)

Disney (https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/) 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, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-sterling-428860) 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 (https://disneydataconference.com/) in Orlando, Florida. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

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 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

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 (https://bit.ly/BDB_YTRTC2)

Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) get to sit down with Mr. @BigData, Ben Lorica (https://twitter.com/bigdata?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), 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.

Recorded at Rev2 (https://rev.dominodatalab.com), Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) and Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) get to sit down with Randi Ludwig (https://twitter.com/randirludwig), 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.

From a DVD company to a streaming company to a producer of some our favorite shows, Netflix (http://www.netflix.com) 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 (https://rev.dominodatalab.com),  Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) get to sit down with Michelle Ufford (https://twitter.com/michelleufford?lang=en), 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 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

From a DVD company to a streaming company to a producer of some our favorite shows, Netflix (http://www.netflix.com) 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 (https://rev.dominodatalab.com),  Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) get to sit down with Michelle Ufford (https://twitter.com/michelleufford?lang=en), 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 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) sit down Domino Data Lab's Co-Founder and CEO Nick Elprin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-elprin-0b30a038) to hear about how Domino Data Lab (https://www.dominodatalab.com/) 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 (https://rev.dominodatalab.com/) 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 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

From the Google File System that paved the way to Hadoop, to Tensor Processing Units to Kubernetes, Google (http://www.google.com) has been at the forefront of impactful technology innovation that has accelerated data analytics and AI.  Recorded from Domino Data Lab’s Rev2 (https://rev.dominodatalab.com/) Conference in New York City, Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) sit down with Rod Bodkin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronbodkin/) 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 (https://www.disneydataconference.com/home/) 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 (https://disneyurl.com/DDACGuestCode) to register with the promo code.

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.

Join Brett (https://twitter.com/bigdatabrett) and Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton) at Microsoft Build 2019 as we sit down with David Carmona (https://twitter.com/davidcsa?lang=en), GM of Microsoft AI, and Mark Hammond (https://twitter.com/markihammond), 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 (https://customers.microsoft.com/cs-cz/story/schneider-electric-process-mfg-resources-azure-machine-learning). 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!

Join Brett (https://twitter.com/bigdatabrett) and Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton) as they are at Microsoft's Build 2019 with Azure AI CVP, Eric Boyd (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emboyd/). 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 (https://news.microsoft.com/2019/01/07/kroger-and-microsoft-partner-to-redefine-customer-experience-introduce-digital-solutions-for-retail-industry/) and Starbucks (https://bigdatabeard.com/ill-take-my-starbucks-with-a-shot-of-ai/). 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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_(2008_film)) and his skill of counting cards.

With over 2.5 billion card holders making 74 billion transactions a year, MasterCard (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us.html) 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 (https://www.delltechnologiesworld.com/index.htm), Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) sit down with Nick Curcuru (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-curcuru-1557469), 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 (https://www.disneydataconference.com/home/) 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 (https://disneyurl.com/DDACGuestCode) to register with the promo code. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Pivotal’s (https://pivotal.io/) 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 (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) get to sit down with one of the industries’ great technologist Chad Sakac (https://twitter.com/sakacc?lang=en), 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. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle. Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

In this special episode of the Big Data Beard Podcast, Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) get to sit down with Josh Klahr (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jklahr), Splunk’s (http://www.splunk.com) VP of Product Management, Splunk Enterprise and Core Products to breakdown Splunk’s announcement today (https://www.splunk.com/blog/2019/05/01/splunk-enterprise-7-3-and-splunk-mltk-4-3-the-most-comprehensive-data-platform-to-date.html) 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!

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 announced the company’s new data science workbench, ML Manager, at the Spark + AI Summit 2019 (https://databricks.com/sparkaisummit/north-america) 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 (https://databricks.com/sparkaisummit/north-america/sessions-single-2019?id=199)” 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 (https://databricks.com/sparkaisummit/north-america), 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: * Domino Data Labs’ REV2 Conference (http://rev.dominodatalab.com/) in NYC May 23-24.   Use promo code BDB_REV100 to save $100 on your pass! * Data Science Salon (https://datascience.salon/newyork/) in NYC June 13.  Use promo code BDBEARD19 for 15% off your pass! http://bit.ly/BDB_YTC (http://bit.ly/BDB_YTC) Did you know we are on Spotify?  Tune in to The Big Data Beard! (https://open.spotify.com/show/62li7mm5ADkeXUS3tuOZ24) Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

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 (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) sat down with Reynold Xin, Co-Founder and Chief Architect, and Michael Armburst (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelarmbrust/), 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 (https://databricks.com/sparkaisummit/north-america), California in April 2019. Links DataBricks (https://databricks.com/) Reynold (https://databricks.com/speaker/reynold-xin) on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/reynoldxin/) & Twitter (https://twitter.com/rxin) Michael (https://databricks.com/speaker/michael-armbrust) on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelarmbrust/) & Twitter (https://twitter.com/michaelarmbrust) DeltaLake (https://delta.io/) and Announcement (https://databricks.com/session/announcing-databricks-delta) Apple Presentation on DeltaLake (https://databricks.com/session/keynote-from-apple) MLFlow (https://mlflow.org/) Videos from Spark+AI Summit 2019 (https://databricks.com/sparkaisummit/north-america/sessions) Reynold Keynote Recording (https://databricks.com/session/official-announcement-of-koalas-open-source-project) on Koalas Michael Keynote Recording (https://databricks.com/session/announcing-databricks-delta) on Delta Did you know we are on Spotify?  Tune in to The Big Data Beard! (https://open.spotify.com/show/62li7mm5ADkeXUS3tuOZ24) Don’t forget that we are going to Domino Data Labs’ upcoming REV2 Conference in NYC May 23-24.  Visit the REV Conference Website (http://REV.dominodatalab.com) and use promo code BDB_REV100 to save $100 on your pass! Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

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 (https://twitter.com/broberts2261) and Cory (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) sit down with Jack Norris of MapR Technologies (https://mapr.com/%20) 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 (https://conferences.oreilly.com/artificial-intelligence) 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 (https://bigdatabeard.com/2019-data-analytics-ai-conferences-you-should-attend/) to get the schedule and promo codes to save you 15% off your conference pass. Links FREE Training from MapR (https://mapr.com/training/courses/#On-Demand) - this is huge that they offer this for free Machine Learning Logistics Book (https://mapr.com/ebook/machine-learning-logistics/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=adwords_q4&utm_content=ml_logistics_book&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=adwords_q4&utm_content=ai_ml_ebook&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2IrmBRCJARIsAJZDdxCaSUVQ86TIHforA3M6VyvHAKj-_BVmwXxUfDR88rEOHdkpMb0PxZAaAqVkEALw_wcB) - authored by MapR folks MapR Disaggregated Storage Layer (https://mapr.com/products/mapr-xd/) MapR Platform (https://mapr.com/products/) KubeFlow (https://www.kubeflow.org/) Mapr Event (https://mapr.com/resources/events/) Insatek (https://www.incitecpivot.com.au/) - Australian Explosion as a Service The Couple Next Door (https://www.amazon.com/Couple-Next-Door-Shari-Lapena/dp/0735221081/ref=sr_1_2?crid=303JV4UIDECAN&keywords=the+couple+next+door&qid=1556298315&s=gateway&sprefix=the+couple+%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-2) - book recommendation from Jack Americans (https://www.netflix.com/title/70269397) - Jack’s binge-worthy show Martin Miller’s Gin (http://www.martinmillersgin.com/) Did you know we are on Spotify?  Tune in to The Big Data Beard! (https://open.spotify.com/show/62li7mm5ADkeXUS3tuOZ24) Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

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 (https://twitter.com/broberts2261) and Cory (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) sit down with Anna Bethke (https://twitter.com/data_beth)from Intel (http://intel.com/)to 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 Conference (https://conferences.oreilly.com/artificial-intelligence)in 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 (https://bigdatabeard.com/2019-data-analytics-ai-conferences-you-should-attend/) to get the schedule and promo codes to save you 15% off your conference pass.

Brett (https://twitter.com/broberts2261) and Cory (https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) get the low down on Domino Data Lab’s (https://www.dominodatalab.com/) Data Science Platform with returning guest, VP of Marketing Jon Rooney (https://twitter.com/rooneythesis) and their Deputy CTO, Ozzy Johnson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozzyjohnson/).  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 (https://rev.dominodatalab.com/), the Domino sponsored Data Science Conference in NYC May 23-24.

Recorded at Microsoft’s office in Bellevue WA, Brett (https://twitter.com/broberts2261) and Kyle (https://twitter.com/kyleprins) 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.   DataWorks Summit is taking place in Washington DC May 20th-23rd.  If you are interested in attending this exciting event, use Promo Code BDBEARD19 for 15% off your conference pass. Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!