Tony Ayaz's guest appearances

Tony Ayaz

Making Data Simple

Happy Market Research Podcast

Matt Cowell

Patrick Campbell

Yancey Strickler

Steve Robinson

David Collins

Nick Caldwell

Greg Edwards

Scott Taylor

Beth Smith

Rob Thomas

Michelle Peluso

Daniel Benoit

Daniel Hernandez

Al Martin

Jad Chehlawi

OwlTail

Welcome to the 2019 Predictive Analytics World (PAW) Conference Series. Recorded live in Las Vegas, this series is bringing interviews straight to you from exhibitors and speakers at this year’s event. In this interview, host Jamin Brazil interviews Tony Ayaz, CEO and Co-founder of Gemini Data Inc. Find Tony Online:Email: tony.ayaz@geminidata.comLinkedInGemini Data Inc.[00:02]Tony, when did you start Gemini?[00:03]  We started the company in 2015.[00:06]  2015.  We’re in the Happy Market Research Podcast right now.  We’re at Predictive Analytics World and Marketing Analytics World and there’s lots of worlds in this particular conference. I think there’s like twelve.  Have you guys been to this conference before? [00:19]  This is actually our first time at this conference.  And for us, I think it’s a win because what we’re looking for is real users with real pain a little bit beyond the typical IT folks that we’re looking for.[00:32]  Got it.  So, you’re based out of San Francisco.  You started the business in 2015; so, you’ve had some success obviously.  Tell me a little bit about what you guys do.[00:41]Sure.  At Gemini Data, we help our customers with digital transformation initiatives.  What I mean by that is we help customers achieve data availability.  And data availability is a necessary requirement today if you’re really looking to do something significant or on digital transformation, AI, or ML initiatives.  And what we mean by that is that you have to access to data and you have to make that data available.  And there’s a lot of talk about out-of-the-box machine learning solutions and things that are out there in the market.  But the reality is that if you’re doing complex things and trying to run your business, you need data diversity, and you only get that through data availability.  And so, what we do is we leverage the customer’s existing investments in various, different data platforms:  it could be in a CSV; it could be in a data lake.  It doesn’t really matter to us.  We have a method that we apply called Zero Copy Data Virtualization that actually takes your data that’s sourced without you to move or copy that data or do the complex ETL processes that we’ve all been used to for the past two to three decades, which just simply doesn’t scale with AI.    [01:47]Data diversity is a term I’ve never heard before, but it is my favorite one in this conference.  Diversity is something that we’ve... we’re becoming more and more aware, especially in the Bay Area, like Silicon Valley...  I’d say globally you’re seeing...  The math is that if you have more diversity in your senior leadership team, then you have a better world view, which gives you an improved advantage in the marketplace, right?       [02:12]   Exactly.[02:13]And what’s interesting is how you’re connecting that in with data.  It isn’t about a single… right?  It’s about different types of data.  You mentioned CSV versus data lake, which are vastly different, like profoundly different.  Your system is able to ingest both of those? [02:32]  I wouldn’t say ingest, access those systems.[02:35]Got it[02:36]We don’t want you to move or copy the data, but we allow you to access it in a unified way.[02:40]OK, cool.  So that bypasses some PIII?[02:42]Yes, it bypasses it in the sense that you’re giving access to people that should have access to it.  So we follow the same protocols of data access they have as their role or authority would provide them.  But we take it a step further of looking into five years from now, Zero Trust Networks are going to be deployed, which is a new, let’s call it, security protocol or methodology, which basically changes things versus where we’re at today:  It’s the perimeter of defense, which I’m going to put firewalls around things; I’m going to give you access to things you should have; and then when ...

Welcome to the 2019 Predictive Analytics World (PAW) Conference Series. Recorded live in Las Vegas, this series is bringing interviews straight to you from exhibitors and speakers at this year’s event. In this interview, host Jamin Brazil interviews Tony Ayaz, CEO and Co-founder of Gemini Data Inc. Find Tony Online: Email: tony.ayaz@geminidata.com LinkedIn Gemini Data Inc. [00:02] Tony, when did you start Gemini? [00:03]   We started the company in 2015. [00:06]   2015.  We’re in the Happy Market Research Podcast right now.  We’re at Predictive Analytics World and Marketing Analytics World and there’s lots of worlds in this particular conference. I think there’s like twelve.  Have you guys been to this conference before?  [00:19]   This is actually our first time at this conference.  And for us, I think it’s a win because what we’re looking for is real users with real pain a little bit beyond the typical IT folks that we’re looking for. [00:32]   Got it.  So, you’re based out of San Francisco.  You started the business in 2015; so, you’ve had some success obviously.  Tell me a little bit about what you guys do. [00:41] Sure.  At Gemini Data, we help our customers with digital transformation initiatives.  What I mean by that is we help customers achieve data availability. And data availability is a necessary requirement today if you’re really looking to do something significant or on digital transformation, AI, or ML initiatives.  And what we mean by that is that you have to access to data and you have to make that data available. And there’s a lot of talk about out-of-the-box machine learning solutions and things that are out there in the market. But the reality is that if you’re doing complex things and trying to run your business, you need data diversity, and you only get that through data availability.  And so, what we do is we leverage the customer’s existing investments in various, different data platforms: it could be in a CSV; it could be in a data lake. It doesn’t really matter to us. We have a method that we apply called Zero Copy Data Virtualization that actually takes your data that’s sourced without you to move or copy that data or do the complex ETL processes that we’ve all been used to for the past two to three decades, which just simply doesn’t scale with AI.     [01:47] Data diversity is a term I’ve never heard before, but it is my favorite one in this conference.  Diversity is something that we’ve... we’re becoming more and more aware, especially in the Bay Area, like Silicon Valley...  I’d say globally you’re seeing... The math is that if you have more diversity in your senior leadership team, then you have a better world view, which gives you an improved advantage in the marketplace, right?        [02:12]    Exactly. [02:13] And what’s interesting is how you’re connecting that in with data.  It isn’t about a single… right? It’s about different types of data.  You mentioned CSV versus data lake, which are vastly different, like profoundly different.  Your system is able to ingest both of those?  [02:32]   I wouldn’t say ingest, access those systems. [02:35] Got it [02:36] We don’t want you to move or copy the data, but we allow you to access it in a unified way. [02:40] OK, cool.  So that bypasses some PIII? [02:42] Yes, it bypasses it in the sense that you’re giving access to people that should have access to it.  So we follow the same protocols of data access they have as their role or authority would provide them.  But we take it a step further of looking into five years from now, Zero Trust Networks are going to be deployed, which is a new, let’s call it, security protocol or methodology, which basically changes things versus where we’re at today:  It’s the perimeter of defense, which I’m going to put firewalls around things; I’m going to give you access to things you should have; and then when ...

PAW 2019 Conference Series - Tony Ayaz - Gemini Data

Tony Ayaz, CEO and cofounder of Gemini Data, joins us on "Making Data Simple" to discuss industry challenges involving data, and his commitment to supporting start-ups. Host Al  Martin and Tony manage to put what would be considered a high-level, technical topic into simple terms that anyone could follow along to. Listen in to get a fresh perspective on the world of data and entrepreneurship. --------------------------Show notes00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud.00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter 00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter 00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter 00:42 - Connect with Tony Ayaz on LinkedIn and at Geminidata.com08:37 - Learn more about the rise of autonomous data infrastructures.   11:22 - Q: Do you know the difference between imperative and declarative query languages?   16:09 - Get up to speed with data virtualization.   28:59 - Founder.org is committed to mentoring and supporting start-ups.Follow @IBMAnalytics

Tony Ayaz, CEO and cofounder of Gemini Data, joins us on "Making Data Simple" to discuss industry challenges involving data, and his commitment to supporting start-ups. Host Al  Martin and Tony manage to put what would be considered a high-level, technical topic into simple terms that anyone could follow along to. Listen in to get a fresh perspective on the world of data and entrepreneurship.  --------------------------Show notes00:00 - Check us out on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5hGeG0Npnu7NOKzuajXm0w?view_as=subscriber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.soundcloud.com/mds_podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoundCloud.</a> 00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-moore-0915291/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/SteveMooreATX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a> 00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-seston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn </a>and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/LiamSeston" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a> 00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/findingrachit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> 00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-martin-ku/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/amartin_v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a> 00:42 - Connect with Tony Ayaz on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyayaz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> and at <a href="https://www.geminidata.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Geminidata.com</a> 08:37 - Learn more about the rise of <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/the-rise-of-autonomous-data-platforms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">autonomous data infrastructures</a>.    11:22 - Q: Do you know the difference between <a href="https://neo4j.com/blog/imperative-vs-declarative-query-languages/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">imperative and declarative query languages</a>?    16:09 - Get up to speed with <a href="https://www.denodo.com/en/data-virtualization/overview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">data virtualization</a>.    28:59 - <a href="http://founder.org/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder.org</a> is committed to mentoring and supporting start-ups.<a href="https://twitter.com/IBMAnalytics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow @IBMAnalytics</a>

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