Ryan Plas

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 &amp; partners. Love the Splunk community? Give this episode a listen. Full shownotes here

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 &amp; partners. Love the Splunk community? Give this episode a listen. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e10/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

The Splunk Trust & Splunk Community with Ryan Plas - #VR2C

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, &amp; 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.  Full shownotes here

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, &amp; 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. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e9/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

Splunk at Intel with Jac Noel & Merritte Stidston - #VR2C

Karthik Rau

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.   Full shownotes here

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. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e8/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

Splunk Observability & OpenTelemetry with Karthik Rau - #VR2C

Brian Clarke

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! Full shownotes here

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! <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e7/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

Ethical Hacking and Splunk Security with Red River's Brian Clarke - #VR2C

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.    Full shownotes here

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. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e6/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

The Arrow Autonomous Race Car with Joshua Parrish - #VR2C

Will Hudson

Welcome to day five of our Virtual Race to .conf20 #VR2C! Our guests today are Jaynene Hapanowicz – CTO of Dell Digital, &amp; 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.   Full shownotes here

Welcome to day five of our Virtual Race to .conf20 #VR2C! Our guests today are Jaynene Hapanowicz – CTO of Dell Digital, &amp; 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. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

Splunk at Dell with Jaynene Hapanowicz & Will Hudson - #VR2C

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.   Full shownotes here

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. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

The Splunk Security Landscape with Albert Biketi - #VR2C

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.   Full shownotes here 

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. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

Racing Data Insights with McLaren and Splunk - #VR2C

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.   Full shownotes here

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. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

Splunk AIOps with Kia Behnia - #VR2C

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.   Full shownotes here

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. <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full shownotes here</a>

Splunk and IOT with Red River's Amin Murad - #VR2C

Welcome to The Big Data Beard podcast, where we explore the trends, technology, and talented people making Big Data a big deal.

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Big Data Beard

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...

Data Wrangling Made Simple with Trifacta

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!

Decoupling compute from storage has been a growing trend in the enterprise as organizations turn towards a data driven business.  <a href="https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cory</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/banksek?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Erin</a> sit down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/haoyuanli1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Haoyuan (HY)</a>, Founder and CTO of <a href="https://www.alluxio.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alluxio</a> 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 <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Belle</a>.  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

Justin Bieber

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,

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

Databricks

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.LinksDataBricks Reynold on LinkedIn &amp; Twitter Michael on LinkedIn &amp; Twitter DeltaLake and Announcement Apple Presentation on DeltaLake MLFlow Videos from Spark+AI Summit 2019 Reynold Keynote Recording on KoalasMichael Keynote Recording on DeltaDid 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!

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

Spark of The Future with DataBricks

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

Recorded at the <a href="https://datascience.salon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Data Science Salon</a> in Austin, <a href="https://twitter.com/Cory_Minton?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cory Minton</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/broberts2261" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett Roberts</a> 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 <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/62li7mm5ADkeXUS3tuOZ24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Big Data Beard!</a> Music from this episode is by <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Belle</a>.  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Data science for everyone with DataGig's data scientist market place

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

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: <a href="https://bit.ly/BDB_YTRTC2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/BDB_YTRTC2</a>

The Big Data Beard Road to Splunk .conf 2019

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...

Exploring the magical world of Disney Data Analytics

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...

Changing the Processing Paradigm with Pravega and Apache Flink

Doug Merritt

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...

A view from the top... Splunk CEO Doug Merritt talks to the Big Data Beard

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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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!

With over 2.5 billion card holders making 74 billion transactions a year, <a href="https://www.mastercard.us/en-us.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MasterCard</a> 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 <a href="https://www.delltechnologiesworld.com/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dell Technologies World</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cory</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett</a> sit down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-curcuru-1557469" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Curcuru</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.disneydataconference.com/home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Disney Data &amp; Analytics Conference</a> 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 &amp; 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. <a href="https://disneyurl.com/DDACGuestCode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> to register with the promo code. Music from this episode is by <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Belle</a>.  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Dealing with Scale and Security: How MasterCard is Mastering the Game

Jeff Champagne

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.

Its finally here! The Big Data Beard team has started its epic <a href="https://bigdatabeard.com/road-trip-to-conf-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Road Trip 2 .conf</a> today.  I can think of no better way to kick off our Road Trip series of podcasts than with Splunk's very own <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffchampagne" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Champagne</a>.  In the first episode of season 5, <a href="https://twitter.com/bigdatabrett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/KylePrins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kyle </a>sit down with Jeff and get his thoughts on how customers are deploying Splunk at scale, deployment trends and the evolution of <a href="https://www.splunk.com/en_us/software/splunk-next.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SplunkNext</a>.

Splunk Architecture with Splunk's Jeff Champagne

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,

BlueData brings Big Data expertise to Kubernetes

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...

A shot of espresso with Scott Kahler from Pivotal

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!

In this special episode of the Big Data Beard Podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cory</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett</a> get to sit down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jklahr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josh Klahr</a>, <a href="http://www.splunk.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Splunk’s</a> VP of Product Management, Splunk Enterprise and Core Products to breakdown <a href="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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Splunk’s announcement today</a> 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!

New Splunk Enterprise Release - An Executive Insight

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...

Splunk for Industrial IoT with Seema Haji

Recorded at Microsoft’s office in Bellevue WA, Brett and Kyle sit down with John "JG” Chirapurath, General Manager for Azure Data &amp; 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.      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.  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

Recorded at Microsoft’s office in Bellevue WA, <a href="https://twitter.com/broberts2261" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/kyleprins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kyle</a> sit down with <a href="https://twitter.com/originaljgc?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John "JG” </a><a href="https://twitter.com/originaljgc?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chirapurath</a>, General Manager for Azure Data &amp; 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. 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 <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Belle</a>.  Please go check him out...you'll thank us!

A glimpse into Microsoft's Data and AI strategy

Wrapping up Strata Data San Jose conference by talking about driving human progress with data and analytics. Cory &amp; 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...

Fighting Cancer with Machine Learning

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!Links:Changing Science of Machine Learning Uncontrolled by Jim Manzi Stone Roses - Breaking into Heaven I Love You, Now Die

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

Decision Science at Disney with McKay Curtis

Cory Minton sits down with John Lambert from SAS &amp; 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...

Enabling exploratory analytics with SAS & Blue Data

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 ...

Palmaz Vineyards: Innovating Wine Through Data

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