Ep. 169 The Cloud, Data Strategy, and the Federal Government

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Congressman Gerry Connely maintains that that the platform is the solution; today, we discuss the topic of data strategy with Rob Carey of Cloudera.

Rob begins by stating that when it comes to managing data, you need to consider what the outcome may be.

For example, if you are assembling data on nuclear weapons, you need much more care than putting together traffic information.

Some would say that this is the difference between serious data and a newly coined phrase “Everyday AI.” In other words, negligible risk decisions. This differentiation can assist in making budget decisions.

Rob goes on to discuss the expanded attack surface. With all of today’s sensors and data centers, many agencies are starting to use “petabytes” to describe the amount of information they are ingesting.

Companies like Cloudera can assist federal tech leaders by giving them a system where they can provide governance. For example, he describes an offering called Cloudera Security Governance Lineage. This provides a view of data from “soup to nuts.”  Allowing managers to profile data, clean the data, and provide lineage tracking.

Federal agencies must not treat all data as being equal. Limited resources force systems administrators to view data from legacy systems, the hybrid cloud, and new sensors as part of a priority.