

Data Driven
Data Driven
Data Driven: the podcast where we explore the emerging field of Data Science. We bring the best minds in Data, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence right to you every Tuesday.
The field of data science mashes up the worlds of statistics, database architecture and software engineering. Data Scientist has been labelled by the Harvard Business Review, as "the sexiest job of the 21st century." A quick search of job search sites reveal that this field is in high demand.
In a world where Data is the new Oil, Data Science the new Refineries, consider this Car Talk for the Data Age. Every week we bring the best minds in this emerging field straight to you. Our goal is to educate and inspire our listeners so that they can be prepared to thrive in a Data Driven world.
The field of data science mashes up the worlds of statistics, database architecture and software engineering. Data Scientist has been labelled by the Harvard Business Review, as "the sexiest job of the 21st century." A quick search of job search sites reveal that this field is in high demand.
In a world where Data is the new Oil, Data Science the new Refineries, consider this Car Talk for the Data Age. Every week we bring the best minds in this emerging field straight to you. Our goal is to educate and inspire our listeners so that they can be prepared to thrive in a Data Driven world.
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Nov 7, 2019 • 3min
*DataPoint* Andy Speaks with SentryOne CEO Bob Potter
In this Data Point, Andy chats with SentryOne CEO Bob Potter while roaming the expo floor at PASS 2019 Summit.
This is part of our on going coverage of PASS 2019 Summit.
Let us know in the comments how we’re doing and what you’d like to see.
Live video version of this Data Point is at https://www.facebook.com/DataDrivenTV/videos/2362966150499722/
Watch all our live videos at https://www.facebook.com/DataDrivenTV.
Like us on Facebook to be notified of when we go live.

Nov 7, 2019 • 4min
*DataPoint* Hanging Out with #SQLGeeks at PASS 2019
In this Data Point, Andy chats with SQL GEEKs while roaming the expo floor at PASS 2019 Summit.
This is part of our on going coverage of PASS 2019 Summit.
Let us know in the comments how we’re doing and what you’d like to see.
Live video version of this Data Point is at https://www.facebook.com/DataDrivenTV/videos/538984283584445/
Watch all our live videos at https://www.facebook.com/DataDrivenTV.
Like us on Facebook to be notified of when we go live.

Nov 6, 2019 • 4min
*DataPoint* PASS 2019 Welcome Reception
In this Data Point, Andy bumps into some familiar faces on the way to the PASS 2019 Welcome Reception where Grant Fritchey kicks off the festivities.
Link to CozyRoc
Fun fact: Frank used to work with Grant Fritchey back in the 90s at a large investment bank on Wall Street. Small World.
Video version available at: https://www.facebook.com/DataDrivenTV/videos/790212794754980/

Nov 6, 2019 • 10min
*DataPoint* Andy Arrives at PASS 2019
In this Data Point, we follow Andy as he walks his way through PASS 2019 registration and into the rarefied air of the speakers’ area.

Nov 5, 2019 • 2min
*DataPoint* Andy is on the Way to Seattle for PASS 2019
In this Data Point, Andy talks to us outside of a Waffle House in Raleigh about announcements from Ignite and his upcoming trip to the PASS Summit.
Transcript (experimental)
Hey all this is Andy an this is the beginning.
Well, not really. It’s kind of in the middle of
my trip to PASS Summit,
2019 looking forward to getting out to Seattle,
catching up with old friends,
making new friends. And we’re in my Redgate shirt today
friend of Redgate Awesome company.
Love you guys looking forward to seeing you all too.
And I am in Raleigh.
I am at Waffle House.
No one who knows
me will be surprised by that.
And. I’m going to grab a quick bite to eat
catch the first flight.
And I’ve gotta connect and of course,
every now and then I Get Lucky and get a
direct flight from
RDU to Seattle but exciting news out of ignite yesterday.
If you didn’t get a chance to watch those keynotes.
You can watch him on YouTube.
They’re all over such a an the crew dropped a
bunch of announcements about new cool tech coming out very
impressed.
I was very impressed by a lot of what I
saw there.
SQL Azure SQL, DW has been rebranded that was a
big one.
Just looking at this whole approach where they seem to
be using the technology that they built to stack new
technology on Top of it absolutely love that approach.
This is the little individual units of technology are like
design patterns and seeing them put those design patterns together
in these little chunks together.
I liken it to Legos.
And they built the you know the bottom
layers already and now they’re building on Top of that
it’s pretty cool stuff.
And you know, there’s a lot of marketing
mix in their marketing is not a bad thing,
but from a technology standpoint if it does any of
what they said it does it still pretty good leap
forward an I’m sure that it does
it probably does more than they mentioned so as I
head out this morning to breakfast.
I hope all of you are having a
great day. If you can’t make it just passed summit.
There’s past TV and they’ll be showing the key notes
from the past summit,
you can watch the ignite.
Keynotes as well, and it’s going to be a neat
week,
Anna in technology, so you’ll be good.

Oct 22, 2019 • 7min
*DataPoint* In Defense of Siraj Raval
In this DataPoint, Frank explains why Siraj Raval has been and still can be a force for good and the democratization of AI.

Oct 20, 2019 • 1min
*DataPoint* Live from SQLBI Saturday Atlanta with Patrick Leblanc
In this DataPoint, Andy talks with Patrick Leblanc about some of the AI features of PowerBI live from SQL BI Saturday Atlanta.

Oct 15, 2019 • 1h 8min
*Special* Neural Networks from the Ground Up
Continuing our live coverage of Azure Data Fest Fall 2019 in Reston is this session by Frank La Vigne.
Neural Networks from the Ground Up
Neural networks are an essential element of many advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. However, few people understand the core mathematical or structural underpinnings of this concept. In this session, learn the basic structure of neural networks and how to build out a simple neural network from scratch with Python.
This episode was recorded live at the Azure Data Fest in Reston, VA on Oct 11, 2019.
You can watch the entire live stream here: http://franksworld.com/2019/10/11/azure-data-fest-reston-live-stream/

Oct 15, 2019 • 54min
*Special* Linux on Azure with James Genus, Jr
Continuing our live coverage of Azure Data Fest Fall 2019 in Reston is this session by James Genus, Jr on Linux on Azure.
About the Speaker:
James Genus Jr. has been working in technology for 25+ years across many industries including commercial, public and non-profit sectors. In 1997, he started using Linux which led to eventually working for Red Hat. Currently, he works for Microsoft as an Azure Cloud Solution Architect.
This episode was recorded live at the Azure Data Fest in Reston, VA on Oct 11, 2019.
You can watch the entire live stream here: http://franksworld.com/2019/10/11/azure-data-fest-reston-live-stream/

Oct 12, 2019 • 58min
*Special* Global Application Deployment for Scalability and Availability
Jay Kumar presents “Global Application Deployment for Scalability and Availability.”
A case study of app deployment in Azure using our PaaS services for high availability and scalability.
This session will cover a deployment of a globally available application architecture and best practices.
This episode was recorded live at the Azure Data Fest in Reston, VA on Oct 11, 2019.
You can watch the entire live stream here: http://franksworld.com/2019/10/11/azure-data-fest-reston-live-stream/