Speaking of Data

Fern Halper, Ph.D., TDWI vice president and senior research director for advanced analytics, joins host Andrew Miller to define some of the most commonly used terminology when discussing generative AI - including foundation model, prompt engineering, and hallucinations. To learn more about this topic please visit What is Generative AI?

Evan Levy, industry consultant and parnter at Integral Data, LLC, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss the evolution of the concept and execution of a data strategy - including the need for a data strategy, the challenges of operating without one, and a preview of Evan's courses at TDWI Orlando. To learn more about Evan's courses, and to see the full agenda for both the TDWI Seminar on "Building Your Company's Data Strategy" as well as TDWI Orlando, please visit TDWI Upcoming Events.

Kevin Bohan, Director of Product Marketing with Denodo, and Liam Yu, Product Marketer with Hitachi Vantara, discuss the challenges and solutions for data management in distributed environments, data governance challenges and recommendations, the significance of data strategy and access control, and exploring the future of AI and Hitachi's data management solutions.

Danny Sandwell and Conor Jensen discuss the Best Practices Report on achieving scalable, agile and comprehensive data management and governance. They explore building effective data governance, accelerating access to timely data, and the challenges of data governance. They also talk about their expertise in data and analytics, weather analysis, and the major challenges organizations face in data governance.

David Stodder, Senior research director for business intelligence with TDWI, discusses best practices for data management and governance, including topics like data integration, data monetization, data quality, legacy technologies, and the role of AI and automation. The podcast also explores the varying success levels of organizations in managing and governing their data, the potential of generative AI for data management and governance, and best practices for scalable and agile data management. Listeners are encouraged to download the Best Practices Report from tdwi.org.

James Kobielus, senior research director for data management at TDWI, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss vector databases - including the principal use cases and the skills and tools needed to work with vector databases. To explore this topic further please visit Explore Generative AI.

Mark Peco, CBIP, analytics consultant and instructor, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss dimensional modeling - including the concepts of dimensional modeling, the relationship between business metrics and dimensional data, and a preview of Mark's course at TDWI Orlando. To learn more about Mark's course, and to see the full agenda for TDWI Orlando, please visit TDWI Upcoming Events.

Lee Feinberg, president of DecisionViz, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss data visualizations - including a preview of Lee's workshop at TDWI Orlando. To learn more about Lee's workshop and to see the full agenda for TDWI Orlando please visit TDWI Upcoming Events.

Fern Halper, Ph.D., TDWI vice president and senior research director for advanced analytics, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss data management in the age of AI - including a preview of the Executive Summit at TDWI Orlando as well as exciting use cases and potential challenges. To learn more about TDWI Orlando, and to view the full agenda, please visit upcoming TDWI Events.

Richard Hines, analytics consultant and educator, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss the scope of data governance - including the importance of data governance and best practices for success. For more information about TDWI Orlando and to view the full agenda please visit TDWI Orlando Conference.