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Big Data Beard
by Big Data Beard
Welcome to The Big Data Beard podcast, where we explore the trends, technology, and talented people making Big Data a big deal.
Episodes
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The Splunk Trust & Splunk Community with Ryan Plas - #VR2C
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...
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Splunk at Intel with Jac Noel & Merritte Stidston - #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, & Merritte Stidston – Technical Solution Specialist in Intel’s data platforms sales group. We hear how Intel is using Splunk internally, as well…
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Splunk Observability & OpenTelemetry with Karthik Rau - #VR2C
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...
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Ethical Hacking and Splunk Security with Red River's Brian Clarke - #VR2C
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…
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The Arrow Autonomous Race Car with Joshua Parrish - #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...
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Splunk at Dell with Jaynene Hapanowicz & Will Hudson - #VR2C
Welcome to day five of our Virtual Race to .conf20 #VR2C! Our guests today are Jaynene Hapanowicz – CTO of Dell Digital, & 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…
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The Splunk Security Landscape with Albert Biketi - #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...
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Racing Data Insights with McLaren and Splunk - #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...
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Splunk AIOps with Kia Behnia - #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.…
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Splunk and IOT with Red River's Amin Murad - #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…
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The technologies that power AI with Nvidia's Chris Milroy
We've talked a lot about the application and use cases around Artificial Intelligence but we have not really gone into the infrastructure that is powering this awesome technology. In the season 7 finally of the Big Data Beard Podcast, Brett sits down with Nvidia's Chris Milroy to dig into the...
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Talking To Servers and building Splunk Add-ons with Dean Jackson
Join Cory Minton as he chats with Kyle Prins & Dean Jackson around their newest development, The Redfish Add-on for Splunk! We dive into the history of Redfish, why open standards are important, and how to get started with redfish. We also discuss the use cases of monitoring your servers via the...
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The Three Pillars of AI in Federal with GAI
Today Cory and Kyle sit down with GAI President, Jay Lambke, and CTO Prem Jadwhani. GAI, or Government Acquisitions, is a Federal ISO-certified VAR focused on empowering Federal missions with cutting-edge research and development. Jay and Prem also discuss how the Federa is adopting machine...
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The Virtual Race to .Conf20 Announcement!
One year ago, the Big Data Beard Team set out on the most epic roadtrip on the #IOTRV. We learned a lot about Splunk, IOT data, and living in an RV. However, this year threw us a curveball. So we decided to make our epic roadtrip even more awesome! With Splunk .conf20 being virtual (as have most…
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Data Literacy and the Rise of the Citizen Data Scientist with Quanthub
In this week’s podcast, Cory Minton sits down with returning guest Matt Cowell, CEO of Quanthub, to hear about some of the innovation and changes that have been taking place at Quanthub over the past year. Quanthub, whose mission is to enable organizations to build great capabilities in data from...
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Smart Home Success with Dean Jackson
We're back for season 7! We hope you've all been safe and well. As for us, we've been social distancing, masking up, and balming our beards here. Oh! And we've been upgrading our smart homes! Since we haven't shared much, we thought we'd do that for today's episode. Today, Brett and Kyle are...
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Data Makes Us Faster: Apex Pro Digital Driving Coach
You’ve heard Cory Minton talk about his love of cars a lot on the Big Data Beard podcast, and in this episode he is joined by two fellow automotive enthusiasts, Andrew Raines and Austin Gurley, who founded Apex Pro. Building on their experiences in FSAE while attending Auburn University, these…
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Streaming Storage Reimagined
The Big Data Beard Podcast is back! To kick off our first episode of season 6, Cory Minton sits down with Amy Tenanes, Product Marketing Manager at Dell Technologies and Flavio Junquiera, Senior Distinguished Engineer at Dell Technologies to talk about all things streaming. In today's modern...
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The past, present, and future of the Big Data Beard
2019 has been a wild ride for the Big Data Beard podcast with a ton of great shows, all culminating in Season 5 and the epic Road Trip to Splunk .conf. During this episode, the team shares stories from the road, hard lessons learned in building the IOT RV and discuss the key takeaways from all of...
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Moving Data from Legacy to Next-Gen Platforms with Syncsort
This week's podcast, we meet with Dave Normandeau, VP Global Technology Alliances and Business Development from Syncsort. And Dave Hodgson, Chief Product Officer, from Syncsort. We review their 51 year old business and how they built the company around innovative data management products.…
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Signalfx and Other Splunk Aquisitions with Rick Fitz
We're at Splunk's .conf 19 with SVP & GM Rick Fitz. Rick climbs in the #IoTRV with Cory Minton as they discuss Rick's history around campervans and IT software tools. We also hear about Splunk's recent acquisitions of SignalFX among other new logos to join the family. Rick shares what exactly…
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Big Announcements Coming From .conf: A talk with Chief Product Officer Sendur Sellakumar
Recorded at Splunk’s .conf 2019, Cory sits down with Sendur Sellakumar, Chief Product Officer at Splunk to dive into all the great product announcements unveiled at the 10th annual .conf. Every year, Splunk releases multitudes of features into Splunk Enterprise to provide customers with a best in...
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.conf Excitement with the Chief Splunker
Splunk .conf is one of our favorite weeks of the year. After a 14 day #RoadTrip2conf we couldn't think of a better way to start our .conf19 then to sit down with Splunk CEO Doug Merritt. Cory and Doug discuss Splunk's vision around Data to Everything, Splunk4Good, the Splunk community and much more.
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Splunk & DevOps with Andi Mann
Passing through Colorado on our Road Trip 2 .conf19, we caught up with Andi Mann, Chief Technology Advocate for Splunk in the final podcast before Splunk .conf19. Tune in to hear Andi share innovative stories from his work in DevOps and how organizations use the powerful Splunk platform to mine...
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Security & IOT: How Arrow is powering innovation
On day 11 of the Road Trip 2 .conf, Cory and Brett sit down with Davitt Potter, Global Security Practice Lead and Frank Lyles, Splunk Sales Engineer to hear how Arrow is helping customers manage the complexities and ever the evolving landscape important areas like security and IoT. At the…
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A Peek Inside Splunxter with Gregg and Noah Woodcock
Join us in Dallas, Texas when we catch up with Gregg Woodcock & Noah Woodcock to learn why and how they built Splunxter, their Splunk consulting practice during The Big Data Beard Road Trip to Splunk's .conf 2019! We also chat about Gregg's activity on Splunk Answers as well as the Dallas Splunk...
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Dell.com: Site Reliability Engineering with Splunk
Dell.com is one of the most frequently visited eCommerce sites and is a major contributor to Dell Technologies revenue. Where even minutes of downtime could cause millions in lost revenue, it's up to the Dell Technologies Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team to ensure continuous availability.…
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A Glimpse into Dell's Digital Transformation Journey with Jen Felch
On the 8th day of our Road Trip 2 .conf, we find ourselves at the Dell Technologies headquarters in Round Rock, TX. Cory and Brett sit down with Dell's new Chief Digital Officer, Jen Felch to hear about Dell's vision for digital transformation. In a organization where digital transformation is a...
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An Inside Look at The Splunk Trust
Join Cory and Kyle in Nashville, TN as we go under the Fez, into the mind of the Splunk Trust. We chat with Splunk Trust members Duane "DuckFez" Waddle and George Starcher, discussing the history of Splunk Trust, how Duane became "DuckFez", and what really goes into being able to wear the black...
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How Red River Technology is Solving Data Analytics Challenges
It's Day 4 of our #RoadTrip2conf! In our journey so far, we have traveled across 9 states and have had some excellent conversations. For the podcast today, Kevin Steeprow and Ramon Taylor join Cory and Kyle for round 2. Kevin and Ramon provide a deeper look into the tools and technologies that...
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Splunk Powering Public Sector with Splunk's Juliana Vida
We are just outside Washington DC on day 2 of the #RoadTrip2Conf. Join us as Brett and Cory sit down with Navy veteran and Splunk's Public Sector Chief Technical Advisor, Juliana Vida. Juliana shares insights from her career as a naval officer turned technologist. She also provides advice for...
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Red River Technologies: Powering the Journey to AI
It's day 2 of our #RoadTrip2conf and today we are in Washington D.C meeting with Red River Technology. In today's podcast Cory and Kyle sit down with Kevin Steeprow, VP of Design Engineering and Ramon Thomas, Design Engineering Manager. Kevin and Ramon provide a glimpse into how Red River is...
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Splunk Architecture with Splunk's 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...
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Season Five - The Road Trip and .conf19
Season four of the Big Data Beard podcast was 36 weeks of episodes following the trends, technology, and talented people making AI, IoT, and Big Data a big deal. In season five, you're in for something different. This is going to be a very short, but crazy busy season of podcasts from the Big…
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Analyze, Act THEN Store: How SWIM.AI is changing data processing
Data processing today is based on a “Store then Analyze” architecture born in the big-data era. Cory and Brett sit down with SWIM.AI CTO Simon Crosby to hear about their recently launched DataFabric software is changing how organizations can stream, analyze and store data. Announced on September...
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From the Lab that Brought you Spark comes Alluxio, the Data Orchestration Platform of the Future
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...
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From the Lab that Brought you Spark comes Alluxio, the Data Orchestration Platform of the Future
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...
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Decision Science at Disney with McKay Curtis
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...
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Building A Data Integration Practice Inside Disney with Ken Sterling
Disney is so much more than Mickey Mouse and the amount of data being created across this massive enterprise represents untold value. Tapping that value in dark data in consistent way is exactly what our guest, Ken Sterling, and his Management Science and Integration team are doing inside Disney....
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How National Geographic Used Analytics to Become the Biggest Brand on Instagram
Move over Justin Bieber, National Geographic is coming through! Thats right, when it comes to Instagram, National Geographic is a pretty big deal. Their total followers exceed some notable celebrities such as Drake, Rihanna, Khloe Kardashian and that’s right, Justin Bieber. With over 118 Million...
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The Big Data Beard Road to Splunk .conf 2019
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...
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The Future of Big Data with O'Reilly's Chief Data Scientist
Cory and Brett get to sit down with Mr. @BigData, Ben Lorica, Chief Data Scientist at O’Reilly Media to get a glimpse into the future of AI, ML and Data Science. Ben, who also happens to be the Program Chair for Strata Data, AI Conference and TensorFlowWorld talks about the common challenges he…
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Data Science Driving Next Generation Customer Service at Dell
Recorded at Rev2, Brett and Cory get to sit down with Randi Ludwig, a Data Scientist at Dell Technologies to hear about how Dell is incorporating Data Science into its operations. Randi, who works within Dell’s Support and Deployment Services and leads their Data Science Council talks about some…
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Insights into the Tools and Technologies Driving our Favorite Shows at Netflix
From a DVD company to a streaming company to a producer of some our favorite shows, Netflix has been at the forefront of media and entertainment innovation since the late 90’s. Today, Netflix touts over 148 million subscribers, accounts for nearly 15% of all global streaming traffic AND is the...
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Insights into the Tools and Technologies Driving our Favorite Shows at Netflix
From a DVD company to a streaming company to a producer of some our favorite shows, Netflix has been at the forefront of media and entertainment innovation since the late 90’s. Today, Netflix touts over 148 million subscribers, accounts for nearly 15% of all global streaming traffic AND is the...
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Taking a Model Driven Approach to Data Science with Domino Data Lab
Cory and Brett sit down Domino Data Lab's Co-Founder and CEO Nick Elprin to hear about how Domino Data Lab is helping customers move from the traditional data driven approach and become more model driven. Nick talks about the challenges in moving to a model driven approach and details the journey...
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AI in the Past, Present and Future: Insights from Google's Ron Bodkin
From the Google File System that paved the way to Hadoop, to Tensor Processing Units to Kubernetes, Google has been at the forefront of impactful technology innovation that has accelerated data analytics and AI. Recorded from Domino Data Lab’s Rev2 Conference in New York City, Cory and Brett sit...
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AI for Accessibility at Microsoft
Wrapping up our time at build 2019, Cory and Brett sit down with Mary Bellard, Senior Accessibility Architect for Microsoft. We hear how Mary and her team are using AI to help give people with disabilities equal access to data. Mary also shares a few of Microsoft's initiatives and products around...
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Machine Teaching Concepts at Microsoft Build
Join Brett and Cory at Microsoft Build 2019 as we sit down with David Carmona, GM of Microsoft AI, and Mark Hammond, GM of Business AI. We hear from the announcements on machine teaching, and how they are helping Microsoft’s vision of empowering every developer with AI at companies such as...
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Microsoft's Azure AI Announcements with Eric Boyd
Join Brett and Cory as they are at Microsoft's Build 2019 with Azure AI CVP, Eric Boyd. Eric shares his thoughts and history of Microsoft's AI division, how AI is directly helping other Microsoft products, and where AI can help your business. We also discuss the challenges of AI and how to...
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