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Don't Panic! It's Just Data
by EM360Tech
Not only do many businesses have more data than they know what to do with, but they also often struggle to gain insights from some of the most valuable data in their possession, leading to many of their crucial data assets going unused. Whether it's issues with data quality, visualization, or management, getting lost in the sea of enterprise data at your possession can make it impossible to make smart, data-driven decisions that improve your business. The "Don't Panic! It's Just Data" podcast delves deep into the power of enterprise data. From groundbreaking vendor solutions to expert-backed best practices for making the most of your data assets, join us as we gather insights from leading tech vendors and professionals who depend on data daily.
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Can AI Agents Be Trusted With Enterprise Data? | Big Data LDN Special
Two different teams in an enterprise built two AI agents, but both asked the AI the same question: What are last quarter’s customer stats? Both agents answer promptly and quite assertively. However, the figures on the same inquiry are different. The agents’ answers don’t match. Nothing has broken...
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How SAP BW Migration Prepares Enterprises for AI
Companies pouring money into AI are seeing only incremental gains, and One Data Chief Executive Officer Dr Andreas Böhm says poor data is a major reason. In a recent episode of the Don't Panic. It's Just Data podcast, Böhm joined the data whisperer Scott Taylor to discuss why SAP Business…
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How to Increase Agent Accuracy & Reduce Cost with Context
What happens when an enterprise data agent asks you: “What is our churn this quarter?” The AI agent has access to the warehouse, the tables, and the query engine. It carries out the necessary calculations. However, the answer it provides turns out to be inaccurate. Why? It’s not because the model...
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Can AI Agents Make Decisions Without Real-Time Enterprise Data?
Envision a fraud detection model embedded in a bank's AI system, continuously monitoring transactions for unusual activity. The warehouse behind it updates itself every 15 minutes; however, that seems like a short interval. A fraudulent transaction took place 13 minutes ago, and the model still...
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What Happens When Your AI Agent Finds Two “Correct” Answers?
Two teams pitch the same figure for ‘active customers’ right before a leadership meeting. One dashboard displays 40,000 while the other dashboard displays 52,000. No mistakes were detected by the teams; however, the difference in the stats is due to one team or employee deploying a different data...
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What Is "Agent Debt" and Why Is It Breaking Your AI Code?
While AI-generated code, also known as vibe coding, is aiding developers in releasing software faster than ever, it seems to be simultaneously causing a greater number of production failures. According to research carried out by New Relic, 94% of technology leaders think that AI-generated code is...
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How Does a Unified Data Platform Improve Financial Crime Compliance?
For a long time, financial crime prevention has been a massive issue for banks. This is because of several often complex navigation around rules and regulations, such as AML, KYC, CTF, and SAR. However, a bigger issue has emerged. As more and more transactions happen and financial crime networks...
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Context, Cost, & AI: Strategies to Optimise Agent Performance & ROI
After months of experimenting with large language models (LLMs), enterprises are moving from isolated pilots to broad deployments. However, as adoption speeds up, many tech leaders find that the biggest challenge isn't selecting the right AI model but managing the cost of optimising it. While AI...
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How Enterprise Data Architecture Must Evolve for the Age of AI
Most enterprises believe they have a data problem. In reality, it is an architecture problem in disguise, and the rise of agentic AI is making that distinction impossible to ignore. That is the central argument Karthik Ranganathan, CEO of Yugabyte, makes in this episode of Don’t Panic! It’s Just...
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No Use Case, No Value: Why Managing AI Use Cases is Key to Demonstrating Business Value
AI investment is growing fast, but proving its value remains one of the biggest challenges facing data leaders today. Dashboards are built, models are deployed, and yet when the budget question arrives, most teams still can't clearly demonstrate return on investment. Speaking on Don't Panic, It's...
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Why Enterprise RAG Systems Still Produce AI Hallucinations
Podcast: Don’t Panic! It’s Just Data Guest: Michael Marolda, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Agentic RAG at Progress Software Host: Shubhangi Dua, Podcast Producer and B2B Tech Journalist at EM360Tech Generative AI has been brewing in the enterprise tech industry for at least three years…
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Is “Frankenstein Data” Slowing Down AI Transformation in Insurance Enterprises?
Podcast Series: Don’t Panic It’s Just Data Guest: Mark Duffy, Senior Director, Artificial Intelligence & Analytics at Cognizant and Mark Blake, FSI Industry Practice Lead, Stibo Systems Host: Scott Taylor, The Data Whisperer and Principal Consultant, MetaMeta Consulting Artificial intelligence…
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Can Your MDM Strategy Survive the Shift to Real-Time AI Decision-Making?
Podcast: Don’t Panic! It’s Just Data Guest: Jignesh Patel, Director of Product Strategy at Stibo Systems and Elsebeth Gundersen Jensen, Product Owner at Nets Host: Dr Joe Perez, Data Analytics Expert and Amazon Bestselling Author We’re living in times of an always-on digital economy where there’s...
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Why Is the Semantic Layer Critical for Data Governance, Compliance, and AI at Scale?
Podcast: Don’t Panic It’s Just Data! Guest: Adrian Estala, VP, Field Chief Data & AI Officer, Starburst Host: Doug Laney, Research & Advisory Fellow at BARC and Author of Infonomics & Data Juice After years of heavy investment in data lakes and warehouses, many enterprises still face a…
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AI Is Replacing BI — Here’s What CIOs Need to Know
Podcast: Don’t Panic! It’s Just Data Guest: Adrian Estala, VP, Field Chief Data & AI Officer, Starburst Host: Shubhangi Dua, Podcast Producer, Host and B2B Tech Journalist, EM360Tech "AI is replacing BI,” stated Adrian Estala, VP and Field Chief Data & AI Officer at Starburst. When Shubhangi Dua,...
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Why Data Quality Makes or Breaks AI Success in Supply Chain and Procurement
We’re living in an age where new technology promises to improve everything with faster decisions, smarter workflows, and better outcomes. But behind that promise lies a quieter reality, and that is many organisations have that ambition, but readiness often lags behind. In this episode of Don’t...
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Revenue-Ready Data Is Not Magic, It’s Engineering
Artificial intelligence is everywhere right now, in boardrooms, strategy meetings, and product roadmaps. Organisations are investing heavily in machine learning, automation, and generative AI, all with the same promise: unlock new revenue and work smarter. In the latest episode of the Don’t Panic...
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How to Navigate the Trust Paradox in AI Adoption: Insights from Informatica’s 2026 CDO Report
Enterprise AI budgets are climbing, but the data foundations beneath them remain uneven. In this episode of Don’t Panic, It’s Just Data, Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, and Nathan Turajski, Senior Director, Product Marketing at Informatica, examine the findings of the CDO Insights 2026...
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Are You Scaling Intelligence — or Just Scaling Errors?
What if the real advantage in AI lies not in having more data, but in having less? In this episode of the Don’t Panic, It’s Just Data podcast, host Shubhangi Dua, Podcast Producer and B2B Tech Journalist at EM360Tech, sits down with Herb Blecher, Research Director of Data and Analytics at...
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Is AI Analytics the Missing Link Between Business Users and Data Teams?
For years, enterprises have discussed data democratisation as if it were an inevitable end goal. An assumption was made that turning on dashboards and training the business would lead to insight following naturally. But according to Barry McCardel, Co-Founder and CEO of Hex Technologies, the...
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How To Scale AI in Digital Commerce Effectively
Digital commerce teams rarely lack ideas. Most understand how AI, data, and personalisation could improve customer experiences. The problem, as explored in this episode of Don’t Panic, It’s Just Data, is turning those ideas into something that works at scale, in real time, and without slowing the...
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The Modern CFO is the Product Owner of Data
In the recent episode of the Don’t Panic It’s Just Data podcast, Shubhangi Dua, Podcast Producer and B2B Tech journalist at EM360Tech, reports on the podcast shot live in London. Guest speakers, Pavel Dolezal, the CEO at Keboola, sit down with Vineta Bajaj, Group CFO, Holland & Barrett. They get...
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Responsible AI Starts with Responsible Data: Building Trust at Scale
We live in a world where technology moves faster than most organisations can keep up. Every boardroom conversation, every team meeting, even casual watercooler chats now include discussions about AI. But here’s the truth: AI isn’t magic. Its promise is only as strong as the data that powers it....
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The Missing Piece: How Data and AI Impact Management Unlocks Business Value
“What is the true value of our data and AI initiatives?” Too often, we drive all our energy into tools, processes, and outputs, but forget to ask ourselves how what we build actually makes a difference. For enterprises, this means looking beyond AI models and dashboards to see how our data drives...
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The AI-Ready Data Core: Creating the Foundation for Intelligent Systems
As AI becomes a central pillar of business decision-making, enterprises face a new challenge, and that is making their data AI-ready. It’s no longer enough to collect and digitise information. For organisations, data must be structured, contextualised, discoverable, and usable—both by humans and...
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From Data Steward to AI Strategist: Redefining the Role of the CDO in the Agentic Era
While the role of a chief data officers (CDOs) was traditionally focused on regulatory compliance, it has now expanded to empowering the consistent and effective use of data across organizations to improve business outcomes. One of the most effective ways for CDOs to demonstrate their value is by...
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Is Your Financial Reporting Ready for the Future?
The challenge all organisations, big and small, face is answering and implementing solutions to solve this key question: How can finance and accounting teams work faster, smarter and more accurately? In the recent episode of the Don’t Panic It’s Just Data podcast, host Scott Taylor, The Data...
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How enterprises can enable the Agentic AI Lakehouse on Apache Iceberg
"A flaw of warehouses is that you need to move all your data into them so you can keep it going, and for a lot of organisations that's a big hassle,” says Will Martin, EMEA Evangelist at Dremio. “It can take a long time, it can be expensive, and you ultimately can end up ripping up processes that...
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The Real Future of Data Isn’t AI — It’s Contextual Automation
At Big Data LDN (BDL) 2025, Keboola CEO Pavel Dolezal presented a new data agent designed for all business users, not just engineers. With a mission to make AI, automation, and data easy to access, relevant, and useful across the organisation, Dolezal revealed that the data agent has been…
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Why Unstructured Data Governance is the Key to Scaling AI
With an ever-changing business climate, companies have begun to shift their focus to unstructured data. In the past, unstructured data was challenging to deal with, considering the volume, governance and compliance, so organisations mainly focused on structured datasets. However, with the rise of...
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BARC DATA festival online: Practical AI Case Studies for Professionals
Organizations are increasingly exploring new technologies to improve their operations, but adoption comes with real challenges. In the latest episode of Don’t Panic, It’s Just Data, host Trisha Pillay speaks with Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, about the practical realities of integrating...
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From Chaos to Launch: Your Product is Ready, Your Data Isn't
"Most companies still juggle with multiple different platforms; the communication between these tools and these platforms is happening in spreadsheets, and that is tedious, it's error-prone,” states Søren Lundtoft, Sr. Director of Product Management at Stibo Systems. On the Don't Panic, It's Just...
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Stop Fighting Excel: How to Turn Your Spreadsheets into a Real-Time Reporting Powerhouse?
With an erratic and fast business environment, finance teams are facing high pressure to process reports. The main challenge lies in how mid-market firms achieve digital transformation, not by abandoning familiar tools but by making them more effective. In this episode of the Don't Panic It's…
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Data Experts Question: Is Data Infrastructure Ready for Responsible AI?
Welcome back to Meeting of the Minds, a special podcast episode series by EM360Tech, where we talk about the future of tech. In this Big Data special episode of the Meeting of the Minds, our expert panel – Ravit Jain, Podcast host, Christina Stathopoulos of Dare to Data and a data and AI...
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How RAG and Graph RAG Take Generative AI to the Next Level
Generative AI has captured global attention, powering everything from chatbots to intelligent assistants. Yet in the enterprise, its promise often hits a dead end. According to Gartner, 80 per cent of enterprise data remains unused or “dark,” because conventional AI struggles to interpret…
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Winning with Data: Inclusion, Innovation and Community at Big Data LDN
Inclusivity and accessibility remain some of the biggest challenges for data events. True inclusion is not the result of a single initiative, but continuous effort, honest reflection, and a willingness to listen to the community. At Big Data LDN, these values are rooted in the event’s mission. By...
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The 10-Year Journey: AI Madness, Data Governance, and the Future of Big Data
Big Data LDN (BDL), the ultimate data event of the year, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. This year’s event is scheduled to take place on September 24 and 25, with a brand-new deep-dive conference held on September 23. In this episode of the Don't Panic, It's Just Data podcast, host...
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From Elasticsearch to Leading Edge: Vinted’s Journey to Data Modernisation
In this episode of the Don't Panic, It's Just Data podcast, Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC and the podcast host, is joined by Dainius Jocas, Search Engineer at Vinted, and Radu Gheorghe, Software Engineer at Vespa.ai. They discuss how Vinted, an online marketplace for secondhand products,...
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Struggling with ERP Data? How to Get Real-Time Reporting in Excel
In this episode of the Don't Panic It's Just Data podcast, Christina Stathopoulos talks with Miller and Michael Wiley, Sr. Product Manager of Spreadsheet Server. They discuss the challenges and solutions in financial reporting, focusing on real-time reporting from ERP systems to Excel. The...
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What is AI Hyper-Personalisation in CX and Why Does it Matter?
"Customers are now expecting highly personalised, seamless, and efficient interactions across all the touch points,” stated Rahul Sareen, the Senior Leader–Cross Industry, Private Equity and Startups Solutions at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Sareen’s statement represents the state of customer...
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AI’s Silent Killer: Technical Debt & the Hidden Costs of Bad Data
Enterprises face one common problem: the hidden costs of AI-based technical debt. “There’s a lot of hype around AI, but many initiatives aren't founded in a business value proposition,” says Paul Brownell, CTO, Growth Acceleration Partners (GAP). “People wander in without an intentional path for...
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The Infinity Loop: What's Trapping Financial Institutions in Data Patching?
Organisations often find themselves trapped in an infinite loop. Typically hailed as an "infinity loop" or "patching loop,” it’s differentiated by a continuous cycle of fixing problems, patching, and redoing data pipelines just to maintain operations. “It's a trap that many financial…
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Don't Just Forecast, Flourish: The Integrated Path to Financial Agility
Blending financial planning directly into existing business intelligence (BI) platforms like Microsoft Power BI and Qlik are on the rise. But have you questioned why, and what drives this shift? In this episode of the Don’t Panic It’s Just Data podcast, Kevin Petrie, BARC analyst, sits down to…
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Your Data’s GPS: Navigating Modernisation with Precision
In this episode of the Don’t Panic, It’s Just Data podcast, Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, is joined by Nidhi Ram, Vice President of Global Services Strategy and Operational Excellence at Precisely. The duo explore the idea of focusing on data modernisation and improving accessibility…
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Leading Up to The Peak: Can Data Integration Solve Key Enterprise Challenges?
In this episode of the Don't Panic, It's Just Data podcast, hosted by EM360Tech's podcast producer, Shubhangi Dua speaks to Donnie Owsley from Snohomish County, and Jeff Burton and Tom Lavery from the University of British Columbia. All of the speakers will be presenting at the upcoming Peak of...
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Is Your Finance Team Stuck in the Past? Real-Time Answers
Takeaways #Financeteams are often resistant to change, clinging to outdated tools. Real-time data integration can help break down data silos and better decision-making. The shift from FP&A to XP&A emphasises collaboration across departments. #Datagovernance is crucial when handling financial…
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Building Trust in Data: Transparency, Collaboration, and Governance for Successful AI
"So you want trusted data, but you want it now? Building this trust really starts with transparency and collaboration. It's not just technology. It's about creating a single governed view of data that is consistent no matter who accesses it, " says Errol Rodericks, Director of Product Marketing…
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Why is a Customer Data Strategy a Competitive Edge?
Takeaways #CMDM is essential for creating a unified and accurate view of the customer. Trust comes from how responsibly data is handled. Ethical data use is a competitive advantage and builds trust. Executive sponsorship and cross team buy-in is crucial for MDM projects. A strong customer...
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The Peak of Data and AI: Speaker Sneak Peek
In the latest episode of the Don’t Panic It’s Just Data podcast, we connected with speakers who provided a preview of their presentations at the upcoming Peak of Data and AI event in Seattle organised by Safe Software from May 5-8, 2025. This premier gathering, hosted by Safe Software, the…
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Mastering Collaborative Financial Planning
"There's been a lot of wrangling of data, a lot of wrangling of humans as well, which is a big theme for today," says Warwick Leitch, Product Management Director at insightsoftware. In this episode of the 'Don't Panic, It's Just Data' podcast, Debbie Reynolds, CEO and Chief Data Privacy Officer…
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Not only do many businesses have more data than they know what to do with, but they also often struggle to gain insights from some of the most valuable data in their possession, leading to many of their crucial data assets going unused. Whether it's issues with data quality, visualization, or management, getting lost in the sea of enterprise data at your possession can make it impossible to make smart, data-driven decisions that improve your business. The "Don't Panic! It's Just Data" podcast delves deep into the power of enterprise data. From groundbreaking vendor solutions to expert-backed best practices for making the most of your data assets, join us as we gather insights from leading tech vendors and professionals who depend on data daily.
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