Data Technology

Ataccama: Reopening The Covid-19 World

New Generation of Data Management Technologies Can Help Monitor and Fine-Tune COVID-19 Response In the rush to evaluate the outbreaks and spread of COVID-19, governments throughout the world have used a multiplicity of methods for […]

Data Technology

Data Is Money

Fast Forward with ShieldIO and Oracle In this edition of Fast Forward, Simon Bain, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of ShieldIO and David Hicks (Vice President, Worldwide ISV Cloud Business Development and Marketing) with Oracle […]

Fast Forward

It All Starts with Data

Smart Cities, Part 2 Bill Pugh joins host Phil Bowermaster for an in-depth discussion of how smart cities are conceptualized and how smart city initiatives are rolled out. Bill explains how Smart Cities initiatives began […]

Fast Forward

A Better Citizen Experience

Smart Cities, Part 1 In this edition of Fast Forward, Frannie Mattews, CEO of the Colorado Technology Association, joins us to discuss the many ways that Smart City technologies are transforming transportation, the workplace, and […]

Big Data

Fast Forward: Asking the Wrong Question

Asking the Wrong Question The Future of Business Intelligence Is not a BI Tool Daniel Mintz, Chief Data Evangelist at Looker, steps us through some common misconceptions about who uses data for business, how they […]

Big Data

Fast Forward: Data in Context

DATA IN CONTEXT Opportunities and challenges in the post Big Data era In this edition of Fast Forward on the World Transformed, Jake Freivald, Vice President of Product Marketing at Information Builders, talks with us […]

Fast Forward

Fast Forward: Robots That Teach

In this edition of Fast Forward our guest Mitch Rosenberg talks with Phil Bowermaster and Ron Powell about how robots that teach can revolutionize the way kids learn. In an increasingly data-driven world, do we […]

Fast Forward

Fast Forward: Data to the Rescue

In this edition of Fast Forward, author, consultant, and executive advisor Jill Dyché talks about her non-profit Outta the Cage, which is dedicated to identifying animals at risk for euthanasia in high-kill shelters and ultimately […]

Fast Forward

Fast Forward: How Customers Buy

…and why they don’t. In this edition of FastForward, Martyn Lewis talks with us about one of the biggest challenges that businesses face today: understanding the buying behavior of their customers. In an online, always-on, […]

Fast Forward

Data Convergence: Back to the Future

Businesses today work with massive volumes of data in a confusing array of types and structures. Any tolerance that businesses (or their customers) may have once had for data bottlenecks and wait times is long […]

Fast Forward

The End of Data Modeling?

When it comes to managing data for modern, agile environments, is data modeling a roadblock? Or is it, in fact, one of the keys to achieving agility? If traditional data modeling will no longer support […]

Fast Forward

The Data-Driven Enterprise

In this edition of Fast Forward on the World Transformed, Peter Evans, Senior Director for Big Data Solutions at Solix, talks with our hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon about the challenges and opportunities that organizations […]

Fast Forward

The Elephant in the Brain

Why do we do the things we do? We like to think we have good reasons for the choices we make, but we may very well be fooling ourselves. In their intriguing new book, The […]

Fast Forward

The Nanotech Debate Is Over

In this edition of Fast Forward, Christine Peterson, co-founder of the Foresight Institute, talks with our hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon about her ongoing work exploring and educating the public about coming powerful technologies, […]

Data Technology

The Sentient Enterprise

How can businesses stay agile and competitive in the face of massive data volumes and a growing need for real-time answers, decisions, and responses? In his new book The Sentient Enterprise, data management executive Oliver Ratzesberger, […]

Data Technology

Hadoop and the Future of Big Data

Data industry guru and analyst John Myers joins Phil Bowermaster for a discussion about the future of big data. Is big data, and Apache Hadoop in particular, experiencing some kind of existential crisis? Has Hadoop […]

Fast Forward

Basic Power: an Alternative to Basic Income?

Brian Wang outlines a new idea that can accelerate the end of poverty worldwide. Brian’s Basic Power plan would bring inexpensive, off-the-grid electricity to the world’s poorest people, bringing obvious economic benefits to them and […]