Best Eric Kavanagh Podcasts (2025)

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Smarter, Faster Enterprise Answers with Fivetran's AI Innovators 41:42

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Join this episode of Inside Analysis with two leaders in AI-driven support innovation - Meel Velliste and Levon Korganyan from Fivetran's CTO organization. First, dive into their experimental new product, Triage, designed to solve one of the toughest enterprise AI challenges: delivering accurate, trusted answers from sprawling internal documentatio…

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Breaking the IO Barrier: NVMe, Linux & the Future of Data 51:06

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Join this DM Radio episode as Eric Kavanagh interviews David Flynn of Hammerspace and Mark Madsen of Third Nature. Together they dig into the latest breakthroughs in high-performance computing and data architecture, explore the rise of NVMe technology, Hammerspace's impressive IO500 benchmark results, and why Linux continues to anchor modern data p…

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Speed and Scale: Exasol & Arcitecta Insights 49:45

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Join this episode of Inside Analysis with two leaders in data innovation. Explore how Exasol's in-memory database delivers lightning-fast analytics and optimized BI dashboards, enabling queries at the speed of thought. Then, hear from Jason Lorry of Architecta about MediaFlux, a metadata-driven, database-centric platform that manages billions of fi…

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Maximizing the Return on Customer Data 50:02

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Join this Inside Analysis episode as Eric Kavanagh talks with Derek Slager, CTO and co-founder of Amperity, about why customer data remains the most powerful and differentiated asset a brand possesses. Explore how fragmented systems, SaaS sprawl, and evolving customer expectations make unified first-party data more critical than ever. Learn more ab…

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Rebuilding Security for the Data-Driven Future 53:42

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Join this DM Radio episode with Sean Knapp of Ascend and Jack Smith of Syncari, as we explore how security must evolve in an AI-driven, real-time world. Discover why legacy TCP/IP approaches fall short as organizations push intelligence to the edge and leverage billions of sensors. Learn about the growing global maturity of cybersecurity and how in…

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AI Defense Breakthroughs in Wartime 53:23

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Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Dr. Moshik Cohen, who reveals how Israel's multi-layer air defense system achieved near-perfect interception rates - and how rapid AI-driven upgrades were deployed in the middle of wartime. A rare, inside look at innovation under extreme pressure.…

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Inside the Quantum Revolution 44:45

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Join this eye-opening episode of Inside Analysis, as Eric Kavanagh sits down with QuEra Computing CTO and co-founder Nathan Gemelke to explore quantum computing at its most fundamental level - individual atoms manipulated by lasers. You'll learn how neutral-atom qubits work, why error correction is a major breakthrough, and how quantum systems are …

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Move From AI Hallucinations to Production-Ready Intelligence 54:59

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The hard truth about enterprise AI? According to industry research, some 88% of AI pilots never reach production. And by 2027, roughly 40% of AI projects may be canceled entirely. The problem isn't the AI models; it's the data. While organizations rush to implement generative AI, they're hitting a fundamental wall: AI agents can't deliver reliable …

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Meeting of the Minds: Getting AI-Ready 54:49

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How Do You Know If Your Enterprise Is AI-Ready? It starts with data. Can your enterprise architecture support AI workloads, RAG, or Agentic AI? For most, the answer is not yet. But with the right strategy, any data environment can get there. Then comes Governance. Do you have the right polices in place, the right people involved? Do you understand …

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Meeting of the Minds: Getting AI-Ready 45:40

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How Do You Know If Your Enterprise Is AI-Ready? It starts with data. Can your enterprise architecture support AI workloads, RAG, or Agentic AI? For most, the answer is not yet. But with the right strategy, any data environment can get there. Then comes Governance. Do you have the right policies in place, the right people involved? Do you understand…

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Real-Time Intelligence with Confluent 52:43

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Live from Current in New Orleans, join this special episode of DM Radio exploring how Confluent is redefining the data foundation for the age of Agentic AI. Host Eric Kavanagh will interview Andrew Sellers, who will unveil Confluent Intelligence - a new way to deliver trusted, contextual data to AI systems in real time. Then, Kamal Brar will join t…

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Building the Backbone of AI 51:37

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What does it really mean to be AI-ready? In this episode of Inside Analysis, host Eric Kavanagh welcomes Mark Madsen of Third Nature and Roger Cummings, CEO of PEAK:AIO, to explore how cutting-edge infrastructure is powering the AI revolution. From GPUs and parallel file systems to energy-efficient data centers and workload optimization, the guests…

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Private AI and the Data Race: Building Smarter, Safer Enterprises 52:54

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Good AI vs Bad for AML, KYC and Fraud 56:18

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Know your customer? Know your bad guy! The power of AI extends to both black hats and white, and with Generative AI now in the toolset, all bets are off. Bad actors can whip up pixel-perfect, fraudulent web sites in seconds to pilfer your username and password. They can mimic your spouse's voice to put you in a panic. And they can use Agentic AI to…

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AI-Powered Collaboration: The Junto AI Vision 52:05

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Is LinkedIn losing its edge? Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh sits down with Dr. Markus Schmidberger of JuntoAI to explore a bold new idea: a social action network that replaces likes and noise with AI-powered collaboration, transparency, and ownership. Discover how Junto AI gives every professional their own autonomous AI…

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Preparing Analytics for the AI Rewrite 53:21

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The revolution has begun. AI will rewrite most major enterprise applications. Analytics will play a central role, but big questions remain. How can deterministic BI meld with probabilistic AI? How will fast-evolving AI systems be effectively governed? What's the secret to building trust in data and interactive dashboards in this new era? Register f…

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Metadata, Governance, and Private AI: Inside Cloudera Evolve 25 44:46

2M ago44:46

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Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh talks with two leaders shaping the future of enterprise AI and analytics. Jide Adeoye, Director of Business Intelligence at goeasy Ltd, explains how his team leverages Cloudera's platform - along with Octopai - for data cataloging and metadata management, enabling trusted analytics at scale.…

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Act Now: Visual Immediacy At Scale 51:09

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When time-to-action requires very low latency, the immediacy of data visualization makes all the difference. Being able to analyze vast amounts of multi-dimensional data in real-time requires massive throughput, and an in-memory architecture designed to deliver instant insights at scale. Check out this episode of DM Radio to hear how advanced optim…

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Amazon's Test Drive, and a New Lease on Life for Dealers 53:12

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The crashing waves of AI and Digital Transformation continue to reshape entire industries, and the auto business is no exception. With new car inventory levels running nearly double monthly sales, and tariffs incentivizing U.S. production, dealers face compressed margins. And then, there's Amazon's foray into the biz! Check out this episode of Insi…

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Powering AI: Inside the Next-Gen Data Center 53:48

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Join this episode of DM Radio, as host Eric Kavanagh dives into the emerging concept of "AI factories" with special guests Mark Madsen of Third Nature and Denise Muyco of Ravel. Together, they explore how modern data centers are being transformed to handle the massive compute demands of AI-balancing workloads, optimizing power usage, and rethinking…

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Breaking It Down: How Composable Apps Power Enterprise AI 52:29

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Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh explores the power of composable applications and their role in building enterprise-grade AI solutions. He will talk with Gilad Shoham‏, founder of Bit.dev, about how breaking software into reusable components transforms development, collaboration, and long-term application resilience. Toge…

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Turning Chaos into Clarity: Data Governance in the AI Era 44:31

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Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh talks with Hao Yang of Splunk and Josh Rubin of Fiddler AI about the evolving role of AI in observability and data analysis. They dive into agentic AI, time series foundation models, and how companies can monitor large language models to ensure reliability and performance. Don't miss this de…

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Data Products, On-Demand 52:48

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You can always build a better mousetrap. Data warehouses and lakes turn out to be overkill for many business teams. A new approach makes enterprise data readily available for last-mile transformations. In other words, don't build it until they come, then do so dynamically in minutes. Register for this DM Radio to learn how enterprise data from any …

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Bridging the Gap: Driving Innovation with Data 52:27

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The blessing and curse of today's data landscape is diversity. Hundreds of vendors, scores of databases, a dozen cloud providers and an infinite array of information architectures: That's the reality facing business analysts and engineers every day. But there is one foundational player that can help make sense of all these variations: the battle-te…

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From Friction to Flow: Building Trust in Data for the AI Era 52:58

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Join this episode of InsideAnalysis as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Colin Dober of SAP, who shares insights on enterprise data systems, including common friction points in pipelines and strategies for keeping complex environments running smoothly. Next, Sean Knapp, Founder & CEO of Ascend.io, explains how his platform helps organizations streamlin…

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From the Show Floor at TDWI 2025: The Hybrid Data Future 52:33

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Recorded live at TDWI 2025, this episode of InsideAnalysis dives into one of the hottest debates in enterprise data today: cloud vs. on-premises vs. hybrid. Host Eric Kavanagh sits down with Curtis Bennett of OpenText to discuss the surprising trend of data repatriation - why some organizations are pulling workloads back from the cloud, and how tha…

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Good Vibes or Bad? Agentic DevOps Evolves 54:55

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DevOps is undergoing a radical transformation, fueled by AI-driven platforms like Bolt, Lovable, Anthropic, OpenAI and others. They are seriously disrupting the market with agentic capabilities that can design, test, and deploy code at lightning speed. While the power of these tools is breathtaking, there are serious risks: quality, security, gover…

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How to Get Noticed by ChatGPT 52:31

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Google built their trillion-dollar empire on keywords, but text is just a thin layer of abstraction that only ostensibly represents the real world. Video is a much different story! With video, modern algorithms from Gong, Otter, Read and other tools can ascertain a whole host of valuable dimensions: confidence of voice, engagement level, thoughtful…

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More Agility, Less Risk: The Dawn of AI ERP 51:25

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The most important tech stack in any organization takes care of core business. For the last 20 years, not much has changed in the world of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). That's mostly because core business is so crucial, that any changes made could cause serious disruption. Until now! Imagine being able to test your business ideas in a product…

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The Rise of the Composable CDP 52:21

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CDPs have long promised unified, personalized marketing, but legacy systems often create new data silos, slow implementation, and lock-in. Join this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Adam Greco, Product Evangelist at Hightouch to explore a disruptive new approach: the composable CDP. By operating directly on top of the data wareh…

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A Stellar Debut: Vertical SaaS Intelligence Awaits 51:46

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With the pace of innovation ramping up worldwide, businesses everywhere continue to sharpen their focus on AI. In the crosshairs are vertically oriented SaaS companies, where purpose-built technologies have been gathering rich, contextual data for years. With the right GenAI platform, these companies could leapfrog over their competition. Sound exc…

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Data + AI = A Revolution in Healthcare 52:43

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Join this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Steve Sobel of Databricks and Anmol Madan of RadiantGraph. Discover how data and AI are driving a long-overdue transformation in the U.S. healthcare system, a sector that accounts for nearly 20% of the GDP. Learn how modern data architectures, real-time analytics, and AI-driven persona…

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Embedded Analytics Uncovered: Convergence, Context, and Control 48:53

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Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh welcomes Jeff Hainsworth of InsightSoftware for a deep dive into the evolving world of embedded analytics. Explore the convergence of traditional BI, data science, and internal analytics, and why aligning information and business architectures is critical to success. Discover how organizati…

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Responsible AI Starts with Ethical Humans 53:56

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The rise of Artificial Intelligence ignites age-old questions about ethics, responsibility, and the nature of decision-making. As AI systems become more embedded in daily life, shaping what we see, buy, and believe, the call for "Ethical AI" grows louder. But what does that really mean? Is it about aligning machine behavior with human values? Can r…

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Modern Data Platforms: The Journey to Agentic AI 52:29

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A major bank can ideate through a data product 100 times in a morning, to test new data for a Machine Learning engine. It can now refine a new model in a day, when it used to take six weeks! That's the kind of experimentation made possible by a governed, federated data architecture. Removing the bottlenecks to discovery helps organizations achieve …

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AI for Good: Building Trust in Healthcare Data 52:16

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Dive into this thought-provoking episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh welcomes Prashant Natarajan, Chief AI Officer at Velatura, to discuss the evolution of AI in healthcare and the responsibilities of data stewardship. Learn the nuances of AI model development - challenging assumptions about data accuracy, model size, and trust, especi…

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Cyber, AI and the Economics of Storage 51:47

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Join this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh welcomes back Eric Herzog of Infinidat to explore the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and data storage economics. They dive into the escalating arms race between cybercriminals and enterprise defenders, highlighting how AI is being used on both sides. Learn why storage is often the weakest link…

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The Spark Behind Simplicity 52:01

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Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh, Rafi Kurlansik of Databricks and Mikey Watson of Media.Monks explore how AI and data technologies are transforming both creative and analytical workflows. From the evolution of Apache Spark to the natural language-driven tools now available in Databricks, they highlight how powerful system…

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Transforming Global Payments with Data and AI 52:26

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Dive into this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Tapan Parekh of Convera about how fintech companies expertly navigate the growing complexity of global payment compliance. Discover why quality AI depends on quality data, especially in the highly regulated and complex fintech landscape. Learn how Convera manages payments across 20…

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Live from Databricks Data+AI Summit 50:52

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Live from the Databricks Data + AI Summit at the Moscone Center, this DMRadio episode kicks off with a high-energy segment featuring Ari Kaplan and a deep dive into the risks of handing proprietary data to public LLMs. The conversation explores safer alternatives like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and the power of enterprise knowledge graphs…

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Taming AI: Data, Agents & Control 52:38

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Join this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh explores the critical — and timely — topic of AI governance. With expert guest Todd Henley of PaperKite.ai, the discussion dives into the rise of agentic AI, the implications of Salesforce's acquisition of Informatica, and the evolving data infrastructure landscape. From the feeding frenzy around …

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Industrial Surveillance at a Global Scale 54:31

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Dive into this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Sean Brehm and Dr. Moshik Cohen from Luceon about the complex world of global industrial surveillance. Learn how modern sensor networks — from satellites to radar systems — collect and process massive volumes of real-time data to detect and defend against emerging threats. Sean and…

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From Data to Decisions: The Power of Embedded Analytics 52:44

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Despite the data boom, 76% of enterprise leaders admit to making decisions without it - simply because accessing it is too hard. Join this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Steven Griffith of Sisense. They'll explore new research revealing the hidden costs of digital friction and analytics bottlenecks - and how embedded, AI-power…

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Smart Moves: How AI Is Powering the Next Wave of Entrepreneurship 52:56

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Join this episode of Inside Analysis to hear host Eric Kavanagh explore how entrepreneurs are using AI to reshape product development, marketing, and consumer insights. Neil Twa of Voltage explains how his company incubates and scales e-commerce brands using Amazon's ecosystem and AI-powered market data. Georgia Austin of WordBrew shares how she bu…

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Intercepted: How Israel Averted the Worst Missile Attack in History 52:17

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Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Dr. Moshik Cohen, whose pioneering work in defense technology helped Israel thwart the largest ballistic missile attack in human history. With over 300 warheads targeting civilian areas, the stakes couldn't have been higher - yet the outcome was astonishing: zero casualties. Dr.…

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Live from Boomi World: Unlimited Possibilities 44:11

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Join this special DM Radio episode as we explore the latest innovations at Boomi, live from Boomi World in Dallas. Host Eric Kavanagh chats with Mani Gill, Boomi's VP of Data and AI, about the company's bold shift toward AI orchestration and the launch of Agent Studio. He's joined by Ariel Pohoryles of the newly acquired Rivery team, who shares how…

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Future-Proof Your Data for Agentic AI 57:02

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The endless excitement around Agentic AI might seem to eclipse the traditional blocking and tackling of data management, but don't be fooled. The fundamentals of working with data are now more important than ever. If anything, the lure of AI puts added pressure on teams to button down their data pipelines and move closer to optimal data orchestrati…

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Securing the Cloud: Why Network Architecture Matters More Than Ever 50:32

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Dive into this episode of Inside Analysis as Eric Kavanagh welcomes Chris McHenry, Chief Product Officer at Aviatrix, to unpack the critical role of network security in today's cloud-first, AI-driven world. From the rise of DevSecOps to the explosive growth of Model Context Protocol (MCP), learn how evolving application architectures demand smarter…

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The Final Mile: Merging AI Models with Business Reality 54:02

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Join this episode of Inside Analysis as host Eric Kavanagh dives into the dynamic intersection of traditional machine learning and modern LLMs with guest Michael Finley from AnswerRocket. Learn about the strategic acquisition of Cognitive Spark, the crucial role of deterministic models in enterprise AI, and the importance of accuracy, testing, and …

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Solid-State Cooling: The New Frontier in AI Infrastructure 53:06

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Join this episode of DMRadio as host Eric Kavanagh sits down with Larry Yang of Phononic to explore how solid-state cooling is transforming the future of data centers. As AI workloads push power consumption and heat generation to new extremes, Phononic's thermoelectric technology offers a compact, energy-efficient alternative to traditional cooling…