Drill to Detail Ep.7 'Apache Spark, and Hadoop Application Architectures' with Special Guest Mark Grover

Mark is joined by Cloudera's Mark Grover to talk about his work with Apache Spark and Apache Spot, and the book "Hadoop Application Architectures" co-authored with Gwen Shapira, Jonathan Seidman and Ted Malaska.

Drill to Detail Ep.6 'Data Capital and the Economics of Big Data' with Special Guest Paul Sonderegger

Mark Rittman is joined by special guest Paul Sonderegger, Oracle's Big Data Strategist, to talk about Data Capital and the economic impact of big data.

Drill to Detail Ep. 5 'SnowflakeDB, and is Data Modeling Dead?' with Special Guest Kent Graziano

In this episode Mark Rittman is joined by Kent Graziano to answer the questions "Is data modeling now dead", and "is SnowflakeDB the future of analytic data engines in the cloud?"

• Better Data Modeling: An Introduction to Agile Data Engineering Using Data Vault 2.0
• Better Data Modeling: Tips for Enhancing Your Use of Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler
• Kent Graziano Blog
• Building a Scalable Data Warehouse with Data Vault 2.0
• Snowflake Computing
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms 2016
• Gartner press release on their "modern BI platform"

Drill to Detail Ep.4 'Reference Architectures Revisited' with Special Guest Andrew Bond

In this episode I'm joined by Andrew Bond from Oracle's Enterprise Architecture team, to look back at the Oracle Information Management & Big Data Reference Architecture we collaborated on back in 2014 and ask ourselves what's changed, what parts of the architecture had the most impact and adoption in the market, and what are the challenges Andrew and his team see customers trying to overcome when deploying big data applications in the enterprise.

Drill To Detail Ep.1. 'After The Gartner BI&A Magic Quadrant 2016', With Special Guest Stewart Bryson

• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms 2016
• Gartner press release on their "modern BI platform"
• "AgileAnalytics: Agile Real-Time BI with Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle Data Integrator and Oracle GoldenGate"
• "Oracle BI Hybrid BI : Mode 1 + Mode 2, Cloud + On-Premise Business Analytics"
• "Introducing the Updated Oracle / Rittman Mead Information Management Reference Architecture Pt1. - Information Architecture and the "Data Factory"
• "Information Management and Big Data - A Reference Architecture"