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Secrets of Data Analytics Leaders

2017-01-16 – 2025-06-26 Podcasts Visit website ↗

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Listen to data and analytics leaders share the secrets of their success. Wayne Eckerson, long-time global thought leader interviews guests who run data and analytics programs at Fortune 2000 organizations around the world. Tune in to stay abreast of the latest technologies, techniques, and trends in our fast-paced industry.

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Streaming Data Governance: Three Must-Have Requirements to Support AI/ML Innovation - Audio Blog

2025-04-10 Listen
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This blog defines the governance requirements that streaming data pipelines must meet to make artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) initiatives successful. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/streaming-data-governance-three-must-have-requirements-to-support-ai-ml-innovation

Cloud, On Prem, Hybrid, Oh My! Where AI Adopters Host their Projects and Why - Audio Blog

2025-04-03 Listen
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This blog, the second in a series, explores the mix of infrastructure types that support modern AI. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/cloud-on-prem-hybrid-oh-my-where-ai-adopters-host-their-projects-and-why

Poor Data Quality is a Full-Blown Crisis: A 2024 Customer Insight Report - Audio Blog

2025-04-02 Listen
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Despite $180 billion spent on big data tools and technologies, poor data quality remains a significant barrier for businesses, especially in achieving Generative AI goals. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/poor-data-quality-is-a-full-blown-crisis-a-2024-customer-insight-report

The AI/ML Tool Evaluation Template: A Guide to Smarter Selection - Audio Blog

2025-03-11 Listen
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This article breaks down the evolving landscape of AI/ML platforms, from AutoML to full-stack AI workbenches, and provides a structured tool evaluation framework to cut through vendor ambiguity. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/the-ai-ml-tool-evaluation-template-a-guide-to-smarter-selection

Why and How Streaming Data Drives the Success of Generative AI

2025-02-18 Listen
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This blog defines streaming data, explains why companies need it, and explores how streaming data pipelines feed multi-faceted GenAI applications. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/why-and-how-streaming-data-drives-the-success-of-generative-ai

Managing Change in the Age of AI: The Head, Heart, and Herd Framework - Audio Blog

2025-02-06 Listen
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Change is inevitable, but adoption is key. From AI/ML tools to leadership shifts, success depends on aligning people, not just technology. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/managing-change-in-the-age-of-ai-the-head-heart-and-herd-framework

Analytics and AI for SAP Environments: Build a Unified Data Foundation to Drive Advanced Use Cases - Audio Blog

2025-01-16 Listen
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This blog covers integrating SAP and third-party systems to build a unified data foundation for analytics and AI in conversational use cases. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/analytics-and-ai-for-sap-environments-build-a-unified-data-foundation-to-drive-advanced-use-cases

Build or Buy RAG? Four Questions to Guide Your Approach to Retrieval Augmented Generation for GenAI - Audio Blog

2025-01-08 Listen
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This blog recommends four questions to help data and AI leaders compare homegrown and commercial options for retrieval augmented generation. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/build-or-buy-rag-four-questions-to-guide-your-approach-to-retrieval-augmented-generation-for-genai

Predictions 2025: Everything is About to Change - Audio Blog

2024-11-28 Listen
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What will change next year? In the age of generative AI, the answer is simple: Everything! Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/predictions-2025-everything-is-about-to-change

Refining the Right Fuel: How Data Integration Drives the AI/ML Model Lifecycle

2024-09-09 Listen
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Data teams must filter, blend, and refine raw data inputs to create the high-octane fuel that drives innovation with artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/refining-the-right-fuel-how-data-integration-drives-the-ai-ml-model-lifecycle

Multi-Style Data Integration for AI/ML: Three Use Cases - Audio Blog

2024-08-27 Listen
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This blog describes the need for data teams to establish a flexible yet well-governed data architecture to support dynamic AI/ML projects. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/multi-style-data-integration-for-ai-ml-three-use-cases

AI/ML Innovation Requires a Flexible Yet Governed Data Architecture - Audio Blog

2024-07-11 Listen
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Data analytics is a balance of flexibility for innovation and governance to control risks. This blog discusses its implications for artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML) and generative AI (GenAI). Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/ai-ml-innovation-requires-a-flexible-yet-governed-data-architecture

DataOps for Generative AI Data Pipelines, Part III: Team Collaboration - Audio Blog

2024-05-23 Listen
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Explore the reasons for data engineers to collaborate with data scientists, machine learning (ML) engineers, and developers on DataOps initiatives that support GenAI. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/dataops-for-generative-ai-data-pipelines-part-iii-team-collaboration

Data Engineering for GenAI: How to Optimize Data, Pipelines, and Governance - Audio Blog

2024-05-13 Listen
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Data engineering is now considered a crucial job in IT as Generative AI, the hottest technology of this decade, relies on data engineers to provide accurate inputs. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/data-engineering-for-genai-how-to-optimize-data-pipelines-and-governance

Why and How Data Engineers Will Enable the Next Phase of Generative AI - Audio Blog

2024-05-06 Listen
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Data engineers and data scientists must manage pipelines for unstructured data to ensure healthy inputs for language models. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/why-and-how-data-engineers-will-enable-the-next-phase-of-generative-ai

DataOps for Generative AI Data Pipelines, Part II: Must-Have Characteristics - Audio Blog

2024-05-03 Listen
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Companies that adopt DataOps increase the odds of success by making GenAI data pipelines what they should be: modular, scalable, robust, flexible, and governed. Published: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/dataops-for-generative-ai-data-pipelines-part-ii-must-have-characteristics

DataOps for Generative AI Data Pipelines, Part I: What and Why - Audio blog

2024-03-04 Listen
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The success of Generative AI depends on fundamental disciplines like DataOps. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/dataops-for-generative-ai-data-pipelines-part-i-what-and-why

Data Governance In The Era Of Generative AI - Audio Blog

2024-02-29 Listen
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With the increasing adoption of Generative AI, learn how data governance will add value to and benefit from Generative AI. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/data-governance-in-the-era-of-generative-ai

The EU AI Act and the Emergence of New Global Standards - Audio Blog

2024-02-20 Listen
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The European Union recently passed the first of its kind legal framework on the development, use, and governance of artificial intelligence. It lays out rules and standards with the aim of ensuring technologies are safe and transparent, and do not violate the fundamental rights of an individual. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/the-eu-ai-act-and-the-emergence-of-new-global-standards

Mitigating AI’s Unintended Consequences - Audio Blog

2024-02-12 Listen
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Most organizations are committed to responsible and ethical use of AI. Yet anticipating unintended consequences before designing and implementing AI can be challenging. This framework and process helps evaluate short-term and long-term impacts across multiple dimensions so you can mitigate AI’s unintended consequences. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/mitigating-ai-s-unintended-consequences

The Next Wave of Generative AI: Domain-Specific LLMs - Audio Blog

2024-01-17 Listen
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This blog examines the upcoming trend of domain-specific LLMs and evaluates three different methods of implementation. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/the-next-wave-of-generative-ai-domain-specific-llms

Machine Learning and Streaming Data Pipelines, Part I: Definitions and Architecture - Audio Blog

2024-01-10 Listen
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Many machine learning (ML) use cases center on real-time calculations. This article defines streaming ML and its architectural components. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/machine-learning-and-streaming-data-pipelines-part-i-definitions-and-architecture

The Data Leader’s Guide to Generative AI, Part I: Models, Applications, and Pipelines - Audio Blog

2023-12-15 Listen
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Data leaders must prepare their teams to deliver the timely, accurate, and trustworthy data that GenAI initiatives need to ensure they deliver results. They can do so by modernizing their environments, extending data governance programs, and fostering collaboration with data science teams. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/the-data-leader-s-guide-to-generative-ai-part-i-models-applications-and-pipelines

Generative AI Needs Vigilant Data Cataloging and Governance - Audio Blogs

2023-11-13 Listen
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Our industry’s breathless hype about generative AI tends to overlook the stubborn challenge of data governance. Data catalogs address this challenge by evaluating and controlling the accuracy, explainability, privacy, IP friendliness, and fairness of GenAI inputs. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/generative-ai-needs-vigilant-data-cataloging-and-governance

Why and How to Enable Data Science with an Independent Semantic Layer - Audio Blog

2023-11-10 Listen
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The need for an independent semantic layer continues to rise as data science gains traction in the enterprise. Its five primary elements—metrics, caching, metadata management, APIs, and access controls—support AI/ML use cases as part of data science projects. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/why-and-how-to-enable-data-science-with-an-independent-semantic-layer