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31 Aug 2023

#TrueDataOps Podcast Returns with Season 2 on Sept 6th

LONDON, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Prepare for an enriching deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of DataOps as the highly acclaimed #TrueDataOps podcast series returns for its second season on September 6th, at 8AM Pacific Time, 3pm GMT. Hosted by the distinguished Kent Graziano, The Data Warrior, the podcast delivers a wealth of technical knowledge and expert education to data professionals navigating the complexities of modern data management.

Following a remarkable inaugural season that featured 18 noteworthy guests and amassed over 10,000 views, Season 2 is poised to deliver an even more profound impact. With a steadfast commitment to providing listeners with unparalleled insights, this season aims to equip data practitioners with the tools and knowledge necessary to excel in the evolving DataOps landscape.

Check out the full press release with links to sign up for notification.

Hope you will join me for season 2!

Kent

The Data Warrior

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19 Apr 2023

Unlocking the Vault Podcast – What’s Coming in 2023

A few weeks back I was privileged to one of the guests on Dan Linstedt’s podcast, Unlocking the Vault, along with a bevy of other well know data visionaries, thought leaders, and practitioners.

Our topic was –  it’s 2023 and we’re swimming in buzzwords like data mesh, decentralization, data lake house, etc. What’s actually the next big thing that we should take seriously? Are we forgetting something obvious or leaving something behind?

We had quite the discussion on what we see happening in 2023, where the industry is going, agile, DataOps, and loads more.

Listen in!

Enjoy!

Kent

The Data Warrior

P.S. If you enjoyed that discussion, lots more like that to come for an entire week at WWDVC 2023. It is not too late to sign up and join us in Stowe, Vermont! Register here today!

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06 Oct 2022

The Hype:  Data Mesh Will Become Obsolete – Really?

Data Mesh is indeed a hot topic these days. Is it the answer to all our big data problems? Probably not, but it will help some organizations. Is it obsolete? See what I think in this recent blog post…

In the summer of 2022, Gartner® published its Hype Cycle on Data Management, and this was not without some controversy.

In particular, it asserted that Data Mesh will be obsolete before it reaches what Gartner calls the Plateau of Productivity. It is hard to fathom how they came to that conclusion when there is such a vibrant Data Mesh Community complete with a very active Slack channel, and when DataOps.live customers like Roche and OneWeb have successfully built a Data Mesh using DataOps.live and Snowflake. But we’ll come back to that in a moment.

Data Mesh is in essence a conceptual approach and architectural framework, not a specific off-the-shelf tool or technology. One of the main precepts for its creation is angled towards improving productivity and time to value by eliminating the perceived bottlenecks that have been experienced by organizations building out large-scale enterprise data warehouses and data lakes.  Zhamak Deghani, the creator of the Data Mesh concept, has referred to it as a decentralized sociotechnical approach – meaning it involves people, processes and technology. So, it seems likely that no two implementations will be the same by their nature. How one organization defines productivity based on its specific needs and outputs on its own application of Data Mesh will differ from another. Yes, Data Mesh is (kind of) new and yes, it is maturing, but that does not mean we should ignore or discount it this early in the game.

It is hard these days to separate the hype from the reality so check out the entire post over at the DataOps.live blog.

Cheers.

Kent

The Data Warrior

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09 May 2022
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Data Vault and Data Mesh – A Match Made in the Cloud?

Check out my latest thoughts about Data Vault and Data Mesh:

Over the last six years (after I joined Snowflake basically), I have witnessed a massive increase in the interest and implementation of Data Vault 2.0. I have talked to literally hundreds of companies across the globe and across all industries about changing their approach to building an enterprise data platform. It was sort of mind boggling how many folks wanted to speak to me about this. So why, after almost two decades of successful data vault implementations, have so many people “suddenly” got interested in Data Vault?

Well, a few reasons:

1. They are moving to the cloud (in this case, Snowflake) and figured it was time to look at their approach to data warehousing and data lakes.

2. What they had been doing for decades, on critical review, really was not working (i.e., lots of expensive re-engineering all the time) and definitely could not scale.

3. Things are changing so rapidly, they needed to find a way to be more agile.

Read the rest of the post here on the Data Rebels site to find out how Data Vault relates to Data Mesh – Data Vault and Data Mesh

What do you think?

Have a great week!

Kent

The Data Warrior

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03 Mar 2022

Life and Times of The Data Warrior

Please join me on March 30th at 11AM CDT for my first official post-retirement talk!

I will be chatting with Mike Lampa from Great Data Minds about my career and plans post-Snowflake. I expect we will cover a wide range of topics including what community and technical evangelism is all about, as well as what made me jump from nearly 30 years in the Oracle world to a small startup with less than 100 people that claimed to have re-invented data warehousing in the cloud.

You can register here for this free event.

See you then!

Kent

The Data Warrior

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