Datascape Podcast: Recent Episodes
Warner Chaves
Each episode, we bring in expert guests to discuss data-based technologies, business and the related market issues. We consider it "Business Technical," not too technical, but not too vanilla. We discuss what different technologies are, how they can be used and the best learning resources for you to get started. We'll be spending a lot of time on the Cloud's effect on IT as well as IT careers.
We publish every two weeks, and we love feedback!
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Warner is joined by Oracle Aces Simon Pane, Franky Faust and Nelson Calero to discuss the latest announcements of the Oracle AI World 2025 conference!
In this episode we discuss the latest and greatest announcements from the Google Next 2025 conference with Simon Pane (Oracle ACE and Google Cloud Champion), Nelson Calero (Oracle Ace Director) and Jeff Deverter (Pythian Field CTO). We go over Oracle partnership updates, BigQuery updates, AlloyDb updates and of course, AI announcements!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Microsoft MVP Luan Moreno, to discuss the latest announcements from the Microsoft Ignite 2024 conference. These include the latest updates for Microsoft Fabric, the new AI Foundry, AI Search updates, SQL Server 2025 and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Oracle Ace Simon Pane and Oracle Ace Director Nelson Calero to discuss the latest and greatest announcements from the Oracle Cloud World 2024 conference. Major themes include the new multi-cloud services, the new Oracle database 23 AI product and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by 3 Oracle Aces: Simon Pane, Aishwarya Kala and Nelson Calero to discuss the announcement of the new Oracle and Google Cloud partnership. Topics discussed are the new interconnect abilities, Oracle Database as a Service inside Google Cloud, implications for customers and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the main announcements from the Microsoft Build 2024 conference in Seattle. These include the new GPT 4-o generative AI model, new AI capabilities in Fabric, improvements coming to Azure Database for Postgresql, CosmosDb and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Whit Walters to discuss the main announcements from the Google Next 2024 conference in Las Vegas. These include the new Gemini 1.5 generative AI model, new AI capabilities in Workspace, improvements coming to AlloyDB, BigQuery and more!
In this episode Warner is joined by Marcelo Adade to discuss the latest announcements from the PASS Data Summit and Microsoft Ignite! These include the general availability of Microsoft Fabric, new GenAI capabilities, new cloud integrations, new AI models, new AI SDKs and more!
In this episode Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the latest announcements from the November 2023 OpenAI Dev Day! These include new GenAI GPT models, new developer features like parallel function calling, vision and audio model APIs, the new Assistant API, GPT marketplace and more!
In this episode Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the latest announcements from the 2023 Snowflake Summit! These include new GenAI and ML capabilities, new core features like Iceberg and Dynamic tables, the Native App Framework, Snowpark containers and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Microsoft Data Platform MVPs, Fabiano Amorim and Marcelo Adade to discuss SQL Server 2022, Synapse Link, cloud migrations and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Paul Lewis, Chief Technology Officer at Pythian with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry.The conversation covers the main themes from 2022 as well as predictions for 2023 around data mesh, the IT layoffs, ChatGPT, blockchain and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Jen Stirrup, Fortune 100 international speaker, named as one of the Top 50 Global Data Visionaries, one of the Top Data Scientists to follow on Twitter and one of the most influential Top 50 Women in Technology worldwide. The conversation revolves around building data engineering teams, improving data fluency, concerns about the misuse of data, positive use cases of data in the charity space and more!
In this episode Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the latest announcements from the Fall 2022 Google Next conference! These include new cloud regions, BigQuery new features, AlloyDb, Spanner, AI and ML announcements and more!
In this episode Warner and Luan cover the biggest announcements from the Microsoft Ignite Fall 2022 conference. These include new features for Cosmos Db, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Azure Purview, Synapse Analytics and more!
In this episode Warner is joined by Manjot Kaur to discuss ETL patterns, cloud differences, Azure data integration tooling and more!
In this episode, Warner and Brian go over the role of Customer Engineering, understanding client needs, helping clients with their tech adoption decisions and more!
In this episode Warner and Luan cover the biggest announcements from the Databricks Data and AI Summit 2022. These include improvements on Delta Lake tables, Spark Structured Streaming, serverless SQL endpoints, new Unity Catalog features, MLFlow 2.0 and more!
In this episode Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the latest announcements from the 2022 Snowflake Summit! These include new development capabilities, database engine modules, data governance and security features and more!
In this episode Warner and Luan recap the Microsoft Build 2022 conference including announcements related to SQL Server 2022, Synapse Analytics, Azure Purview, Cosmos Db, new container offerings and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Paul Lewis, CTO at Pythian to discuss Post-Covid IT, remote staffing, enterprise architecture, data mesh and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Daniel Holt, VP of Solutions Engineering at Cockroach Labs to discuss distributed databases, RDBMS vs NoSQL vs NewSQL and most importantly, all about Cockroach Db!
In this episode Warner and Joey discuss developing an organization data strategy, current state of data governance and quality efforts, introducing data literacy and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Megha Bedi, one of Pythian's youngest Cloud Consultants to discuss cloud migrations, Google BigQuery, certifications, work from home and more!!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Felipe Ferreira, former Microsoft MVP and Data Engineer at Electronic Arts. Topics discussed include analytics in Gaming, Spark, Databricks and Azure, moving into a Data Engineer role and more!
In this episode Warner and Luan go deep in the weeds on building big data platforms in Microsoft's Azure cloud. Discussing pros and cons of Synapse Analytics vs Snowflake vs Databricks, lessons, recommendations and more!
In this episode, Warner is joined by Oracle ACE Franky Faust to discuss the latest updates and current status of the Oracle database stack including Exadata and Oracle cloud offerings.
In this episode, Warner and Simon discuss the state, management and features related to major databases with a focus on Oracle, SQL Server and database cloud offerings.
Warner and Kevin discuss the trends in IT security, the current security challenges, common mistakes, security in the cloud and more!
In this episode, Warner hosts Shara and Miriam, Pythian team managers to discuss the challenges, tips and tricks to managing high performance IT teams around the globe.
In this episode Warner and Sandeep cover the Snowflake Snowday event from November 2021 with the latest updates and announcements for the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform.
In this episode Warner and Scott do an update on all the announcements for Google Cloud's data services for the Fall of 2021. Including new services and updates such as: Analytics Hub, Dataplex, Datastream and more.
In this episode Warner, Fabiano and Luan recap the data related announcements of the Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021 conference: SQL 2022, new Azure SQL and Synapse Analytics features and more.
In this episode, Warner and Pinal discuss SQL Server, Snowflake, current state of the data industry, advice for people entering the field and for people managing data estates.
In this episode, Warner and I discuss the most exciting updates from the spring 2021 Microsoft Ignite virtual conference.
In this episode Pierig LeSaux, Warner Chaves and I discuss the latest updates in GCP and Microsoft Azure.
In this episode, Warner and I discuss the most exciting announcements from the Microsoft Ignite 2020 virtual conference.
In this episode, I'm joined by Kent Graziano, Chief Technology Evangelist at Snowflake to explore Snowflake's cloud database.
In this episode Stephane, Pierig and I discuss the updates to AWS and GCP since our last show.
In this episode, Warner Chaves and I discuss the most exciting updates announced at the Microsoft Build 2020 virtual conference.
Simon Pane returns for this episode to discuss running the Oracle database on various public clouds. We discuss why you might not choose the Oracle cloud and pros/cons of Azure, AWS, and GCP.
In this episode Warner, Stephane, Pierig and I catch up on the latest updates from Google Cloud, Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.
In this episode I meet with Warner Chaves, Stephane Frechette and Pierig LeSaux to discuss the past few months of updates from the major public cloud vendors.
In this episode Warner and I discuss the highlights of the announcements at Microsoft Ignite 2019.
In this episode, Warner, Stephane, Pierig & Chris Presley discuss several interesting cloud updates released on the public cloud(s) over the last few months.
In this episode, Warner and I recap the most exciting announcements from the Microsoft Build 2019 conference. We cover a ton of exciting, Azure, Azure SQL DB, Cosmos db, database and data announcements. It's always great to catch up with Warner, I hope you enjoy this episode.
Stephane Frechette makes his debut on the Datascape podcast to recap Google Next 2019 with me.
We tried something different for the March Cloud Update show going deeper into most of the updates. Please let us know what you thought.
In this episode Kartick, Pierig, Warner and Chris discuss the latest feature announcements from the leading public cloud vendors.
In this episode, Pierig LeSaux and I walk through his favorite announcements from Amazon re:Invent 2018.
This is the November/December combined episode of the most interesting Public Cloud updates as we saw them. In this episode Warner Chaves, Kartick Sekar and I discuss the latest from Microsoft Azure and Google GCP. Notably absent is the AWS updates which we saved for the re:Invent special.
Danil returns to the show on this episode to discuss streaming data, use cases, technology and changing mindsets to data aggregation.
In this Episode, Warner Chaves and I discuss Microsoft Cognitive Services as well as several practical uses for the platform.
In this episode, Bjorn, John and I discuss the various components of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP.)
In this episode, Warner Chaves and Chris Presley discuss the ins and outs of Azure SQL DB as well as other Database as a Service offerings.
In this episode, John and Valerie walk us through several aspects of MariaDB and we see how it compares to MySQL.
In this episode Adam Muise and I discuss the difference between a Private and Public blockchain. We delve into when to use either and how you can learn a lot more about blockchains.
In this episode I discuss moving 10,000 servers from private data centers, to the public cloud with Pierig LeSaux.
In this episode we discuss the Solutions Architect role, with John Laham and Adam Muise.
What it is, isn't and how to get there.
In this episode we explore Microsoft's Azure SQL Datawarehouse. What it is, what it's used for and latest announcements.
Discussing what Couchbase Server is with Terry Dhariwal. We also delve into the differences between Couch DB, MongoDB and give relevant use cases.
Join Warner Chaves, Suniel Sahi and I as we discuss the key announcements from Microsoft's Ignite 2017 conference.
In this episode, I discuss the most interesting announcements from Oracle OpenWorld 2017 with Simon and Ivica.
In this episode we continue to discuss the evolution of the DBA Career. I'm joined by Warner Chaves, Bjoern Rost, Derek Downey discuss automation in regards to the DBA, across several popular database platforms.
In this episode we delve into the world of serverless data & computing with Mike Roberts.
Show notes:
UPDATE: Please note that we realize there's a speed issue with the audio and it will be corrected shortly.
Warner Chaves returns to the Podcast to discuss why CosmosDB is relevent and how it stacks up to Google Spanner & Amazon's DynamoDB.
In this episode I check in with Derek, who recaps Percona Live and lets us know what's up with MySQL these days. I can't resist getting into Open Source, Tools, Community and some tips for getting started with MySQL.
In this Episode, I speak with Christos about using Hadoop as a part of a Transactional data store for a public facing web pages.
You can find the show notes and links here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-10-getting-transactional-hadoop/
In this episode, Simon Pane gives us an update on what's going on in the Oracle database and cloud world today.
Show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-9-whats-up-with-oracle-these-days/
In this episode, Warner and I discuss the announcements from Microsoft Data Amp, including Azure Managed Instance, Azure Data Migration Service, and SQL Server 2017.
The show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-8-sql-server-2017-microsoft-data-amp/
In this episode, Dennis and I discuss the ins and outs of Data Governance. The show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-7-discussing-data-governance-dennis-walker/
On this episode, John Laham discussing what's hot and exciting from Google's Next 2017 conference. We tried to stick to discussing the conference, but couldn't resist getting a little deeper into GCP. The show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-6-discussing-google-next-conference-john-laham/
In this episode, I discuss the NoSQL database, Cassandra with industry expert, John Schulz. We explore what it is, key differences from a Relational Database, use cases and tips.
The show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-5-exploring-cassandra-database/
In this episode, Bjoern Rost and I cover the Oracle's licensing change, (or clarification) in detail. Full show notes available on my blog at https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-4-discussing-oracle-licensing-public-cloud/
In this episode I discuss Data Lakes with Danil Zburivsky. We cover what they are, adoption success criteria, failures, how to get started and what to avoid.
The show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-3-data-lakes-danil-zburivsky/
In this episode I discuss the rationale for Microsoft's decision to port SQL Server to Linux, as well as some possible use cases with Rich and Warner.
The show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-2-running-sql-server-linux-say-whaaat/
In our first episode we discuss the changes of the Database Administrator career, where it was and where it's going.
The show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-podcast-episode-1-discussing-the-future-of-the-dba-career/