Drill to Detail Ep.53 'ThoughtSpot, Search and AI-Powered BI' With Special Guest Doug Bordonaro

Mark Rittman is joined by ThoughtSpot's Chief Data Evangelist Doug Bordonaro to talk about the value of data, issues around trust and consent raised by the EU's new GDPR regulations, and how ThoughtSpot are applying ideas from search engines combined with artificial intelligence smarts to surface insights and drive real value for business users from their analytics investment

• "Value Becomes the 5th “V” in Big Data Factors"
• ThoughtSpot - Search and AI-Driven Analytics for Humans
• The ThoughtSpot Blog
• Doug Bordonaro on LinkedIn
• “Will GDPR Make Machine Learning Illegal?” - KDNuggets article

Drill to Detail Ep.36 'Marketing Analytics, AI and the Rise of the Omni-channel Consumer' With Special Guest Mark Madsen

Mark Rittman is joined by Industry Analyst Mark Madsen to talk about marketing analytics and the rise of the omni-channel consumer, the use of AI in analytics and personalization and what this all means for brands, for advertisers and for marketers.

• Third Nature, Inc.
• "A Pragmatic Approach to Analyzing Customers"
• "Salesforce Einstein Keynote: AI For Everyone"
• "What is SAP Leonardo? Everything you need to know about SAP’s Leonardo platform"

Drill to Detail Ep.30 "AI, ML & Oracle's Adaptive Intelligence Applications" with Special Guest Jack Berkowitz

Oracle's Jack Berkowitz joins Mark Rittman to talk about a new category of continuously adapting, self-learning applications being built-out by Oracle that use machine learning together with enterprise and third-party data to create a new generation of intelligent HR, CX, SCM and ERP SaaS apps.

• "Adaptive Intelligence: What You Need to Know"
• Oracle's Adaptive Intelligence Apps product homepage

Drill to Detail Ep.25 'SAP BusinessObjects Analytics, AI and Digital Transformation' With Special Guest Timo Elliott

Mark Rittman is joined by Timo Elliott, originally of Business Objects and now Innovation Evangelist for SAP, to talk about the origins of self-service BI with Business Objects' innovative "Universe" and the role analytics now plays within SAP; why analytics is the most important function within your organization and why the vast majority of analytics is still reporting (which isn't so bad); and the role AI and other innovations will play in analytics going in the future.

• Timo's Elliott Business Analytics and Digital Business Blog
• "Analytics Is The Most Important Business Process in Your Organization!"
• "The Vast Majority of Analytics is Still Reporting (And That’s Not So Bad)"
• "What is the Story of Business Objects" (Quora answer)