It's About Data

It's About Data

Matthew Housley and Tony Baer

Episodes 67
Avg. Duration 19m
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Since Mar 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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We discuss data, artificial intelligence, and whatever else we feel like talking about. Cohosted by Tony Baer and Matt Housley. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XFbzM-Vn1ztmEQFDVzYCQ

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S1E67 IBM Think 2026

May 07, 2026 17m

Tony records from Boston to bring us the latest updates from  @IBM  Think 2026.#artificialintelligence #bigblue

S1E66 Database Autonomy (Miran Badzak, @IBM)

May 07, 2026 19m

We're releasing this continuation of Ep 53 with Miran Badzak to coincide with IBM Think 2026. What does it mean for a database to be autonomous? What is the future for DBAs? What is the outlook for…

S1E65 The Agentic AI Foundation (Interview with Angie Jones and Jim Zemlin)

May 07, 2026 12m

We chat with Angie Jones (VP Developer Experience,  @AgenticAI-Foundation  ) and Jim Zemlin (CEO of  @LinuxfoundationOrg  ) at MCP Dev Summit about what's next for agentic AI and the…

S1E64 GCP Next 2026 (with Sanjeev Mohan)

May 07, 2026 21m

Tony and Sanjeev record from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. We discuss the integrated stack from hardware to agents, cloud interconnect data collaboration and TPUs.#cloudcomputing…

S1E63 The Human Layer of Data (Guests Jenna Jordan and Thais Cooke)

May 05, 2026 22m

We're joined by guests Thais Cooke and Jenna Jordan to discuss the themes of their respective talks at Data Day Texas 2026: human connection, library science, provenance and…

S1E62 Combining Two Approaches to AI (with Yitzhak Kesselman, Microsoft)

May 05, 2026 19m

Yitzhak Kesselman (Corporate Vice President  @Microsoft  ) joins us to discuss Microsoft Fabric IQ and the combination of two approaches to AI: traditional "signals" machine learning and LLM based…

S1E61 MCP Dev Summit Recap with Andrew Brust

May 05, 2026 17m

MCP comes to the big city! Andrew Brust joins us to report on MCP Dev Summit in New York City. How can MCP go from MVP to the enterprise? Are enterprises ready for…

S1E60 Data Modeling, GTA 6 and the State of Data Engineering (with Joe Reis)

Apr 02, 2026 25m

Joe Reis joins the show to talk about his upcoming data modeling book, GTA 6, and AI's impact on data engineering.Joe's Substack on data…

S1E59 Agentic Coding in the Trenches (with Lena Hall)

Apr 02, 2026 16m

Lena Hall joins us to discuss the promise and peril of coding with AI agents. This episode was recorded at Data Day Texas 2026.#artificialintelligence #aicoding #aiagents

S1E58 AI, Library Science and Reading (with Jessica Talisman)

Apr 02, 2026 19m

Jessica Talisman joins us for another episode in our one year anniversary series to discuss her recently published essay on declining literacy skills in the United…

S1E57 AI, Human Connection, Guard Rails and Ethics (with Paige Roberts)

Apr 02, 2026 17m

Paige Roberts (industry analyst, consultant, writer) joins us for a discussion at Data Day Texas 2026.#artificialintelligence #humanconnection #aiethics

S1E56 Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies and Context (with Jessica Talisman)

Apr 02, 2026 17m

"Saying context graph is like saying wet water." Jessica Talisman joins us to discuss the outlook on knowledge in the midst of the AI boom. This episode is part of our first anniversary…

S1E55 AI-ready Data

Mar 14, 2026 16m

Jean-Georges Perrin ( @Actian  ) joins us to discuss AI-ready data. Also in the mix: data products, data contracts, Bitol, and the human context that we're still working to capture. This episode was…

S1E54 The Pedantic Layer vs. The Semantic Layer

Mar 14, 2026 19m

Juan Sequeda (ServiceNow) was one of our first guest and joins us for this special 1st anniversary episode. He imparts lessons learned in years of building ontologies.Catalog and Cocktails, Juan's…

S1E53 AI Powered Autonomous Databases

Mar 14, 2026 17m

Miran Badzak (Executive Director, Databases  @IBM  ) joins us to roadmap the future for AI-driven database autonomy and discuss some major announcements for IBM Db2.

S1E52 The Past, Present and Future of Apache Iceberg

Mar 14, 2026 15m

Russell Spitzer joins us at Data Day Texas 2026 to discuss his work on the Apache Iceberg project.#dataanalytics #datamanagement #opensource

S1E51 AI Agents: Hype vs. Reality

Mar 14, 2026 16m

Andrew Brust (CEO of bluebadgeinsights.com) joins us to discuss the hype and excitement around AI agents. This episode continues the conversation from episode 50.Episode…

S1E50 Ontologies, Semantics, AI and the Microsoft Data Ecosystem

Mar 14, 2026 19m

"It brings AI to Fabric and Fabric to AI." Andrew Brust (Blue Badge Insights) is the rare polymath who combines hardcore technical chops with industry analytics prowess. He brings his experience to…

S1E49 AI and the Publishing Business

Mar 14, 2026 16m

We chat with Aaron Black ( @oreilly  ) about the state of tech publishing. Do we still need books when we have AI? What do physical books have to do with vinyl records? This episode was recorded at…

S1E48 Systems of Action

Mar 14, 2026 16m

This is a continuation of the conversation with Bruno in episode 47. What do you get for the enterprise that has everything? We've had systems of record, systems of engagement, and systems of…

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