Why the BI & Big Data Gap is Smaller Than it Seems

As enterprises become more agile, centralization appears more and more a thing of the past waterfall world. This need is equally true with data platforms. This paradigm drove us to build a Data Mesh, this next generation of data platforms for PayPal Credit. This talk will detail quickly go over the evolution of data platforms, highlight the problems of current data platforms, and explain why we decided to build a Data Mesh. I will detail the four principles of the Data Mesh, how we got started, and describe some current and future challenges and how we plan to solve them. Part of the Expert Hour series.

Alternative data and AI (artificial intelligence) are increasingly being explored by investors as ways to gain ESG and potentially water risk insights. In this Ceres Webinar, speakers Ashby Monk, PhD from Stanford and Steven Fortier and Dr. Toby Messier from Aquantix explore the reality and possible future use of alternative data, natural language processing and AI in developing new approaches to collecting and analyzing E. risks – particularly those related to water.

CPG brands are navigating an ever-changing landscape where consumer habits are evolving and new digital players have been quick to adopt direct-to-consumer approaches. For CPG companies to innovate and thrive, they need to enhance their first-party spatial understanding of consumers and use these valuable insights to drive impactful market expansion decisions.

The benefits of turning to the cloud are numerous; scalability, control, flexibility, and power to name a few. While transitioning to the cloud has many strong points, there are still the challenges of data and application protection. In this webinar, you’ll learn: - How to leverage multi-cloud as an addition to your traditional data center - What applications and services require the most protection in hybrid mode and how to protect them - The importance of portability and how to avoid lock-in - How to get better compliance and data protection by moving data between on-prem and the cloud.