Hadooponomics

We invited Edd Dumbill, the VP of Strategy at Silicon Valley Data Science,to join us for episode 7 of Hadooponomics. It's a real treat to have Edd as a guest and I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation for a number of reasons. Not only does Edd work with hundreds of companies on their Big Data strategies, but he is also an incurable futurist who spends his time thinking about how emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence are going to impact our lives. To top it off, during his time at O'Reilly Media, Edd just so happened to be one of the founders of the Strata Conference, which has since evolved into the preeminent Big Data Show – Strata + Hadoop World. Over the course of the interview we first discuss how the culture and community of Big Data has evolved (following the arc of the conferences) and then talk through tactical strategies that organizations use for realizing value from their Big Data investments. Finally we round out the show discussing the effects of Artificial Intelligence on Big Data an