Denodo DataFest 2017

Panel discussion by: Alex Rosenthal, Head of EDO and Big Data Technologies, Guardian Life; Arif Rajwani, Founder, Data Architect for BI and Analytics, SimplicityBI; Simon Ummard, Manager of Data Assurance, Enmax; Michael Hiskey, Chief Marketing Officer, Semarchy.

A discussion on the theme of when to collect vs. connect to data from our experts panel at Denodo DataFest 2017.The panel:Arun Murugan, Sr. Director, Data Architecture, GE CapitalPiet Loubser, VP Product and Solutions Marketing, HortonworksNick Sarkisian, Associate VP - North America Analytics Head, HCLPablo Alvarez, Principal Technical Account Manager, DenodoThe panel was moderated by Michael Papalos, Director of Enterprise Sales, Denodo. Visit the Denodo DataFest 2017 to watch all the sessions on-demand.

Pablo Alvarez, Director Product Management, Denodo presents how edge computing enables IoT-driven businesses and the role of data virtualization in Internet-of-Anything.

Nicolas Brisoux, Sr. Product Manager, Tableau presents why data virtualization is the best-fit technology for data democratization

William McKnight, President, McKnight Consulting Group will share from experience some of the hallmarks of mature, leading data environments that leaders will be guiding their data environments towards in the next few years, with the goal of helping true data leadership emerge.

Arif Rajwani, Founder, Data Architect for BI and Analytics, Simplicity BI presents how a custom marketplace fueled by Denodo can provide a solution, a single access point for all of an organization's data assets exposed as reusable services and enriched with searchable metadata.

Tom Christian, Solutions Consultant, Tableau explains the importance of self-service BI and the ability to find the data you are looking for.

Timm Grosser, Head of Consulting BI & Data Management at BARC Research explains the main challenges that modern companies face regarding data management.

Panel discussion by: Timm Grosser, BARC Research; Kishan Shri, Advisor Business Intelligence, Erasmus University Medical Center; Schoeman Loubser, Information Architect, GetSmarter; Sebastien Fabri, Data Analyst, Looker; Andreas Schuldt, Director Business Analytics Services Europe, HCL.

Panel discussion by: Mike Ferguson, Independent Analyst; Gordon Griffin, Altus Analytics; Bart de Groeve, InfoRoad; Gavin Targonski, Wipro; Alberto Pan, CTO, Denodo.