Category: Artificial Intelligence

Feed: Alation. Author: Myles Suer. January 20, 2022 — Several weeks ago (prior to the Omicron wave), I got to attend my first conference in roughly two years: Dataversity’s Data Quality and Information Quality Conference. Ryan Doupe, Chief Data Officer of American Fidelity, held a thought-provoking session that resonated with me. In Ryan’s “9-Step Process for Better Data Quality” he discussed the processes for generating data that business leaders consider trustworthy. To be clear, data quality is one of several types of data governance as defined by Gartner and the Data Governance Institute. Quality policies for data and analytics set ... Read More

Feed: Sand Hill Group. Author: clare. Elay Cohen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Saleshood, a Sales Enablement Platform. Recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as a “mover and shaker” in sales leadership and listed by LinkedIn as one of the world’s top sales experts. Named Salesforce’s 2011 Executive of the Year by Marc Benioff after creating a Partner Relationship Management category and product line at Salesforce, Elay’s experience in B2B sales effeciencies is thoughtful and comprehensive. M.R. Rangaswami: Why is sales enablement exploding now?  Elay Cohen: There are three main factors. First, the pandemic has accelerated the need for organizations to have ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Satyen Sangani. January 19, 2022 — I’m excited to announce the launch of a project I’ve been working on for some time. This January, I’m launching my first podcast: Data Radicals. Data Radicals features conversations with leaders who drive the use of data in powerful and innovative ways. These are people who not only generate insights, but often play a role in changing how people think and work. They are radical in the sense that they unabashedly drive change by leveraging data and scientific thinking. I’ve had the pleasure to pick the minds of brilliant writers, entrepreneurs, ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Mitesh Shah. January 13, 2022 — There have been many great rivalries over the years. Yankees vs Red Sox. Barcelona vs Real Madrid. Tyson vs Holyfield. And now, arguably the greatest rivalry the world (well, at least the data community) has ever witnessed: Data Fabric vs Data Mesh! Grab the popcorn. We’ll save you the $80 pay-per-view fee and give you a front-row seat into this exciting match up. Data fabric and data mesh are both having a moment. Gartner calls data fabric the Future of Data Management1. Thoughtworks says data mesh is key to moving beyond ... Read More

Feed: Sand Hill Group. Author: clare. SEG’s Public Market Update: 3Q21 - Sand Hill Group Skip to main content SEG’s 3Q21 SaaS Public Market Update is a snapshot of how public companies are performing in our SEG SaaS Index. The Index is comprised of 99 publicly traded companies that primarily offer solutions via the cloud and may have a subscription or transaction-based pricing model. 6 Highlights from the Report: The SEG SaaS Index continues to maintain record-level valuations despite a mild softening since 1Q21’s peak. 3Q21’s median EV/Revenue multiple of 13.2x is nearly 50% ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Timothy O'Neil. January 11, 2022 — As Chief Revenue Officer at Alation, my responsibilities go far beyond just sales. I work side-by-side with my colleagues in Marketing to orchestrate our go-to-market motion. I work with Engineering to bring broad market insights into the development cycle. And I collaborate with all teams to ensure we’re pushing towards the same growth goals. I also engage with our customers to ensure the Alation journey continues to be beneficial and rewarding to both them and us. Indeed, teamwork is how we’ll win. I’m a dad to three young kids (two girls ... Read More

Feed: Sand Hill Group. Author: clare. Cody Sudmeier’s leap into entrepreneurship happened at age 26 with a “Jerry Maguire moment.”  Passed up for a promotion at the global consulting firm, Cody made the rash decision (his words), to leave his job and to launch Agility Solutions, a profit assurance consulting firm he co-founded with Sami Ibrahim. Agility was twice recognized as Denver’s fastest-growing private company, expanding to 50 consultants under Cody’s leadership. he then sold his ownership in Agility in 2014 to focus on a new venture. With co-founder, Jamie Regehr, Spur Experiences has grown the business into an international presence, ... Read More

Feed: Sand Hill Group. Author: clare. CEO Fiona Smythe is no amateur in the health-tech space. She and her husband co-founded mscripts, a patient communication platform for pharmacies, that sold to Cardinal Health in 2019. Following that, Fiona started her new digital health startup – MedaSystems; an expanded access software for health care professionals helping patients with serious and life-threatening conditions.With this new venture, Fiona and her team are focusing on the growing opportunities to help patients get access to investigational therapies. A self-described water-girl, Fiona finds her own therapeutic benefits from rowing and open water swimming in the San ... Read More

Feed: Sand Hill Group. Author: clare. The team at ALICE Tech knows that the construction segment can be slow to adopt new technology and the tools that many use for project scheduling and management. Excel and Microsoft Project are decades old and are not purpose-built, making ALICE an industry breath of fresh air.Through AI, ALICE enables customers to create millions of potential schedules at once, and then analyze those options to find the path that best suits their business goals. Companies can reduce risk and save months of production time and millions of dollars in costs. So yes, the technology is cool, but so ... Read More

Feed: Sand Hill Group. Author: clare. As a multidisciplinary professional with a background in health data, AI, ML, IT analytics and corporate R&D, Jehan was able to recognize a gap in verifiable receipt data.With a unique career combination of Computer Science, Public Health Epidemiology, and Privacy Law, Jehan built Banyan to enable merchants and banks to deliver personalized services to their customers. He worked in CPG while at Campbell’s Soup, and FinTech/OCR while building receipt-capture apps for clinical trials at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This conversation is a light into the corners of an industry not often ... Read More