Podcasts about business data

In this episode we are discussing the groundbreaking partnership between SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Databricks. We discuss how SAP BTP is driving AI-first enterprise transformation through seamless SAP Datasphere integration, zero-copy data sharing, and advanced AI/ML workflows. Also, how Business Data Fabric and SAP Business AI are enabling future-ready enterprise IT, making it easier than ever to turn enterprise data into real business value. From hands-on use cases like cash flow forecasting, margin analysis, and attrition analysis to practical tips for engineers and data scientists, you'll get a front-row seat to digital transformation outcomes that matter.

Jeff Kuo, Founder and CEO of Ragic, a spreadsheet style online database builder to enable business of all sizes to develop their own database … Read more The post Breaking the Spreadsheet Habit: The Future of Business Data appeared first on Top Entrepreneurs Podcast | Enterprise Podcast Network.

The economy looks to have taken a turn in the right direction with Gross Domestic Product showing growth in the second quarter, while consumer spending also increased again. Gene Marks says this is a positive step, but he also warns businesses about relying on statistics that keep getting revised. And speaking of reliability, a major bank reported that nearly one-quarter of businesses are in survival mode and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports that 76% of businesses surveyed are comfortable with their cash flow. One thing is for sure, the labor market is softening and if businesses are thinking about recruiting, then TikTok videos might be the way to get the good word out. Listen to the podcast.  Additional Resources Check out how Paychex helps businesses DISCLAIMER: The information presented in this podcast, and that is further provided by the presenter, should not be considered legal or accounting advice, and should not substitute for legal, accounting, or other professional advice in which the facts and circumstances may warrant. We encourage you to consult legal counsel as it pertains to your own unique situation(s) and/or with any specific legal questions you may have.  

In modern businesses, your data is your value. This is not a new concept, but it can be a struggle to understand where to start when it comes to harnessing your data effectively.Unstructured data, which can be generated in massive quantities before it ever produces value, can be especially difficult to handle. But if this task is completed correctly, businesses can future-proof their operations and lay the groundwork for future AI deployments.What solutions are available to turn unstructured data into machine-readable content? And how does this feed into implementing in-demand tools such as AI agents?In this special edition of the ITPro Podcast, in association with Hyland, Rory and John explore how businesses can harness their structured and unstructured data to generate value and enable AI tools.Read more:Structured vs unstructured data managementA quarter of firms still don't have a formal data strategy – and it's hampering AI adoptionData quality worries are holding back AI adoption among manufacturers, despite optimism over its growth potentialAI is causing a data storage crisis for enterprises

In this episode of Rocky Mountain Marketing, I spoke with Hunter Jensen, founder and CEO of Barefoot Solutions, to explore the often-overlooked risks and opportunities in building AI strategies for business.Hunter shares expert guidance on:How companies can use AI without compromising sensitive dataWhy blindly plugging your proprietary info into ChatGPT is dangerousWhat a strong AI governance policy should includeWhen open-source AI models are the better fit for your goalsHow to educate your team on safe and effective AI usageTimestamps:00:00 Introduction: The Hidden Risks of AI Data00:28 Welcome to Rocky Mountain Marketing00:58 Today's Topic: Secure and ROI-Driven AI Strategy01:19 Meet Hunter Jensen: AI and Data Science Expert02:43 The Importance of Secure AI Tools05:55 Steps to Implementing a Secure AI Strategy06:37 The Role of AI Governance and Internal Tools15:58 Custom AI Solutions for Your Business18:58 Final Thoughts and Practical Advice24:23 Conclusion and How to ConnectThey also dig into how machine learning supports predictive analytics, and the importance of fostering innovation within your company culture to fully leverage AI.Whether you're a founder, CIO, or digital marketer, this episode delivers the tactical and strategic insights you need to build a secure, scalable, and ROI-positive AI roadmap.Visit Hunter Jensen:Website: https://www.barefootsolutions.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterjensen/Email: hunter@barefootsolutions.comLearn more about Katie and Next Step Social & Podcasting:Speaking: https://katiebrinkley.com/Website: https://yournextstep.agency/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiebrinkleyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/@rockymountainmarketingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkatiebrinkley/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/socialprofitlab#AISecurity #AIStrategy #Chatgpt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nonprofit leadership isn't just about managing resources — it's about vision, resilience, and the bold action it takes to solve the toughest challenges in our communities. Dr. Dawn Belamarich, CEO of Collaboratory, is leading a bold mission to solve Southwest Florida's biggest social challenges by 2040. With roots as a therapist and the discipline of a business leader, Dawn shares how she blends compassion with strategy to drive impact. From data-driven initiatives to scholarships that change lives forever, her leadership lessons resonate with nonprofit executives, Board members, and emerging leaders alike. You'll learn: Why every nonprofit must be run like a business to sustain its mission How optimism became Dawn's leadership superpower—and why it matters The power of scholarships and community funding to change lives Straight talk for Board members and CEOs navigating tough times Why knowing your “why” is essential for every nonprofit professional If you're ready for practical wisdom, candid insights, and real inspiration to lead with courage, this episode is for you. Prefer video? Watch the full episode on YouTube, https://youtu.be/9IXlGHn0eQY. Standout Quotes “A nonprofit is a business. If there's no money, there's no mission.” — [18:03] “It's the game changer of game changers when you see a life transformed by a scholarship.” — [15:43] “Know your why. Write it on your mirror, remind yourself every day, because many things will try to take you off course.” — [40:12] Chapters & Timestamps 00:00 – Welcome & Collaboratory's Bold 2040 Mission 01:05 – From Therapist to Nonprofit CEO: An Unexpected Journey 07:15 – Finding Inspiration in People, Innovation, and Optimism 13:42 – Scholarships & Success Stories That Change Lives 18:03 – Running Nonprofits Like a Business 21:39 – Navigating Funding Challenges with Collaboration 24:21 – Straight Talk for Board Members and Nonprofit CEOs 29:47 – Failures, Lessons, and Surprising Leadership Insights 38:12 – Final Advice for Nonprofit Leaders: Know Your Why Guest Bio Dr. Dawn Belamarich is President & CEO of Collaboratory, Southwest Florida's regional community foundation with a bold mission to solve the area's biggest social challenges by 2040. A licensed mental health therapist with a doctorate in business and leadership, Dawn brings a unique blend of compassion and strategy to her work. Before joining Collaboratory, she held senior leadership roles at Recovery Centers of America, where she led clinical and operational excellence for a national addiction treatment provider. Her career spans both nonprofit and for-profit sectors, giving her a distinctive perspective on driving impact with business discipline. Dawn also serves on the Board of the ARCHway Institute, a national organization providing education and resources for those impacted by addiction. Originally from New Jersey, she now calls Cape Coral, Florida home, where she enjoys the outdoors, spending time with family, and life with her husband Dave and their...

Gaurav Dey is joined by Sandy Tran, Product Manager for SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) on SAP BTP, to discuss Business Warehouse (BW) modernization and BW transformation. Together they outline how customers can move from SAP BW 7.5 and BW/4HANA to BDC via the pragmatic “lift → shift → innovate” approach. Sandy details the new Data Product Generator, showing how legacy BW InfoProviders become SAP data products ready for AI in SAP scenarios—whether you're using SAP Datasphere, SAP Databricks, or intelligent copilots like SAP Joule. Listeners also get an early look at the SAP roadmap for 2025, which promises deeper object associations, automated dependency handling, and smoother SAP cloud migration paths.

Gaurav Dey is joined by Sandy Tran, Product Manager for SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) on SAP BTP, to discuss Business Warehouse (BW) modernization and BW transformation. Together they outline how customers can move from SAP BW 7.5 and BW/4HANA to BDC via the pragmatic “lift → shift → innovate” approach. Sandy details the new Data Product Generator, showing how legacy BW InfoProviders become SAP data products ready for AI in SAP scenarios—whether you're using SAP Datasphere, SAP Databricks, or intelligent copilots like SAP Joule. Listeners also get an early look at the SAP roadmap for 2025, which promises deeper object associations, automated dependency handling, and smoother SAP cloud migration paths.

Consumer advocacy groups led by Rise Economy filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for not implementing a small-business data collection rule mandated by Congress under the Dodd-Frank Act. The lawsuit alleges violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Administrative Procedure Act and seeks to require the CFPB to collect and publish data on small-business loan applications, including demographic details and loan denials. Banking trade groups have also challenged the rule, citing compliance burdens, resulting in multiple court delays and an extended compliance deadline to July 2026. The case centers on the need for data to identify lending discrimination and credit access gaps for small businesses.Learn more on this news by visiting us at: https://greyjournal.net/news/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of SUGTalks, Craig is joined by Hagen Jander, Vice President, Product Management & Strategy – SAP Business Data Cloud & Insights. Together, they take a deep dive on SAP Business Data Cloud, exploring, what it is, how it builds on DataSphere, and why harmonised, contextualised data is key to powering AI, overcoming data silos, and unlocking real business value. Hagen also shares how customers can get started and what's coming next on the Business Data Cloud roadmap. To learn more about the UKISUG referral scheme, visit: https://www.sapusers.org/community-referral-scheme

In this follow-up to our discussion on the business case for Business Data Cloud, expert Shawn Brown returns for a focused deep dive into one of the most critical topics for established SAP customers. If your organization has a significant investment in SAP Business Warehouse (BW) or Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC), this episode is essential listening. Shawn provides a strategic roadmap for migration, explaining how BDC offers a "glide slope" to modernize your landscape by turning existing artifacts into valuable data products, rather than forcing a disruptive break from your past investments. Tune in to understand the clear path forward for your on-premise solutions and learn how to leverage BDC to protect what you've built while accelerating your future in data and analytics. With over two decades of experience in SAP solutions, Shawn Brown currently serves as Senior Director for SAP's Center of Excellence. Known for expertly identifying customer needs, Mr. Brown excels in presenting tailored solutions involving Business Technology Platform, Business Data Cloud, S4HANA, and Business AI. A proven leader in demand generation and partner relationship management, Mr. Brown has successfully driven initiatives that enhance customer experience and streamline cloud solution adoption. Renowned as a thought leader and strategist, Mr. Brown frequently shares insights with CIOs and business influencers, fostering strong, trust-based relationships across multiple industries.   Connect with Us: LinkedIn: Shawn Brown Mustansir Saifuddin Innovative Solution Partners : Twitter:  @Mmsaifuddin YouTube or learn more about our sponsor Innovative Solution Partners to schedule a free consultation.    Episode Transcript [00:00:00] Mustansir Saifuddin: Welcome to Tech Driven Business, brought to you by Innovative Solution Partners. I'm honored to have Sean Brown of SAP rejoin me to a deeper dive into what SAP Business Data Cloud means for existing business warehouse customers. If you're running BW or BPC and weighing your options, this episode is for you. [00:00:28] Welcome [00:00:32] back to Tech-Driven Business. Shawn, how are you? [00:00:36] Shawn Brown: I am doing well. Thanks for having me back. Happy to be here. [00:00:40] Mustansir Saifuddin: It's great to have you back. I'm really excited to have you back on our show, especially when we started the first session. It was more summary level talking about business data cloud in general. What I would like to do is to bring it a notch down and talk about some of the benefits. [00:00:58] that BDC will bring to SAP BW customers. I see a lot of questions or thoughts about what it will do for those customers having business warehouse. So I'd like to dig deeper into this conversation. How does that sound? [00:01:14] Shawn Brown: That sounds great. [00:01:16] Mustansir Saifuddin: Awesome. Awesome. [00:01:17] Okay, so let's get into it. Right? Let's start with this. I mean, how does BDC simplify the data landscape for BW users? Let's start with that. [00:01:29] Shawn Brown: Yeah, so I think the big question is first, how is a customer using BW? This gets into whether they're using it for the purposes of. An analytical tool. They've built reports against, they've BEx reports. They, they're using older technologies like Business Objects. They're moving forward to actually even using even some third party, or they're using SAC or are they using it for the purposes of extracting the data from the source systems at SAP ERP, ECC [00:02:04] And even if they're already on S/4 and then using it as, Hey, I've extracted this data from SAP, now I'm looking for a way to use this data. And if it's acting as a bit more of a pass through then they have to kind of figure out what are they gonna do to get to that data after they're [00:02:24] thinking of what are they gonna do with BW now, if they're thinking about BW in a BW 4HANA perspective, they're probably looking at it as a long-term solution because they've got until 2040 before they have to really get off of BW. If, if they're using it in, let's say BW 7.5, they've got a little bit more time. [00:02:44] But the question is, are you gonna upgrade or, you know, what's the longer term plan with it? In those cases, I think really the big question for those customers is if I am looking to try to move to the more advanced capabilities that we have to access data within SAP. Then you're, you're clearly going to be in a position of trying to explore Business Data Cloud. [00:03:08] Now, the ability to take your environment that is on-prem, likely today in BW and then move it into BDC it, it moves in as a private cloud instance within BDC. This allows you to basically turn off everything that you're doing. On the on-prem BW and turn it into a software as a service that I think is going to open up a lot of opportunity for organizations that, you know, they may have invested very heavily in BW. If they're on BW4, they're looking at some maintenance costs. If they're before that, they're not so worried about it, but they are still dealing with potentially HANA costs. To be able to take all of that investment that they may have made and move it into BDC changes in many respects, the, the [00:04:00] path to do this 'cause [00:04:02] now it's not I have to pay for something in perpetuity or maintain something in perpetuity. I have a path to make it easier to move those assets into BDC. This is where the data product generator in BW in BDC is a big game changer because data products are gonna be the way that we're going to be delivering SAP artifacts in in the future. [00:04:27] To be able to take those BW artifacts and turn them into data products, and then develop all of your own insights on those artifacts, on those new BW data products that you've generated. This is gonna create a, a really great opportunity for a lot of those organizations that have been trying to figure out what their path forward looks like. [00:04:51] Maybe one last thing I'll say on this is, for those organizations that are maybe thinking of decommissioning BW altogether and moving towards some third party capability, I guess my only caution would be that's gonna be an expensive proposition, both in the short term and in the long term. [00:05:09] Most organizations are looking for self-service analytics. And while you can spend a lot of time and energy curating all of that data from all of the systems across your organization at SAP with SAP data, we're already doing that for you. You're basically duplicating the effort that we're going to provide out of the box. [00:05:32] This is one way you can kind of say, what do I do with BW? Well, I wanna move away from it, but if I wanna move away from it, I have a way to do it and still be able to take advantage of a lot of those curated data products that will be delivered from SAP, from all of those, we'll call it ERP based needs. [00:05:49] . [00:05:49] Mustansir Saifuddin: That's a good point you made. Let's circle back on this last point you mentioned later in our conversation. One thing that I, I take away from this is depending on your BW version you have options available to you. And eventually the idea is how to reuse some of these investments you've done over the past few years that customers have been using BW, BW4HANA, and not lose all that investment. [00:06:17] Shawn Brown: Mm-hmm. [00:06:18] Mustansir Saifuddin: Going to the private cloud and having those BW artifacts turn into the data products we know we talked about in BDC, and make sure that you are still able to utilize that. That's a big win for customers. [00:06:32] Shawn Brown: Absolutely. [00:06:33] Mustansir Saifuddin: Let's talk about customers who are running a little bit more complex BW. You know, when you have BW and you also have BPC, either it's used for planning or forecasting or consolidation. What are some of the considerations when it comes to their future planning and consolidation platform? Can you delve into that and kind of show the path, like what it's gonna look like? [00:06:58] Shawn Brown: Yeah, so, so most BPC customers already kind of know that there is the consolidation piece is the big question mark in many regards, and it really depends on how much they are leveraging, consolidations, how complex they are. The planning piece is something that we, we look at from a standpoint of, yes. [00:07:19] Okay. We're, we're really looking for SAC planning to take over those responsibilities. But then the consolidation piece is something that is going to find its way into S/4HANA. When we're talking about this combined environment, BW and BPC, what I see mostly with customers is that BW is has a larger role than just BPC, but it can just be BPC. [00:07:45] The benefit of BDC of Business Data Cloud is that we're now able to go ahead and take those BPC environments into Business Data Cloud and turn them into a private cloud setting. This gives [00:08:00] a little bit more time. This is something that SAP's really trying to work pretty hard on this year, is taking customers that are a BPC customer, move them into BDC as part of a private cloud deployment. [00:08:14] And then that allows time to transition to SAC planning and then take advantage of S4 for those consolidations. Now there's a lot of organizations, you know, partners that have been working on this as well to try to figure out how do I deal with some of those consolidations in SAC planning. [00:08:34] And in some cases that works really, again, gets back to how complex your consolidations are. That's something that has to be considered as organizations try to figure out what am I gonna do with my BPC environment? How am I going to modernize it? If it's working fine, this is one that I always try to focus on with customers is, I'm not interested in trying to fix something that isn't broken. [00:08:55] If it's working fine for you and feel like you can have some more time to actually make a transition take advantage of some of those new tool sets and learn what those new tool sets have to offer that the previous tool sets did not have to offer. That's the other part, right? Things may be working fine, but it also means that you may not be taking advantage of new technology, new capabilities that are going to improve your planning and consolidation efforts. [00:09:22] Mustansir Saifuddin: I think that's an interesting comment you made about how going to private cloud eases the burden from a customer perspective. If you're a BPC shop and you are running BW you don't have to wrap everything up and start over. It's almost like there's a path for you and you can still utilize older technology or the existing technology, and then look at ways of modernizing. [00:09:47] Either choose the planning solution or look at other consolidation solutions like group reporting, as you mentioned in S4. [00:09:55] Shawn Brown: Right, right. [00:09:56] Mustansir Saifuddin: it seems like there's time that they can buy. Can be utilized for, for adapting to the new tool as well as learning what else you can offer besides what I'm currently doing in BPC. [00:10:11] Shawn Brown: Right. [00:10:11] Mustansir Saifuddin: Though it's not broken. There are ways to analyze and then make the decision. I think that's a big win. I see that as a good consideration from SAP perspective. There are always folks who are thinking, there will be challenges any time you look at a new solution. What is your advice, like, what are some of the key considerations potential challenges that BW customers should be aware of when they're planning a move to Business Data Cloud? Something that comes to your mind that you can share as a caution or something that they should be thinking of or taking care of. [00:10:47] Shawn Brown: Yeah, the first thing, it sounds obvious, but your BW is going to be in the cloud, right? So one thing that you might think about is the type of maintenance that you've had to do to take care of that environment, to have the personnel that will oversee that environment .That changes quite a bit with the support of SAP when it's in a private cloud environment. [00:11:10] That's one of the things out of the gate you can look at and you say, all right, there's some benefits that I'm getting, as a result of moving into private cloud. I'm gonna have SAP overlooking this environment with me. This is the other thing to consider too, is that private cloud is from an SAP perspective, private cloud is a stepping stone. It is to get you to a public cloud environment where really you don't have to do much of anything to maintain your environment, at least not from an infrastructure or from a upgrades. We're doing all of that for you and we're taking away the risk factor of those elements where your organization has to care for that. [00:11:52] Moving it to private cloud is saying, all right, now SAP takes on some of those responsibilities. And then longer term you're [00:12:00] seeing that Business Data Cloud is a software as a service. So we're going to be taking away even more of those administrative type of responsibilities. [00:12:10] Those keep the lights on type of responsibilities that a lot of organizations have had to bear in the past. And then the last part is we're going to help you get to the point where you can take advantage of new advancements in technology faster. Because frankly, once you kind of move into the space of a public cloud scenario, as you've transitioned from private into public over time, then essentially you're having the advantage of using those new advancements as we release them [00:12:44] rather than this staggered effect. Now that's gonna require some understanding that the way we did things in the past and the amount of customizations that we might have done and the amount of wrangling of data that we did in the past, those things we may not need to do as much of in the future. [00:13:01] And we have a framework upon which it'll make it easier for you to, let's say, add data elements to the standard SAP data elements that you have or make customizations that are a combination of data elements, that'll be a lot easier to manage over time because the foundational components, the building blocks upon which you will use are already there from SAP's point of view. [00:13:29] So as we introduce new enhancements, new improvements to those building blocks, those customers get to take advantage of them immediately. [00:13:40] Mustansir Saifuddin: So, we always look for success stories or examples. Can you share any examples success stories of companies that have either started the migration from BW into Business Data Cloud or, already done through the migration and, and some of the benefits that they have realized or come across? [00:13:58] Shawn Brown: Yeah, I. [00:13:59] Mustansir Saifuddin: That'll be great to hear your thoughts. [00:14:00] Shawn Brown: I would say that the customers that I've talked to, and I'd love to be able to use names, but they're particular about that at this point, but the customers that I've spoken to that we have had some success with already are doing exactly what we're talking about. [00:14:13] They're taking their BW environment, they're moving it directly into Business Data Cloud. It's a PC environment, and. They're already on this journey of taking those artifacts and saying, how do I make use of them in Business Data Cloud? How do I turn those BW artifacts into data products that can sit at the foundation layer of BDC? [00:14:34] And then how do I then start building the models within Datasphere to make them available for any sort of reports that they want to go ahead and leverage at that point. A lot of this is taking advantage of the type of visualizations that they may have already built, let's say, for example, with SAC and using them as part of the Business Data Cloud construct. [00:14:58] So we're early days on some of this, so customers are very early on on this, but the goal or the vision based on some of the engagements we've had so far is playing out exactly as we've talked about today and in the past as well. So that's, that's why I can give you on that. [00:15:15] Mustansir Saifuddin: That's helpful. When we talk about BW customers, let's focus from that perspective: you are using the Business Data Cloud's major offering, which is, Hey, how can I have a data product? [00:15:27] Right? The data product approach is what's going to help them reuse those investments in a newer environment, in a way that they can further grow instead of being stagnant with the, the old technology. So that's where I see the value. [00:15:44] Shawn Brown: I'm gonna add something to that one too, Mustansir, because, you know, the the thing that we think about as these investments that we have in BW they're investments that organizations don't want to let go of initially. But over time, [00:16:00] we should see that ultimately these investments, these developments that they've done with BW, for example, and what they've extracted from the ERP, whether it's ECC or S4, what they've extracted is essentially they're a collection of data products that over time SAP is going to provide [00:16:24] out of the box anyway, so there's gonna be time that you're going to say, all right, I've developed these data products from these Business Warehouse artifacts. But as SAP continues to release new data products for all of our business applications, they're largely going to replace much of what the BW artifacts are, which of what the BW data products are. [00:16:51] I like to think about this for customers as this is your transition. This is the easy glide slope to move from i'm flying along with BW and all of what invested I've done, but I've gotta land somewhere and I've gotta find a way to easily transition into the newest, latest and greatest capabilities that SAP re releases as part of Business Data Cloud. [00:17:17] Those will be those new data products that will feed those insight apps. We're largely going to be taking a lot of those investments that customers have made over time and said, you can replace them over time. And the beauty of that as well is you don't have to worry about maintaining them as well. [00:17:37] SAP maintains them and, and of course. We can include any sort of custom fields that you've added all of those elements into those data products so they're not static, but they are something that largely the bulk of the work is something that SAP is going to cover for you over the extended period of time. [00:18:00] Mustansir Saifuddin: Absolutely. I think the idea is. Once they get into BDC once they get into private cloud, they can immediately start utilizing the AI capabilities and some of the newer needs of the organization, which was earlier not possible with BW. [00:18:16] Shawn Brown: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. [00:18:18] Mustansir Saifuddin: Let's talk about other options, other cloud data warehouses. [00:18:24] We kind of touched upon it earlier , SAP customers who have already started a journey with some of the other data warehouses, like Snowflake, Azure , in some cases GCP, those other platforms what benefits will they get by adopting BDC? Can you shed some light on that? [00:18:44] Because they're already on a journey, right? Like you mentioned earlier, I just wanted to bring it back to that conversation because important for those customers to realize what will be there for them if they want to look at BDC as the potential option? [00:18:59] Shawn Brown: Yeah. Let's use a couple of scenarios here in this case, right? Scenario number one. I'm on ECC and I'm moving to S/4HANA. I already have invested a lot in terms of how I access SAP data and then delivered it to a third party repository, we'll call it. Right? Operational data store, data warehouse data lake. [00:19:21] Let's whatever terminology you want to use to, to describe what's happened with acquiring SAP data and then delivering it to some third party, and it could be directly, let's say because the customer had access at the database level, they purchased HANA Enterprise and gave them access to the database level to get to it. [00:19:43] As they move to the cloud, much of that's gonna change. Much of that's gonna go away. Not only is it going to go away just because you're probably going to go from ECC to S4 because that's gonna change too, because the data structure has changed, but also from on-premise to [00:20:00] cloud. So this is the type of scenario that organizations should try to avoid in the future. [00:20:09] How much work do I have to do to get the data from a source system to deliver it to some other need in the organization? That's scenario number one, what's changing as a result of every upgrade, every change to the environment that takes place, whether it's a version change or whether it's on-prem to cloud. [00:20:29] All of those things or whether it's one other additional one, which we've talked quite a bit about here, which is what if BW is involved? What if I'm using BW as the extraction point to get to the SAP data, even if I am and I'm making a change, let's say from ECC to S4, BW is gonna change. [00:20:47] Much of that has to be reevaluated. So when you think about how I'm acquiring SAP data, the best way to look at it is if I can get the data curated for my needs out of the box, and I don't have to do anything to make that happen, or I have to do a minimal amount of effort because I'm just making the adjustments for [00:21:10] the custom fields I might have, the customizations I may have included. Those are things that we can include as most of the work has been done. SAP has provided most of the curated data. Now, then this gets into a question of what question am I asking and where am I getting the bulk of the data from? And I think we might have touched on the data of gravity topic in the last discussion, but I think it bears [00:21:38] that, we're talking about for just another second more, which is, if I'm asking primarily an SAP question, and I know that the time it takes to deliver SAP data is, is critical, right? 'cause it's, it's tends to be, in many cases the most important data in an organization. Finance data usually is where we can start. [00:22:00] Then we have to ask how important is it to be able to deliver that data as quickly as possible, especially for an SAP data centric question, right? Why take all of the extraction points, put it over into a third party, model it, do everything we have to do with that, and then make it available to the SAP community when SAP is going to be providing [00:22:27] access to that data in a curated format, knowing already what kind of questions the business community's going to ask of that data. Why not just make it available for them to access it through Business Data Cloud? Now, that sounds like a really centric SAP data strategy. We understand that the converse of that is that it's not always going to be the case that, you know, the bulk of the data that's being asked for is SAP. [00:22:51] It could be third party data as well. So. That's where you also ask the question, well, what's the fastest way for me to access the SAP data to deliver it to a not so SAP centric question. You need data elements from SAP, but the question primarily is third party data, and we're just using SAP data to enrich that third party data. [00:23:16] The bulk of the data being in, let's say, whatever third party it is, or an operational data store or a hyperscaler, wherever they've taken that data and placed it, whether they extracted it or they have a tool set, similar to what SAP provides with Business Data Cloud. We're providing the data in a curated format through our data products anyway, this is the best way to access the data from SAP systems. [00:23:42] 'cause again, we know what questions organizations are going to ask, we know what data elements they're going to ask of, and we've already built all the logic into that data package, data product that we can deliver to any third party need. So [00:24:00] this is a scenario where I like to use some people kind of chuckle at first, which is I call this the SAP's data strategy as a snuggle, don't struggle. We're happy to snuggle up to whatever else you're doing in your organization. We're not here to struggle and say you need to do everything through SAP. You don't. What we want you to do is be able to access SAP data in the most efficient manner possible, in most inexpensive manner possible, and to be able to deal with changes to the environment that come with upgrades, [00:24:33] with new advancements in the technology that are bound to happen because we're living in a, a pace of super hyper change, especially with AI. We're, we're in a position to deliver that data for whatever need it is, whether it's an SAP centric or a non SAP centric. But using business data cloud is the fastest way to get to the data. [00:24:56] Already curated, already ready to go for whatever need is. The business may have. [00:25:02] Mustansir Saifuddin: Yeah, I think the bottom line is the speed that you get and the speed is what's going to count in the future. So it seems like the, the BDC answer will be: how do you make that access to the data as quickly as possible in order to get that, you know, get benefit out of that information. [00:25:20] Shawn Brown: For sure, time is. Time is money. [00:25:23] Mustansir Saifuddin: Time is money. [00:25:23] Exactly. So I think that leads me to my last question. What's one key takeaway from this session that you want to leave with our listeners? [00:25:33] Shawn Brown: Yeah. I would say, I'm gonna lean in on something I said earlier, you know, which is SAP's the best at delivering SAP data. Nobody understands the data and the needs of the data better than we do. And the reason for that is because we have 50 years of talking to organizations in different lines of business, in different industries and knowing what it is that they're looking to do with our data structures, right? [00:26:05] It's their data. But the structure upon that data is something that SAP has created, and largely we've evolved what those backend data models look like. We've evolved what the different fields are that we capture because we understand what organizations are trying to do with the data that they're collecting and placing in the SAP systems. [00:26:30] So knowing that, know that when the business comes to the data and analytics teams in the organization and they say, we need a report that says this, they're likely going to leave something out. They're likely not going to include everything that is being asked for, and the data and analytics organization's gonna do their best to deliver what the business is asked for. [00:26:55] Not knowing oftentimes that they're missing things, that relationships that they need to take into account are something that requires real understanding of the backend business application for SAP. What we can do with Business Data Cloud is simplify the world for the data and analytics teams, the IT department. [00:27:22] It's a lot of effort, a lot of work that they have had to do in the past that SAP is taking on for them and then just delivering what it is that the business is going to ask for. Even if the business doesn't know yet that they need another data element, it's already there from SAP from our data products. [00:27:42] It comes back to the same thing that we've said before, which is time is money. The faster we can deliver these data products to our customers, and the customer says, well, the business says this: this has everything that I want except this, except this is just a click, one [00:28:00] click, and you turn it on. [00:28:01] You add one more data element rather than, okay, now I need to go ahead and take a look at where I'm getting the data from, whether I'm actually at the database level or whether I'm actually, you know, do using some best practices and using those core data services that SAP provides. Instead of having to know all of the backend relationships and the things that you might have to pull, on top of what was requested by the business, the data's already curated. [00:28:27] It's already there for you. Now, that's the part that customers have gotta take away from, which is we're delivering speed. Speed gives you that opportunity to consume the data as quickly as possible. And then the, the one other thing I'll say and know you asked for one, but at the, this one goes directly with it, which is you're gonna have visualizations that you're going to need to develop. [00:28:53] Those visualizations are things that we already knew that customers have been asking for over and over and over. We've had a rich history of building business content for our customers, and now it's just a matter of now putting it into a visualization that is software as a service, push a button and it's available. [00:29:14] Start consuming it. It's about speed. Delivering those data products curated quickly and then about delivering, delivering those visualizations. So I think, I think that's, that's really the, the, in a nutshell the big, big elements that customers need to understand about the benefits of Business Data Cloud. [00:29:33] Mustansir Saifuddin: That is great. Thanks. What I'm hearing from you is it's all about how quickly you can make it happen. What are the, the different pieces that you can leverage if you are a BW customer and then not losing those investments at the same time, be able to get up and run much quicker than if you are taking a different path either adopting party solution versus, you know, keep using your current environment but not able to utilize some of the changes that are coming up in the Business Data Cloud. And I think it's just a way of speeding up your journey for AI. [00:30:12] Shawn Brown: Absolutely. [00:30:12] Mustansir Saifuddin: Thank you for the time you spent with us. It's been a pleasure and it's been very informative, so thank you. [00:30:18] Shawn Brown: Great. Thanks, Mustansir. I appreciate the time as well. [00:30:22] Mustansir Saifuddin: Thanks for listening to Tech Driven Business, brought to you by Innovative Solution Partners. Sean shared valuable roadmaps for SAP BW and BPC customers to BDC. Sean's key takeaway with 50 years of experience. 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Dive into the future of enterprise data with the latest episode of Tech-Driven Business. Mustansir Saifuddin welcomes Shawn Brown, of SAP, for Part 1 of an in-depth exploration of the SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC). If you're navigating the complexities of data management and analytics within the SAP ecosystem, this episode is unmissable. Shawn breaks down the fundamental 'why' behind BDC, revealing how it's engineered to drastically reduce data preparation time, cut costs, and empower businesses to make faster, more accurate decisions. Tune in to understand how you can your team can take advantage of all that BDC offers to SAP customers looking to unlock true value from their data. With over two decades of experience in SAP solutions, Shawn Brown currently serves as Senior Director for SAP's Center of Excellence. Known for expertly identifying customer needs, Mr. Brown excels in presenting tailored solutions involving Business Technology Platform, Business Data Cloud, S4HANA, and Business AI. A proven leader in demand generation and partner relationship management, Mr. Brown has successfully driven initiatives that enhance customer experience and streamline cloud solution adoption. Renowned as a thought leader and strategist, Mr. Brown frequently shares insights with CIOs and business influencers, fostering strong, trust-based relationships across multiple industries.   Connect with Us: LinkedIn: Shawn Brown:  Mustansir Saifuddin:  Innovative Solution Partners  X:  @Mmsaifuddin YouTube or learn more about our sponsor Innovative Solution Partners to schedule a free consultation.    Episode Transcript [00:00:00] Mustansir Saifuddin: Welcome to Tech- Driven Business, brought to you by Innovative Solution Partners. I'm honored to have Sean Brown of SAP join me to kick off an essential two part series to unpack a topic that's on every SAP user's mind. The Business Data Cloud or BDC. If you're looking to understand how BDC can transform your data landscape and drive real business value, you are in the right place. [00:00:32] . [00:00:32] Welcome to Tech- Driven Business, Shawn. How are you? [00:00:35] Shawn Brown: I am good. I'm good. Things are going well, staying busy. [00:00:38] Mustansir Saifuddin: That's awesome. That's awesome. So glad to have you on our show and I'm really excited for the topic that we are going to discuss today. You ready for it? [00:00:47] Shawn Brown: I am. I'm excited as well. [00:00:51] Mustansir Saifuddin: Yeah, so I, I know we had talked in the past a couple of times and right now , the hot topic everybody's talking about from SAP and in general is the whole idea, the concept, and now the actual product called Business Data Cloud and what it really means for SAP customers. I like to use this time to dig deeper into this conversation and have a better understanding of exactly what this brings, what kind of landscapes that are changing with this new product, and to expect, you know, if you're a customer interested into, in going forward with BDC. [00:01:28] Shawn Brown: -. [00:01:28] Sure. That sounds great. Yeah. [00:01:32] Mustansir Saifuddin: Awesome. Okay. So I think every time we, we have this new products, right? And SAP is really good about and talk, people talk about rebranding and all that. Let's talk about the why of why should SAP customers adopt BDC. What is different about BDC that SAP customers should be asking that question. [00:01:53] Why? [00:01:55] Shawn Brown: Yeah, this is, this is my favorite question to start. Anything in the space that is outside of packaged solutions, you know ERP, HR Supply Chain and, and the capabilities we have in those areas because the why is something that it, it should be the driver for everything. Right? And, and for BDC, I would say the first thing we wanna talk about is it's a, it's a new product. [00:02:24] But it's an evolution of everything that we've been doing for years. It's, it's capabilities that our customers already know about. And it's taking all of the capabilities that we have offered over the time that we've been, been in the data and analytics space. And it's the, I call it a next generation, right? [00:02:45] It's the next generation of what was. And so when we get into the why. I would say the first thing that we really gotta say is, is the reason for BDC is it is to short circuit the amount of time it takes to prepare from data to finally analytics and planning and all the steps in between, where we're often times organizations see it as this, this wheel that. [00:03:15] They start with the data that's in the source system. They're gonna extract a, transform it loaded profile it, catalog it you know, press governance on it. Maybe make it in, you know, in a marketplace setting. Organize it so that it can be easily digestible, create some standard analytics, and then now we can actually start analyzing it. [00:03:34] And the why is really about reducing the amount of time it takes to go around that whole wheel of, Data all the way around to analytics and planning and reduce the amount of prep time and increase the amount of analysis time. Because if we think about how much time a person gets to analyze the [00:04:00] data, let's say for example, and this is a, this is actually a number that is, has been verified with numerous customers and with, the analyst firms like Gartner and Forrester and TDWI is that it takes as much as 70% or more of the actual workload and investment to go from data to analytics. That's not, so that means the analytics is just 30% or less of the time. So if we think about how much each question costs. You have to add in all of that cost that even deliver up the analytical or, or deliver up the, the data in a way that it can be analyzed. [00:04:45] So BDCs goal is to shrink that time of preparation and actual delivery of data for the analyst purpose or for the AI purpose, or for any application purpose. Shrink it as much as possible so that, the questions that are asked are cheaper, and essentially we can ask more questions. We don't have to continue to reformat the data, deliver the data in a new way to get to the final answers that we're trying to seek. [00:05:20] So I would say savings and costs. Savings and money. More data, more, more analysis time. That's the why for BDC. [00:05:31] Mustansir Saifuddin: Yeah, it totally makes sense. I think one of the things that while you're talking about this that stuck out for me was, we always talk about time value, right? And, especially when it comes to analytics, It's such a critical part of any organization's path forward and the numbers that you're just sharing from Gartner and other resources, [00:05:51] where if the majority of the time is gone into the data collection, the data refinement, all that, there's no time left or a very minimal time for your analytics part, which makes it really difficult for organizations to make quick decisions. So I think what I'm hearing from you, the why: the time value becomes very important in this case. [00:06:13] Shawn Brown: Correct. Absolutely. [00:06:16] Mustansir Saifuddin: That's good because that kind of takes me into this conversation, like, Hey, benefits. When you have that, why understood, what are some of the benefits that BDC will provide to SAP customers who want to go on the journey? Because benefits is really the reason why it will make sense for them to move forward. [00:06:33] Shawn Brown: For sure, for sure. And this is the one that's always interesting for organizations because they're focused so much on the actual preparation of the data that oftentimes the benefits that they can glean from all of that effort are, are fleeting, so they look at the, the overall effort and they go, oh yeah, there's, there's a lot here that is really based on, on how much it took to get here. [00:07:01] And the faster we can deliver the capabilities for analysis purposes for any AI purposes, the faster we can make decisions. The faster we can adjust based on those decisions. And so when you think about the speed at which organizations operate, to be able to answer those questions faster is probably the number one benefit that you can get. [00:07:27] And then you also get into accuracy. What, what questions are we asking? And if we don't have to go through this rigorous effort of moving data from all of these source systems and joining it all back together, and then building all that business context. Data integrity, is that a, a concern? It is for most organizations, they're concerned about what this looks like at its end state. [00:07:57] And the other thing that still [00:08:00] exists in the world of business, especially in the analytics space, is the typical spread marked problem. Where people just take the data that they're looking for, they extract it out of whatever solution it's been delivered to them. Maybe it's cheap cloud storage on flat files, or maybe it's been all dumped into an ODS, an operational data store, and then they're accessing the data as they like. [00:08:26] If they don't understand the details of the data and the relationships that occur with the data, and they don't have the original business context that the data came from in its source system, then if they do extract it to whatever they like, then somebody can walk into a meeting with one version of the truth and another can walk in with another version of the truth. [00:08:48] They all can believe that they're accurate. They all can argue over why their version of truth is correct and the others is not. So the confidence in the data is the other thing. We take away a lot of those concerns, because when you have it coming from those source systems and the preparation of that data has been provided in this case by SAP, for SAP systems, at a minimum, you're going to have much more confidence that the data [00:09:17] is delivered to you in a way that respects all of the integrity that it came from. That the accuracy of the data is as accurate as it was entered into the business application upon which it was the source. So the speed of delivery, the accuracy of the data. These are, these are major advantages that you get with regards to using BDC versus [00:09:43] the, the older school, I'll call it older school 'cause I'm an old guy. The old days of Bill Inman and star schemas and relational database systems that we created. These massive data warehouses. It's an older school thought, and it was one that was born outta this idea that we had to get the data from those source systems because we couldn't query the source systems at runtime. [00:10:06] All those things contribute to, to today where we're curating the data for you. It's been curated by SAP from all SAP systems, so if you have any questions about the quality of the data, in that case, you then you should have questions about the quality of your data in its source. there's a bigger issue, so speed of delivery, accuracy of data. [00:10:32] Those are probably my, my two top benefits that customers are going to get out of this. [00:10:38] Mustansir Saifuddin: Absolutely. That makes total sense. I think one of the things that really stuck out for me was the whole concept of end-to-end governance . Does BDC do a better job? And how, is that integrated to this whole BDC realm of the different pieces that makes up BDC? How is data governance and security working within those parameters? [00:11:03] Shawn Brown: Yeah. So in BDC, you're getting role level security on all the data. At that point then you're asking questions like, where do I, how do my users access the data? What are they allowed to see? What are they not allowed to see? All those capabilities can be integrated into BDC. You, you can deliver all of those capabilities directly within BDC. [00:11:27] You start off by setting up some broader, who's the, who's the group? What systems are they accessing? So if I'm in finance and I'm looking at finance data, I probably have access to let's say S/4HANA as the backend system that is storing all this data. All the users within the finance team that have access to S/4HANA can have access to that space of data. [00:11:55] And I use that word space because this is a concept that, again, there's nothing [00:12:00] new. We've invited these concepts into our thinking a while ago, and now it's just another generation of what we're doing here. So that idea of a space is I can include the data that is necessary for a line of business hr, finance, supply chain, and that's what they can see. [00:12:20] And if I need to, all of the rest of the data is accessible through BDC. It's just a question of whether I want to provide the rights to access those other data sets to another line of business, for example. So if I said I wanted to join let's say expense information that's in Concur with employee information, that's in success factors, I can easily join those data sets [00:12:48] bring in forward, from one space to another. And decide at a row level and column level, what individual data set I need to join across groups or individuals, if you will. [00:13:06] Mustansir Saifuddin: I think that's super good because that's where a lot of the questions come in. You know, every time you do move your data from one environment to another environment that you need to have your own new set of governance and security and, it can be role level security or whatever else you wanna do, [00:13:21] you have to kind of redefine that. It seems like it's all built into the BDC portfolio. You're leveraging your source system objects and then be able to apply the same rules that you may have built in. [00:13:37] Shawn Brown: Yeah, the, the analogy I always liked was it's kind of like, and I don't know if they're really like this. I mean, maybe there are not. I just remember old movies that you'd have these Japanese styled homes and they were like, the walls that were almost paper thin, that you could, you almost felt like you could just push your hand right through the wall and just grab something that was in the other room. [00:13:57] I liken it a bit like that in terms of spaces. The spaces are separated in that way with a, a level of access that is very simple to provide when necessary, but distinctly in separate spaces, separate areas, so that that's the benefit. That's the simplicity of being able to access data from any LOB or any third party for that matter. [00:14:23] If you wanted to access that third party data in BDC to any other data that's in BDC as well, whether it's finance, hr, supply chain, whatever it may be, warehouse inventory, whatever it may be. [00:14:38] Mustansir Saifuddin: Totally. Now, since we talked about the benefits, let's look into the details. Like what steps are involved if someone wants to take on this journey and move to SAP BDC? [00:14:53] Shawn Brown: Much of that begins with where are they right now? Let's take a few different scenarios? if a customer is, let's say, already using some SAP solutions, I would say, let's go with the most rudimentary that has been around for a while now for SAP. Let's talk about, they're using HANA Enterprise. [00:15:09] They've, they've been taking a lot of data from their SAP systems and dropping it into HANA Enterprise on-prem. This is a natural next step to that on-premise approach where you said, all right, I, I don't necessarily wanna be in the position of housing systems like this myself and my own data centers. [00:15:28] I want to put them into the cloud. This is a simple transition , to take the data from a HANA Enterprise, drop it into BDC and start using that data in essentially what would be a component of BDC, Datasphere. But it's built on HANA Cloud. And HANA Cloud is built on the same technology that HANA Enterprise is built on that in terms of its capabilities, what it can do. [00:15:52] It's a natural transition for that case if you're talking about a customer that's already using let's say another old product from [00:16:00] SAP, BW. Right. BW has been a really challenging one for a lot of organizations because they've had such value and such benefit by using BW to access data in SAP with those BW extractors. [00:16:14] And in many cases, they've built a lot of and invested a lot in BW in the framework itself. Creating their own objects, creating their own cubes, creating asos, DSOs and so forth, depending on what versions of BW you're on. Not necessarily wanting to just abandon that investment. There's another great example of is, once you're, once you're at least BW 7.5 and above, we make it very simple for you to go ahead and take all of that in BW investment and move it directly into BDC in its format, in its same format as a BW environment. [00:16:54] BW for HANA, same thing, move it right into BDC, it would be in a cloud-based environment that way as well. And essentially all of those connections back to the source systems still persist. When we talk about how do we take advantage of the investments you have, that's where you say, all right, well, I can access them through the BDC framework in [00:17:16] BW that is now part of BDC and use it for whatever purpose I leave it in BW in that case, or I can start taking those particular assets that I have in BW and using the data product generator that is now part of BW embedded in BDC, I can then change those assets in BW to data products. Which is the lowest level form of data that we have in BDC, and in this case, just for those that may be listening and wondering, am I copying the data? [00:17:51] Yes . And we can come to this in a minute as to why you're copying the data, but we are copying the data from its source system, and we would be copying the data from BW as well, where we wanted to make it a data product in BDC. And we can talk about why that is in a minute. 'cause it's a shift. It, it's a bit of a shift in terms of what we've talked about in the past with regards to a whole play the data where it lies, federate versus materialize [00:18:18] that data in, what was Datasphere, which is now part of BDC. That idea of moving those assets from BW into BDC as data products, over time allows us to decommission those, those deployments of BW. So that's the benefit is, we now have a path for BW customers to migrate to BDC, [00:18:45] not give up those assets that they've created and leveraged for so many years in BDC, and then over time decommission BW altogether. Or, if you're really interested and you really like using BW, keep it. That's the other benefit of moving a BW 7.5 environment to BDC is, you're gonna get three more years of mainstream maintenance. [00:19:09] And for example, for BW/4HANA, we're pushing that end of life date all the way out to 2040. That's a long time that you can hold onto that BW environment if that's what you choose to do. But the benefit of BDC is that we're going to give you the mechanism to actually migrate it over and then as your backend systems, particularly like S4 changes, [00:19:31] you're gonna need to change a lot of what you're doing from a BW extraction anyway. Don't do it in BW anymore. Do it in BDC. Now, those are some of the SAP scenarios, but some of the ones that I get as well are, we already have a strategy with our SAP data. We're pulling it into S3 buckets. [00:19:55] Azure Data Factory, Snowflake , all of these third [00:20:00] party extraction destinations and why would I go ahead and use BDC in that case? And the reality is, you have to ask yourself this question where we started in the first place. How much time and energy are you spending going from data all the way around that wheel to analytics? [00:20:20] If you're like the typical organization and it's north of 70%, 80%, 90% as a CIO, I heard last week talking about this, 90% of their time is spent just moving data to get it prepared for analysis. How much do you want to continue to do that? And nobody likes to be looked at as a cost center. Everybody likes to be seen as somebody that is providing value to the organization. [00:20:50] If you're part of an organization and you are seen as a cost center, because the amount of energy it takes to get the data from where it sits to where it needs to be is exorbitant, nine tenths maybe of the overall cost of asking those questions. That's not a great place to be. If you can shrink that as much as possible, then you can actually live up to some of those things that everybody would like to say. [00:21:19] Like, data is the new gold, data is the new oil. The value of data is, is immeasurable. We can do so much with our business because of the data. We could be a data-driven organization. All of these things can become possible, but not so easy when nine tenths or eight tenths of the cost, it's just getting the data where it needs to be. [00:21:44] That's the big thing that needs to be focused on as it relates to some of these ideas that let's go ahead and do the, what I still call old school extract, transform, load, model, profile, catalog govern and, create all of the overhead that is necessary to actually deliver those analytics back to the organization. [00:22:07] And if, you're in a part of your organization where you think it's good enough for me to just extract all the data and drop it over here and let the business go have fun, that's another one where you're not providing additional value to the organization. [00:22:19] What the business community really wants is they want curated data that is business context aware, that is in a position to help them answer questions out of the box, push button. An actual software as a service. That's what we've got with BDC. So this idea that of you've already got a strategy in place, [00:22:44] it might be working right now because you did a ton of work to get you where you are. But here's the kicker. It's probably all going to change, maybe not next year, but maybe two years or three years, maybe the next time you do some major upgrade and we've become more efficient in terms of how we store the data in the business applications, or, [00:23:12] any of the other business applications that you use, they change their underlying architecture in how they are actually storing the data in those source systems. Guess what just changed with your data strategy? Potentially everything. And we have customers that this has happened to them. Where I've walked into a huge SAP customer and I had a conversation with him where I said, we're gonna go ahead, and this is before we had two separate entities of BDC and BTP. And I walked into this session with the customer and said, here's what we're gonna do. [00:23:43] We're gonna go ahead and tell you everything that we can do in the space of data and analytics and everything within the platform space. And the customer said, I don't think we really need to hear about your data and analytics strategy, because we're pretty well set on that. And I said, I want to talk to you about all these things and I need to talk to you [00:24:00] about this one as well. [00:24:01] This one's not negotiable. I need whoever's responsible for data and analytics to be in the room to discuss this. And that person did arrive and that person pretty much felt like they had everything figured out. They didn't wanna, engage in the conversation at all. Pretty much arms crossed throughout most of the most of the meeting. [00:24:19] And we finally got to a point where they said, all right, I can see that there's some benefits, you know, to how this works. But I'll tell you, they were on ECC on HANA. And so fast forward six months and they're negotiating the RISE opportunity with S4/HANA in a private cloud and RISE, and they now realize that everything needs to be changed. [00:24:50] It's good that we had this conversation with them about how you can access the SAP data through, at the time, Datasphere, which is now Business Data Cloud, because they now understand that for them to be able to get access to the data in the way they want, the fastest way they want, and for the fact that we're curating all that data for them, and then providing them out of the box insights with our insight apps. [00:25:14] This is pretty much a no brainer in their part. They knew that they had to explore it, and they knew they had to explore it for the SAP centric question, but also for the non SAP centric question where they want to pull smaller data sets to non SAP capabilities because we are gonna curate those scenarios through data products that will allow them to pull that data into those non SAP scenarios. [00:25:40] So this, these are some of the big plays, we've got that existing SAP solutions, we've got that non SAP centric approach. And then, ultimately, if you haven't got to the point that you're deciding what you're going to do or you haven't don't have a very mature data strategy, maybe you're a growing company, at some point you're going to need to go ahead and start asking those data and analytics questions. [00:26:05] Just know that it's very expensive, as I've said before, to move the data from one place to another, place it there, do all of those things that we've talked about in the past, and then deliver analytics, just pull it out of the box. The last comment I'll make is "that pull it out of the box" sometimes that's not as useful as we think it is. [00:26:25] If I said, you have to dig a hole, it's 10 feet deep and you started from ground level, you have 10 feet to dig. But if I gave you something that got you 50% of the way, I dug five feet for you, I dug six feet for you, would you rather just dig five more feet or four more feet, or would you just rather start from ground level and dig 10 feet on your own? [00:26:48] That's the value that we were trying to demonstrate through BDC. [00:26:53] Mustansir Saifuddin: Good explanation. And I think it is really clear that a lot of times conversations come up about SAP customers talking about their on-prem, their legacy systems and how they will benefit from BDC, but your examples went beyond HANA Enterprise to other non SAP solutions where customers have already been on the journey and they don't see the value at least at this point. [00:27:20] But, after seeing the example you use, it's very logical for them to start thinking in those terms. Also saying, Hey, I simplify my landscape? Still get , if not same, at least, the value that whatever else that BDC brings to the table, like the whole AI capability, all of that can be leveraged by adopting this platform. On a personal note how do you stay on top of, you know, this changing technology world, and business at the same time. How you keep up with all this? [00:27:58] Shawn Brown: Yeah, as you [00:28:00] might imagine in the space of SAP, oftentimes it's hard enough just staying on top of all of the different options we have and different things that we have in terms of technology. So one of the ways that I like to keep up in, in the SAP space is called the BTP Talk podcast, which is a pretty good one. [00:28:18] It actually goes to a number of different you know, platform and data analytics related scenarios. Data skeptics is another pretty good podcast that I get a kick out of. There's another one I'm trying to think of that I use from time to time as well. [00:28:32] Analytics Power Hour. That's it. Yeah, the Analytics Power Hour is another good one. And, I've been paying attention to Tech-Driven Business as well too, so I like this one too. But, you know, the thing that I've been finding too is that, these days, things move so quickly and we think we know where we're going and then something comes along and, and change makes us change direction again. [00:28:53] And AI has probably been the biggest driver to that. The thing that I would say that that it's probably most interesting in terms of how I've changed how I operate is I actually ask AI to provide resources for me on particular topics. For example mid early last year there was a lot of talk about vector engines and knowledge graphs. [00:29:14] And the easiest thing I found to really kind of get a little bit more, versed on the topics was AI itself. I started asking for resources and, and I'll use for example, ChatGPT in some cases I like using Grok as well. From time to time they seem to provide a little bit different types of approaches and levels of interaction. [00:29:35] I kinda like how, grok will ask me follow up questions, which is pretty neat as well. But that's a great way to learn about topics that you are wanting to become more versed in or learning where the resources are to find those topics. So those, those are some of the things that I like to use. [00:29:58] Mustansir Saifuddin: Great list of ideas to kind of keep up with the changing, I mean, just everywhere around us. taking from AI to just carries to anything else. A lot of conversations going on so many different directions. How do you even keep up with them? So I'd like your suggestions, and I know we've talked about a lot of different things today. What is the one thing or one takeaway that you want to leave our listeners with? [00:30:24] Shawn Brown: Hmm, probably in, in the audience of that are responsible for data and analytics. If you're a CDAO, or an analyst or somebody that's responsible for enterprise wide analytics: I would focus on two things because these two things are probably the most important to the people that you serve, your business community. [00:30:50] Point number one is, they want analytics quickly. They want to be able to ask questions quickly. They don't wanna wait. They don't want to say this report, these data sets that you've provided me, they look really interesting, but I'd like to add this and this and this, and when can I have that? [00:31:12] If you can't say you can have that now, then you're taking too long. The other point is. We need to stop being looked at as a cost center. We need to stop being looked at as a place that is a necessary evil. We gotta ask questions of the system. We've gotta extract data everywhere and put it in someplace that we can start answering questions or even not even doing to the extent of actually providing the analytics out of the box. [00:31:40] Instead, we're just providing data sets for people to access. We need to be able to offer real value to the business community. Those are the ones that are footing the bill. Those are the ones that are actually paying for everything. So we need to be in a position to deliver it very quickly, [00:32:00] and it needs to not be expensive, and it needs to be accurate. [00:32:06] Mustansir Saifuddin: Absolutely [00:32:07] Shawn Brown: Those are the elements I think are the key takeaways. That's really the foundation of what we're doing with Business Data Cloud. That's the whole purpose behind it. [00:32:16] Mustansir Saifuddin: Absolutely great advice and a great way to sum up the session. It's been a great conversation. There's so much to gain from this product and, and direction, that SAP's taking. I'd like to thank you very much for joining us today in our show, and look forward to having further detailed conversation with you. [00:32:36] Shawn Brown: Thanks, I appreciate your time as well. [00:32:39] Mustansir Saifuddin: Thanks for listening to Tech-Driven Business, brought to you by Innovative Solution Partners. We have covered the critical why behind BDC, the immense time and cost savings it promises, and the tangible benefits like enhanced speed and accuracy for SAP customers. Sean's key takeaway? Focus on delivering analytics quickly to your business community and strive to offer real accurate value moving away from being seen as just a cost center. [00:33:15] . We would love to hear from you. Continue the conversation by connecting with me on LinkedIn or X. Learn more about Innovative Solution Partners and schedule a free consultation by visiting isolutionpartners.com. Never miss a podcast by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Information is in the show notes.

Are you struggling to get your team on board with new initiatives? Building a successful law firm isn't just about launching new ideas – it's about gaining genuine buy-in from your team. When things don't go as planned, it's natural to feel defensive or take things personally.    In this episode, Melissa shares how shifting from frustration to curiosity is essential in transforming these situations into growth opportunities. Whether you're updating systems, introducing incentive programs, or sharing strategic plans, the reception from your team provides essential data.   Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://www.velocitywork.com/312

Was passiert, wenn SAP-Kernsysteme plötzlich mit Databricks sprechen können? Wenn BW-Datenprodukte per Knopfdruck in moderne AI-Modelle fließen? Und wenn Fachbereiche Verantwortung für Daten übernehmen sollen, aber noch zögern? In dieser Folge trifft klassische SAP-Denke auf moderne Data-Architekturen – mit Andreas Scholl im Deep Dive zur Business Data Cloud. Zwischen technologischem Umbruch, organisatorischer Realität und kommerziellem Kalkül zeigt sich: Die Zukunft der Unternehmensdaten liegt nicht im Entweder-oder, sondern im intelligenten Sowohl-als-auch. Doch eines ist klar: Wer BW einfach weiterlaufen lässt, verliert den Anschluss.

In dieser Folge des Data Culture Podcasts spricht Carsten Bange mit Wolfgang Epting über die SAP Business Data Cloud -- eine zentrale Plattform, die Datenprodukte und -services in einem Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-Angebot vereint.

Tune in to a special roundtable episode of ASUG Talks, where Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community, is joined by two ASUG Board Members: Mark LeClair and Craig Dalziel.  A few weeks ago, the three attended the SAP Business Unleashed event in New York, where the software company unveiled the SAP Business Data Cloud along with a new partnership with Databricks. Aimed at helping ASAP customers establish a sound data foundation in order to embrace AI solutions, the offering is yet another in SAP's business AI development journey. The three thought leaders leveraged their extensive SAP knowledge to offer their thoughts on what the announcements mean for SAP Customers. Key topics covered in their discussion include: How SAP Business Data Cloud integrates into the larger SAP suite of solutions. The ways in which SAP Business Data Cloud can enable customers to improve their data management practices and set a foundation to embrace AI solutions. The three leaders' first impressions of the new solution and partnership. 

In this episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA Cloud, host Katharina Klug discusses the innovative SAP Business Data Cloud with SAP experts Rolf Sieberg and Georg Meier. Delve into how SAP Business Data Cloud supports data insights through seamless integration of data platforms and business applications, supporting agility, value chain efficiency, and sustainability. Learn about the collaboration between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and BDC, providing an end-to-end, AI-enabled data solution. Discover how SAP's data products empower decision-makers, and gain insights into the vision for transforming organizations. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.

Author, executive advisor, and Managing Partner and Founder of Rossman Partners, John Rossman, rejoins the show to discuss “the innovator's dilemma”, building foundations, chasing perfection, and making big bets, how to REALLY use metrics and make metrics a verb, 3 megatrends for the future of business, the role of business in democracy, and the #1 mistake leaders make.Mentioned in this episode:Download John's free Business Manifesto and learn more at RossmanPartners.com.Rossman Partners / John RossmanDownload John's free Business Manifesto and learn more at RossmanPartners.com.Rossman Partners / John Rossman

Heute haben wir Martin Guther von SAP am Start. Gemeinsam tauchen wir tief in die Business Data Cloud (BDC) ein, reden über AI in Geschäftsprozessen, und klären, wie SAP-Daten für AI-Anwendungen genutzt werden können – ohne Datenschutzrisiken und mit echtem Business-Mehrwert. SAP Discovery Day am 18. März: Du willst mehr erfahren? Dann sei dabei! Digital oder live in Frankfurt. 5 exklusive Tickets für unsere Hörer! Schreib uns direkt auf LinkedIn: Andreas oder Martin. AI im Unternehmen ist kein Trend – es ist die Zukunft! Wie SAP mit der Business Data Cloud echten Mehrwert schafft, erfährst du in dieser Episode.

Guest Introduction: Joining us today is Muhammad Zayn, a seasoned expert in data storage and security solutions. With a proven track record of helping over 300 businesses streamline their data workflows, Muhammad brings a wealth of practical experience to the table. Currently serving as Technical Sales Head at Al Madina Enterprises, he specializes in designing and implementing robust NAS/SAN solutions for businesses of all sizes, ranging from 5TB to petabyte-scale deployments. His expertise encompasses system design, data security and backups, active directory integration, remote file sharing, cloud syncing, and virtual machine applications, ensuring workflow consistency and data security.Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way!#thoughtbehindthings #muzamilhasan #muhammadzayn #datasecuritySocials:TBT's Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings Muzamil's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Muzamil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan Zayn's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-zayn-cissp-4032b91a1/ Al Madina Ent. Website: https://almadinapk.com/Podcast Links:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3z1cE7F Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2S84VEd Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3cgIkf

“More or less, the data strategy will inform the AI effectiveness,” SAP President and Chief Product Officer of Data and Analytics Irfan Khan explains to Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana. In this episode of Tech Disruptors, Khan and Rana delve into the three archetypes of data management, how zero copy sharing enables greater flexibility and how SAP's new Business Data Cloud product can optimize customer data inside and outside of the SAP ecosystem.

ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion Geoff Scott traveled to New York for the SAP Business Unleashed event, where SAP unveiled its newest offering, SAP Business Data Cloud, and its partnership with Databricks, a data analytics and  management software company.During his trip, Scott sat down with Irfan Khan, President and Chief Product Officer of SAP Data & Analytics. They discussed SAP's new offering and partnership, and how these announcements will help enterprises develop a data foundation for business insights and artificial-intelligence applications.Key topics from their conversation included:How SAP Business Data Cloud is different from SAP Datasphere.The way SAP Business Data Cloud will sit in the SAP suite alongside applications such as the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and SAP Analytics Cloud.The importance of integrating SAP and non-SAP data into a single data layer.For more information on these announcements and their impact on the SAP ecosystem, check out the following SAP insights:The trust factor: Data, resilience, and innovationSAP and Databricks Open a Bold New Era of Data and AI

In this episode, we sit down with Mandy Rewis, Director of Business Development and Strategy at JOC Analytics, to explore how business intelligence tools are revolutionizing the restoration and trades industries. Mandy shares how JOC Analytics pulls data from CRMs and job management software to create real-time, customizable dashboards that eliminate manual reporting and provide actionable insights on KPIs, financials, and production metrics.We discuss why small and mid-sized businesses need to leverage data-driven decision-making to compete with larger, private equity-backed firms, and why tracking business metrics from day one is essential for growth. Mandy also walks us through JOC's key features, data sources, and how their tool integrates seamlessly with platforms like DASH, Service Titan, and QuickBooks.Key Takeaways:✅ Real-time data insights without manual report generation✅ Custom dashboards to track job performance, revenue, and inefficiencies✅ Data-driven decisions to help businesses scale and compete✅ Compatibility with major CRMs, job management, and accounting software✅ Scalable pricing to fit businesses of different sizesNext Steps:

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Ever get frustrated by all those endless spreadsheets, PDFs, and emails cluttering up your workflow?   This week, I'm exploring the world of data automation in commercial real estate with tech mastermind Parag Goswami, CEO of Clik.ai.   Parag's got an incredible backstory — from building credit risk systems to founding a firm that revolutionizes the way CRE pros tackle back-office work.   Now, he's all about Clik.ai, a tool that does the heavy lifting for you with data consolidation, underwriting, and reporting, leaving you with more time to focus on actually running your business (with less stress).   If you're bogged down by endless Excel sheets or spending hours on financial reviews, this episode is just what you need.   Parag breaks down how Clik.ai helps you stay on top of your portfolio quickly, efficiently, and accurately.   You'll discover how their “human-assisted AI” integrates seamlessly into your existing systems (no need to reinvent the wheel here) and can even handle messy scans and data formats from multiple sources.   Here's what you'll learn: How AI can streamline financial modeling and speed up your deal analysis. Ways Clik.ai automates those mind-numbing manual processes and saves hours on reporting. What "human-assisted AI" really means and how it adds precision to Clik.ai's automation. The potential of Clik.ai's new "deal dashboard" for effortless deal comparisons and portfolio analysis. Why even small shops can gain huge benefits by automating their back-office tasks. Listen in, level up, and get ready to work smarter, not harder! ***** The only Podcast you need on real estate and AI.   Learn how other real estate pros are using AI to get ahead of their competition.   Get early notice of hot new game-changing AI real estate apps.   Walk away with something you can actually use in every episode.   PLUS, subscribe to my free newsletter and get: • practical guides, • how-to's, and • news updates   All exclusively for real estate investors that make learning AI fun and easy and insanely productive, for free.   EasyWin.AI

When you think of your data warehouse, the “semantic layer” may not be the first thing that pops in your mind. Prior to reading Frances O’Rafferty‘s blog post on this topic, I didn’t even know this was a concept that mattered in the data stack. To be honest, the concept is still a bit confusing […] The post Dear Analyst #132: How the semantic layer translates your physical data into user-centric business data with Frances O’Rafferty appeared first on .

Corey Frank and Chris Beall welcome Brian Perks from 5x5, a revolutionary data cooperative. They dive deep into the changing data landscape in sales and marketing, exploring how traditional data brokerage models are becoming obsolete. Brian shares insights on 5x5's innovative approach to data as a utility, emphasizing the importance of data standardization, accuracy, and accessibility. The conversation touches on the challenges of fragmented data across various platforms and how 5x5 aims to solve these issues. The guys discuss the concept of data as a living, evolving entity and the importance of having your copy for innovation. This episode is a must-listen for sales leaders, marketers, and entrepreneurs looking to leverage data for business growth in today's fast-paced, data-driven world. Join them for this episode, “The Evolution of Business Data Transformed From Brokers to Utilities.” Links from this episode: 5x5 Brian Perks on LinkedIn Corey Frank on LinkedIn Branch49 Chris Beall on LinkedIn ConnectAndSell

Welcome Around the Workstand!Summit - we met as a team recentlyBig characters. Great culture.Aligned behind our purposeAwesome leadership teamIndustry talkTrek D2C announcementExpected evolutionSeems to be a relatively well thought out programUnknown impactPlaybook - Have a great digital strategyMore important than everWe've got you covered on technology and marketingJune online resultsPlatform flat overallDriven by Google advertisers and bike salesTypical dealer down 8%Site visits see continued growth over 2023 but slowingOrder volume remains down 13%Offset by - Average order value up 16% compared to 2023As expected strongest click and collect performance41% of ordersRoughly at 2019 levelsDown from COVID highs of 60%Sign that the typical dealers are getting store traffic from ordersCollision conference in COAI was everywhereClearly going to be impactful on businessZero click search one of first areas of impactBe sure to email your questions to podcast@workstand.com. We read all emails sent and we look forward to hearing from you.If you're a Workstand client with questions about your subscription, email support@workstand.com or call 303-527-0676 x 1. If you are not currently a Workstand client with questions about how our programs work, email info@workstand.com.Find Us on LinkedInRyan Atkinson, President + Co-OwnerSuzie Livingston, Marketing + CommunicationsMark Still, Business DevelopmentWe also publish Around the Workstand on our YouTube channel if you'd like to watch while you listen. Here is our Around the Workstand playlist.If you have any questions about the topics discussed in this episode of Around the Workstand or if you have ideas for new topics we can cover, schedule a time to meet with Mark Still here or email mark.s@works...

Host: Nada Ahmed Guest Shanaz Hemmati, COO and Co-Founder of ZenBusiness In this episode of the 'Something from NADA' podcast, host Nada Ahmed speaks with Shanaz Hemmati , COO and co-founder of Zen Business. Shanaz shares her journey as a first-generation immigrant from Iran to the United States, her experiences during the Iranian revolution, and her education journey at the University of Texas in Austin. She provides insight into the importance of resilience, trust, and the value of diverse teams in the workplace. Shana discusses her career trajectory from electrical engineering to software engineering, her love for data, and her transition to leadership roles. The conversation concludes with Shana's experiences in building Zen Business, emphasizing the role of relationships, culture, and giving back to society. 00:00 Introduction to Something from NADA 01:16 Meet Shana, COO of Zen Business 03:19 Shana's Journey from Iran to the U.S. 09:24 Adjusting to Life in America 18:19 Discovering a Passion for Data 24:33 Transitioning to Leadership 28:22 Building a People-Centric Culture 35:35 Creating a Safe Environment for Open Feedback 37:08 Personal Journey and Overcoming Insecurities 40:19 The Importance of Happiness in Your Career 42:49 Making Tough Career Decisions 49:53 Founding Zen Business: The Origin Story 54:55 Building a Successful Small Business Platform 01:00:12 Life in Austin: A Personal Reflection 01:04:44 Final Thoughts and Recommendations

Carolyn Bao, VP of Marketing at AppsFlyer, is a business executive specializing in revenue-driving go-to-market strategy, data-driven business innovation, and building high-performing marketing teams with 10x measurable business impact.00:00 - 00:19 "Creativity in marketing is becoming much more of a science where, because of the massive amount of data that marketers have at our disposal and the tools that allow us to really make sense out of that data in a much faster way when we deliver a story, it is pretty well thought through, backed by data." — Carolyn Bao00:20 - 00:39 Welcome to Peppershock Media's Marketing Expedition Podcast00:40 - 01:50 Carolyn's Background01:51 - 14:42 Marketing Essentials Moment: Sentiment Scoring14:43 - 18:16 Welcome to the show, Carolyn!18:17 - 23:17 Embracing Data-Driven Creativity in Mobile Marketing23:18 - 28:20 Data Collaboration Unblocks Internal Teams28:21 - 31:22 AI Enhances Ad Performance Analysis31:23 - 35:49 Empowering Paid Media Managers with Learning Agendas35:50 - 36:38 Kitcaster is your secret weapon in podcasting for business. Your audience is waiting to hear from you! Click this link to apply for a special offer for friends of this podcast.36:39 - 39:56 AppsFlyer's AI-Powered Solutions for Actionable Insights39:57 - 42:28 AI-Powered Anomaly Detection for Business Data42:29 - 46:48 Staying Informed in the Business World46:49 - 53:01 Unblocking a Complex Product Launch53:02 - 57:11 Embracing AI for Marketers57:12 - 57:36 Reach out to Carolyn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynbao/57:37 – 58:10 Thank you so much, Carolyn! Share this podcast, give us a review, and enjoy your marketing journey! (hello@themarketingexpedition.com) 58:11 – 58:57 Join The Marketing Expedition Community today!#ArtificialIntelligence #AITools #Marketingtools #ModernMarketing #BusinessData #PaidMediaManagers #MobileMarketing #GrowthStrategies #DataDrivenMarketing #Trending #SentimentScoring

What's beyond ChatGPT when it comes to using AI to improve someone's business? In this episode, Adam Torres and Andy Rosic, Managing Partner of Uninvited, explore Uninvited and how it enables small businesses to build and purchase prospect (leads) lists using simple AI chat.Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.Apply to be a guest on our podcast:https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/Visit our website:https://missionmatters.com/Support the showMore FREE content from Mission Matters here: https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia

What's beyond ChatGPT when it comes to using AI to improve someone's business? In this episode, Adam Torres and Andy Rosic, Managing Partner of Uninvited, explore Uninvited and how it enables small businesses to build and purchase prospect (leads) lists using simple AI chat. Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be a guest on our podcast: https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/ Visit our website: https://missionmatters.com/ More FREE content from Mission Matters here: https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia

Could AI Really Transform Your Business Overnight?In this episode, we have expert Mayo Oshin to reveal how you can leverage your existing data to unlock transformative growth.We uncover the step-by-step process to implement AI in your business and start seeing results fast. From goal setting to data preparation to model training, you'll learn the full playbook.Topics we discussed:✅ Why starting with a clear business goal is crucial✅ Taking stock of your data across structured, unstructured, proprietary and public✅ Data cleaning and preparation best practices✅ Model selection: custom vs out-of-the-box solutions✅ Typical project timelines and budgets✅ Evaluating success and tracking ROI✅ Deployment strategies and measuring impactMayo Oshin is an AI consultant and educator. He helps companies implement AI to transform their businesses.  About Leveraging AI The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/ Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ Free AI Consultation: https://multiplai.ai/book-a-call/ If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, leave us a five-star review on your favorite podcast platform, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

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All your data, all your teams—in one place. What am I? If you said Microsoft Fabric, you win! When I interned with Cisco Systems in 2000, I supported a platform called Unified Messaging. At that time, we were talking about getting your email, voice mail, and faxes all in one place. My, how the times have changed. To a certain extent, the Microsoft Fabric is an extension, or wrapper, of some of the tools we have talked about in other episodes. The central idea is the ability to store your information in a data lake, and then having multiple tools at your disposal to use that data as required by the business. Power BI is the cherry on top - providing the visualizations and access to the source data that the business users like to get their hands on. In this episode we talk through the architecture and then discuss when organizations might want to adopt Microsoft Fabric. Would you like to hear more about this in a future episode? Let us know and we'll look to circle back with long time friend of the podcast Jonathan Stewart. The show notes for today's episode can be found at Episode 267: Microsoft Fabric. Have fun on the SQL Trail!

Are you a data leader with a technical data strategy and struggling to connect it with the business? Are you trying to get a “seat at the table” and not succeeding? This episode is for you! Aaron Wilkerson will share his thoughts and learnings with Tim and Juan

Are you a data leader with a technical data strategy and struggling to connect it with the business? Are you trying to get a “seat at the table” and not succeeding? This episode is for you! Aaron Wilkerson will share his thoughts and learnings with Tim and Juan

If you want a better way to understand how you're generating leads and converting sales – so you can do more of both – this is the episode for you. We're going deep into full funnel metrics, from initial lead capture all the way through the sales conversion through ads, control variables, audience understanding, and the art of interpreting data. Quick overview of what we cover:What a  "detonation point" is and why it matters for your funnelUnderstanding your lurkers, your social butterflies, and your unicorns as you create contentWhich parts of your sales and marketing you have more control overKnowing how to compare metrics between a cold audience, warm audience, and an ads audience – and how to use that data to scaleWhy it was a red flag for me to see my conversion rates were really high in my last launchThe difference between friction and volume in your marketing and sales and how to identify which you wantWhy the metrics in your middle of funnel around time to nurture someone before they convert are the real goldWhy it's important to develop excellence around sales and marketing tasks For anyone who might be a bit more woo or is data averse: why I believe data is a subset of mindset and how intuitive data matters tooCHECK OUT STEVE + ADRIANE'S JOINT PROJECT: Click here to get on the waitlist for our program launchFollow us on Instagram: @servicedrivenscalingLISTEN TO MORE EPISODES WITH STEVE:Click here for Episode 45, How Bro Marketers Have Destroyed Digital Learning Click here for Episode 55, Marketing With Integrity in a Post-Bropocalypse World Click here for Episode 63, The 5 Elements of a Successful Digital Sales Event Funnel with Steve Corney Part 1Click here for Episode 64, The 5 Elements of a Successful Digital Sales Event Funnel Part 2 Click here for Episode 67, The Critical Metrics Most Coaches and Course Creators Aren't Tracking for Long-Term SuccessClick here for Episode 73, Trust Isn't Enough to Sell Courses or Group Coaching Programs: Extending Your Lifetime Customer Value Via Respect and ConsentClick here for Episode 74, Delivering Outcomes With Mad Respect - How To Improve Your Curriculum and Course Design and Your Learner's ExperienceRESOURCES: Click here to join Adriane's Scalable Foundations MembershipClick here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth LabClick here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur AgencyBook a call to work with Soulpreneur to grow your businessCONNECT WITH STEVE: Follow Steve: @steve_corneyConnect on LinkedIn: @thisisstevecorney 

The CFPB's final rule implementing Section 1071 requires financial institutions to collect and report certain data in connection with credit applications made by small businesses, including women-, minority- or LGBTQI+-owned small businesses. In this episode, we respond to questions received from attendees of our April 2023 attendance-breaking webinar about the final rule. The issues our responses address include: what is a “covered transaction” and distinguishing business/consumer purpose transactions; determining the applicable compliance date, applying the “grace period,” and pre-compliance date data collection; which originations must be reported, which are excluded, who has reporting obligations in multiple party transactions such as indirect auto loans, and identifying who is a small business; reliance on broker-collected data and data collection when small business status is uncertain; complying with data segregation and “firewall” requirements; reporting issues for securities-backed loans; CFPB identification/treatment of underperforming originators; and data to be publicly disclosed and CFPB approach to data analysis. We also discuss the preliminary injunction issued by a Texas federal court staying the rule's compliance dates for the plaintiffs only and how other entities subject to the rule have reacted. Alan Kaplinsky, Senior Counsel in Ballard Spahr's Consumer Financial Services Group, leads the discussion joined by John Culhane and Richard Andreano, partners in the Group, and Loran Kilson and Kaley Schafer, associates in the Group.

Guest: Rich Davis, Head of Security & Networking Solutions, EMEA at Netskope [@Netskope]On LinkedIn | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/richarddavis1Host: Chloé MessdaghiOn ITSPmagazine  

Welcome to a revealing episode focused on safeguarding your business data and ensuring top-notch security. In this eye-opening discussion, we sit down with cybersecurity expert, Darren Gallop, to delve into the pressing issue of data protection for businesses of all sizes.   In today's rapidly advancing technological landscape, the threat of data breaches and cyberattacks looms larger than ever before. From small dental clinics to large enterprises, no business is exempt from potential risks. Darren Gallop, with his extensive expertise in the field, sheds light on the critical steps every business owner should take to secure their sensitive information effectively.   During the episode, Darren emphasizes the importance of understanding your business's unique risks and regulatory environment. He emphasizes the need for preemptive action, rather than waiting for a data breach to occur before addressing security concerns. With the proliferation of privacy regulations worldwide, businesses, especially those catering to consumers, need to stay ahead of compliance requirements.   Drawing on his experience helping companies build robust security programs, Darren shares practical tips for immediate implementation. He stresses the significance of strong, unique passwords, multifactor authentication (MFA), and device hardening. By adopting these fundamental security practices, businesses can elevate their security posture and thwart potential cyber threats.   Tune in now to fortify your business against cyber dangers and safeguard your valuable data with expert advice from Darren Gallop. Together, let's embrace a proactive approach to data security and ensure the longevity and success of your enterprise.   Chapter Stamps:   Introduction and Background [00:00:00] Building a Cybersecurity Company [00:00:30] Leveraging AI in Security [00:08:30] Cybersecurity for Small Businesses [00:12:30] Understanding Risks and Obligations [00:18:00] Immediate Security Tips [00:20:30] Importance of MFA and Conclusion [00:23:00]   Pullout Quotes:   "Data breaches don't discriminate – businesses of all sizes need to be proactive in building a security program." - Darren Gallop   "Hackers prey on the path of least resistance. Secure your business or risk becoming their next target." - Darren Gallop   "Understanding your business risks and obligations is the foundation of an effective security plan." - Darren Gallop   "Multifactor authentication is a game-changer in keeping hackers at bay. Use it on all your accounts." - Darren Gallop   "Protecting your data isn't just a choice; it's a cultural change within your organization." - Darren Gallop   "A strong password policy and regular updates for devices are simple yet crucial steps towards security." - Darren Gallop   "Privacy regulations are on the rise, and businesses must comply to avoid potential fines and lawsuits." - Darren Gallop   "Data security is everyone's responsibility – from small businesses to large enterprises." - Darren Gallop   "Embrace a proactive approach to data security; waiting for a breach is too risky." - Darren Gallop   "A robust security program requires education, measurable metrics, and continuous improvement." - Darren Gallop   Socials:   Website: https://carbidesecure.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrengallop/?originalSubdomain=ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/darrengallop?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darren.gallop/     ----more---- Notice to the Super Entrepreneurs community: Before we part, remember to join our Private Facebook group, 'Mindset for Business Success.' Here we share mindset wisdom to elevate your life and business, ready for a transformative journey? This group is your key to unlocking potential and achieving business growth. Don't miss out on this incredible free resource. Join us in 'Mindset for Business Success' today!   Join Now   ----more---- Disclaimer: Please be aware that the opinions and perspectives conveyed in this podcast are solely those of our guests and do not necessarily represent the views, ideologies, or principles of Super Entrepreneurs Podcast, its associated entities, or any organizations they represent or are affiliated with. We provide a platform for discussion and exploration, and the content of each episode is understood to be independent expressions from our guests, rather than a reflection of the beliefs held by the podcast or its hosts.

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➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory   ➡️ About The Guest⁣ Andrew Nichols has been a Technical Pre-Sales Engineer for Samsung for 8 years and has been focused on delivering secure mobile solutions to many brands and companies you recognize. He is focused on living an independent and eco-friendly lifestyle with his family; growing food for the year, raising a flock of chickens, harvesting rainwater, and collecting solar energy to power his EV and E-Bike.  Andrew graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Informatics and a focus on Information Assurance which spearheaded his interest in the world of privacy and security. Currently, Andrew has been volunteering and leading an organization in his community known as the ReMakery which is dedicated to helping teach and perform repairs for broken items in his community, as well as investigating using tech and techniques to turn trash into desirable products and objects. ➡️ Show Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/seattleandrew/  https://samsungknox.com/    ➡️ Check out Samsung Knox https://youtu.be/PHNfZ0fBMuI https://youtu.be/miO4nTBDois ➡️ Podcast Sponsors HUBSPOT - https://hubspot.com/ ➡️ Talking Points⁣ 00:00 - Intro 03:07 - Andrew Nichols's origin story 05:26 - What was the first job that allowed Andrew Nichols to start learning about what he's doing now? 10:03 - Why did Andrew pursue a field that is mission critical? 12:45 - The current environment for corporate security 24:39 - Solving human problems regarding corporate security 31:57 - How do people get attacked and how is their security compromised in an organization? 42:40 - Some mobile security cases that weren't set up properly 45:10 - Why did Samsung want to champion security? 49:10 - What differentiates Samsung Knox from other mobile security systems? 54:43 - What were some of the most interesting deployments made by Andrew Nichols? 1:00:39 - Some new things that will prevail in mobile security in the next 5 years 1:09:27 - Where can people connect with Andrew Nichols? 1:10:55 - What keeps Andrew up at night? 1:13:51 - The biggest challenge Andrew has ever faced in his life 1:16:51 - The most impactful person in Andrew's life 1:19:15 - A book, podcast, or source to learn from recommended by Andrew Nichols Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices