Datascape Podcast
Episodes
Episode 82 - Recapping Oracle AI World 2025 Announcements with Experts Panel
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Warner is joined by Oracle Aces Simon Pane, Franky Faust and Nelson Calero to discuss the latest announcements of the Oracle AI World 2025 conference!
Episode 81 - Recapping Google Next 2025 Announcements with Experts Panel
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the latest and greatest announcements from the Google Next 2025 conference with Simon Pane (Oracle ACE and Google Cloud Cha...
Episode 80 - Recapping Microsoft Ignite 2024 Announcements With Luan Moreno
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Microsoft MVP Luan Moreno, to discuss the latest announcements from the Microsoft Ignite 2024 conference. These i...
Episode 79 - Recapping Oracle Cloud World 2024 Announcements with Simon Pane and Nelson Calero
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Oracle Ace Simon Pane and Oracle Ace Director Nelson Calero to discuss the latest and greatest announcements from...
Episode 78 - Discussing The Oracle And Google Cloud Partnership With 3 Oracle ACES!
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by 3 Oracle Aces: Simon Pane, Aishwarya Kala and Nelson Calero to discuss the announcement of the new Oracle and Goo...
Episode 77 - Recapping Microsoft Build 2024 Announcements With Sandeep Arora
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the main announcements from the Microsoft Build 2024 conference in Seattle. These includ...
Episode 76 - Recapping Google Next 2024 Announcements With Whit Walters
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Whit Walters to discuss the main announcements from the Google Next 2024 conference in Las Vegas. These include t...
Episode 75 - Recapping PASS Summit And Microsoft Ignite Announcements With Marcelo Adade
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner is joined by Marcelo Adade to discuss the latest announcements from the PASS Data Summit and Microsoft Ignite! These include th...
Episode 74 - Recapping The OpenAI Dev Day Announcements With Sandeep Arora
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the latest announcements from the November 2023 OpenAI Dev Day! These include new GenAI G...
Episode 73 - Recapping The Snowflake Summit 2023 Conference With Sandeep Arora
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the latest announcements from the 2023 Snowflake Summit! These include new GenAI and ML c...
Episode 72 - SQL Server 2022, Synapse Link, Cloud Migrations with Fabiano Amorim And Marcelo Adade
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Microsoft Data Platform MVPs, Fabiano Amorim and Marcelo Adade to discuss SQL Server 2022, Synapse Link, cloud mi...
Episode 71 - 2022 IT And Data Industry Recap And 2023 Predictions With Paul Lewis
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Paul Lewis, Chief Technology Officer at Pythian with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. The convers...
Episode 70 - Data Engineering, Data Fluency, Improving The World With Data And More With Jen Stirrup
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Jen Stirrup, Fortune 100 international speaker, named as one of the Top 50 Global Data Visionaries, one of the To...
Episode 69 - Recapping The Fall 2022 Google Next Conference With Sandeep Arora
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the latest announcements from the Fall 2022 Google Next conference! These include new clo...
Episode 68 - Recapping The Fall 2022 Microsoft Ignite Conference With Luan Moreno
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner and Luan cover the biggest announcements from the Microsoft Ignite Fall 2022 conference. These include new features for Cosmos ...
Episode 67 - Deep Dive Into Azure Data Integration With Manjot Kaur
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner is joined by Manjot Kaur to discuss ETL patterns, cloud differences, Azure data integration tooling and more!
Episode 66 - Customer Engineering, Understanding Clients, Tech Adoption, And More With Brian Kinlaw
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner and Brian go over the role of Customer Engineering, understanding client needs, helping clients with their tech adoption decis...
Episode 65 - Recapping The 2022 Databricks Data And AI Summit With Luan Moreno
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner and Luan cover the biggest announcements from the Databricks Data and AI Summit 2022. These include improvements on Delta Lake ...
Episode 64 - Recapping The 2022 Snowflake Summit Conference With Sandeep Arora
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner is joined by Sandeep Arora to discuss the latest announcements from the 2022 Snowflake Summit! These include new development ca...
Episode 63 - Recapping The Spring 2022 Microsoft Build Conference With Luan Moreno
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner and Luan recap the Microsoft Build 2022 conference including announcements related to SQL Server 2022, Synapse Analytics, Azure...
Episode 62 - Post - Covid IT, Enterprise Architecture, Data Mesh And More With Paul Lewis
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Paul Lewis, CTO at Pythian to discuss Post-Covid IT, remote staffing, enterprise architecture, data mesh and more...
Episode 61 - Cockroach Db And Distributed Databases With Daniel Holt
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Daniel Holt, VP of Solutions Engineering at Cockroach Labs to discuss distributed databases, RDBMS vs NoSQL vs Ne...
Episode 60 - Data Strategy, Data Literacy, Monetization And More With Joey Jablonski
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner and Joey discuss developing an organization data strategy, current state of data governance and quality efforts, introducing da...
Episode 59 - Google BigQuery Architecture, Cloud Migrations And Working From Home With Megha Bedi
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Megha Bedi, one of Pythian's youngest Cloud Consultants to discuss cloud migrations, Google BigQuery, certificati...
Episode 58 - Analytics In Gaming, Spark And The Data Engineer Role With Felipe Ferreira
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Felipe Ferreira, former Microsoft MVP and Data Engineer at Electronic Arts. Topics discussed include analytics in...
Episode 57 - Building Big Data Platforms In Azure With Luan Moreno
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner and Luan go deep in the weeds on building big data platforms in Microsoft's Azure cloud. Discussing pros and cons of Synapse An...
Episode 56 - Oracle Database, Exadata And Cloud Update
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner is joined by Oracle ACE Franky Faust to discuss the latest updates and current status of the Oracle database stack including E...
Episode 55 - State Of Database Security In 2022
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner and Simon discuss the state, management and features related to major databases with a focus on Oracle, SQL Server and databas...
Episode 54 - Cloud Security Strategies For Business
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Warner and Kevin discuss the trends in IT security, the current security challenges, common mistakes, security in the cloud and more!
Episode 53 - Managing High Performance IT Teams
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner hosts Shara and Miriam, Pythian team managers to discuss the challenges, tips and tricks to managing high performance IT teams...
Episode 52 - Snowflake Snowday Updates Fall 2021
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner and Sandeep cover the Snowflake Snowday event from November 2021 with the latest updates and announcements for the Snowflake Cl...
Episode 51 - Google Cloud Data Services Update Fall 2021
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner and Scott do an update on all the announcements for Google Cloud's data services for the Fall of 2021. Including new services a...
Episode 50 - Recapping The Fall 2021 Microsoft Ignite Virtual Conference
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner, Fabiano and Luan recap the data related announcements of the Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021 conference: SQL 2022, new Azure SQL an...
Episode 49 - SQL Server, Snowflake, IT Industry Advice And More With Pinal Dave
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner and Pinal discuss SQL Server, Snowflake, current state of the data industry, advice for people entering the field and for peop...
Episode 48 - Recapping the Spring 2021 Microsoft Ignite Virtual Conference
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner and I discuss the most exciting updates from the spring 2021 Microsoft Ignite virtual conference.
Episode 47 - March 2021 Cloud Update Show
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Pierig LeSaux, Warner Chaves and I discuss the latest updates in GCP and Microsoft Azure.
Episode 46 - Recapping AWS ReInvent 2020 with Apoorva
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Apoorva joins me in this episode where we re-cap AWS re:Invent 2020.
Episode 45 - Recapping MSFT Ignite 2020
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner and I discuss the most exciting announcements from the Microsoft Ignite 2020 virtual conference.
Episode 44 Discussing Snowflake With Kent
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm joined by Kent Graziano, Chief Technology Evangelist at Snowflake to explore Snowflake's cloud database.
Episode 43 - July 2020 Cloud Update discussion
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Stephane, Pierig and I discuss the updates to AWS and GCP since our last show.
Episode 42 - Recapping Microsoft Build 2020
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner Chaves and I discuss the most exciting updates announced at the Microsoft Build 2020 virtual conference.
Episode 41 - Choosing a public cloud for Oracle Database
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Pane returns for this episode to discuss running the Oracle database on various public clouds. We discuss why you might not choose the Oracle cl...
Episode 40 - What Is Azure Synapse Analytics?
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner Chaves and I explore Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics.
Episode 39 - February 2020 Cloud Update Show
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner, Stephane, Pierig and I catch up on the latest updates from Google Cloud, Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.
Episode 38 - December Cloud Update Podcast
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I meet with Warner Chaves, Stephane Frechette and Pierig LeSaux to discuss the past few months of updates from the major public cloud ...
Episode 37 - Recapping Microsoft Ignite 2019 with Warner
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Warner and I discuss the highlights of the announcements at Microsoft Ignite 2019.
Episode 36 - August Cloud Update
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner, Stephane, Pierig & Chris Presley discuss several interesting cloud updates released on the public cloud(s) over the last few ...
Episode 35 - Discussing Cloud Bigtable with Sandy
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 35 - Discussing Cloud Bigtable with Sandy by Warner Chaves
Episode 34 - Microsoft Build 2019 with Warner
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner and I recap the most exciting announcements from the Microsoft Build 2019 conference. We cover a ton of exciting, Azure, Azur...
Episode 33 - Recapping Google Next 2019 with Stephane
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephane Frechette makes his debut on the Datascape podcast to recap Google Next 2019 with me.
Episode 32 - March Cloud Updates
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We tried something different for the March Cloud Update show going deeper into most of the updates. Please let us know what you thought.
Episode 31 - Cloud Update Feb 2019
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kartick, Pierig, Warner and Chris discuss the latest feature announcements from the leading public cloud vendors.
Discussing AWS re:Invent 2018 with Pierig
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pierig LeSaux and I walk through his favorite announcements from Amazon re:Invent 2018.
November-December Summary of Cloud Updates (Cloudscape)
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is the November/December combined episode of the most interesting Public Cloud updates as we saw them. In this episode Warner Chaves, Kartick Sek...
Episode 30 - Learning about Streaming
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Danil returns to the show on this episode to discuss streaming data, use cases, technology and changing mindsets to data aggregation.
Episode 29 - Tour of Microsoft's AI Platform, Cognitive Services
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode, Warner Chaves and I discuss Microsoft Cognitive Services as well as several practical uses for the platform.
Episode 28 - Intro To Cockroach DB
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Intro to CockroachDB
Episode 27 - The Oracle Cloud Vs The World
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I discuss the Oracle cloud offering with Bjoern Rost and Simon Pane.
Episode 26 - Tour of The Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bjorn, John and I discuss the various components of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP.)
Episode 25 - Azure SQL DB
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner Chaves and Chris Presley discuss the ins and outs of Azure SQL DB as well as other Database as a Service offerings.
Episode 24 - Intro To Mariadb
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, John and Valerie walk us through several aspects of MariaDB and we see how it compares to MySQL.
Episode 23 - Public vs Private blockchains
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Adam Muise and I discuss the difference between a Private and Public blockchain. We delve into when to use either and how you can lea...
Datascape Episode 22 - Moving 10,000 Servers To the public cloud
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I discuss moving 10,000 servers from private data centers, to the public cloud with Pierig LeSaux.
Episode 21 Whats A Solutions Architect?
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the Solutions Architect role, with John Laham and Adam Muise. What it is, isn't and how to get there.
Episode 20 - Discovering Microsoft Azure SQL DW With Warner
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore Microsoft's Azure SQL Datawarehouse. What it is, what it's used for and latest announcements.
Episode 19 - Exploring Couchbase Server with Terry
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing what Couchbase Server is with Terry Dhariwal. We also delve into the differences between Couch DB, MongoDB and give relevant use cases.
Episode 18 Getting To Know Postgres
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we get to know Postgres with Alvaro from Ongres.
Episode 17 - Key Announcements From MSFT Ignite 2017
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Join Warner Chaves, Suniel Sahi and I as we discuss the key announcements from Microsoft's Ignite 2017 conference.
Episode 16 - Discussing Oracle OpenWorld 2017
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I discuss the most interesting announcements from Oracle OpenWorld 2017 with Simon and Ivica.
Episode 15 - Machine Learning Primer For Enterprise IT
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore Machine Learning with Paul Spiegelhalter.
Episode 14 - DBA Career & Automation
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we continue to discuss the evolution of the DBA Career. I'm joined by Warner Chaves, Bjoern Rost, Derek Downey discuss automation in r...
Episode 13 - We go serverless with Mike Roberts
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we delve into the world of serverless data & computing with Mike Roberts. Show notes:
Episode 12 - CosmosDB - The new challenger in the Cloud-based NoSQL Arena
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
UPDATE: Please note that we realize there's a speed issue with the audio and it will be corrected shortly. Warner Chaves returns to the Podcast to di...
Episode 11 - MySQL Update & Recapping Percona Live
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I check in with Derek, who recaps Percona Live and lets us know what's up with MySQL these days. I can't resist getting into Open Sour...
Episode 10 - Getting Transactional With Hadoop
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode, I speak with Christos about using Hadoop as a part of a Transactional data store for a public facing web pages. You can find the sho...
Episode 9 - An update on the Oracle Database
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Simon Pane gives us an update on what's going on in the Oracle database and cloud world today. Show notes can be found here: https:/...
Episode 8 - SQL Server 2017 and other announcements from Microsoft Data Amp
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Warner and I discuss the announcements from Microsoft Data Amp, including Azure Managed Instance, Azure Data Migration Service, and S...
Episode 7 - The Business Value of Data Governance with Dennis
09 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dennis and I discuss the ins and outs of Data Governance. The show notes can be found here: https://www.pythian.com/blog/datascape-p...
Episode 6 - Discussing Google Next '17
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, John Laham discussing what's hot and exciting from Google's Next 2017 conference. We tried to stick to discussing the conference, bu...
Episode 5 - Exploring Cassandra Database
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I discuss the NoSQL database, Cassandra with industry expert, John Schulz. We explore what it is, key differences from a Relational ...
Episode 4 - Discussing Oracle Licensing In The Cloud
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bjoern Rost and I cover the Oracle's licensing change, (or clarification) in detail. Full show notes available on my blog at https://...
Episode 3 - All about Data Lakes with Danil
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I discuss Data Lakes with Danil Zburivsky. We cover what they are, adoption success criteria, failures, how to get started and what to...
Episode 2 - Running SQL Server on Linux - say whaaat??!
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I discuss the rationale for Microsoft's decision to port SQL Server to Linux, as well as some possible use cases with Rich and Warner....
Episode 1 - From DBA to "Data Platform Consultant." Discussing the future of the DBA career.
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode we discuss the changes of the Database Administrator career, where it was and where it's going. The show notes can be found here...