

It's About Data
Matthew Housley and Tony Baer
We discuss data, artificial intelligence, and whatever else we feel like talking about. Cohosted by Tony Baer and Matt Housley. Also available on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XFbzM-Vn1ztmEQFDVzYCQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XFbzM-Vn1ztmEQFDVzYCQ
Episodes
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Jun 4, 2025 • 19min
Apache Iceberg and Composable Data Stacks (with Alex Merced)
Alex Merced joins Tony and Matt to discuss Apache Iceberg and the future of composable data stacks. Alex is the head of DevRel at Dremio and a coauthor of the O'Reilly Media book Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide.

May 29, 2025 • 18min
Salesforce/Informatica
In this episode, Matt and Tony are joined by Ryan Dolley of GoodData to discuss Salesforce's acquisition of Informatica.#data #salesforce #informatica #acquisition

May 28, 2025 • 17min
SAP Sapphire
We discuss our takeaways from SAP Sapphire 2025. Topics include SAP Business Data Cloud, the challenges of culture, the last 10% problem for AI, and conservatism versus modernization.#data #dataanalytics #informationtechnology #ai

May 21, 2025 • 17min
Episode 7 — Model Context Protocol
We discuss #modelcontextprotocol, an open framework developed by @anthropic-ai that allows AI models and #aiagents to access data. Will #mcp continue to run away from the competition?

May 14, 2025 • 21min
Episode 6 — IBM Think 2025
We recap IBM Think 2025. IBM as a software company, AI on mainframes and the challenges of supporting legacy applications while looking toward the future.#ibm #mainframes #ai #data

May 7, 2025 • 15min
Episode 5 — Small Models Are the Key to AI Success
Special guest Vin Vashishta talks about the power of small language models for agentic AI workflows.#generativeai #aiagents #languagemodels

Apr 30, 2025 • 16min
Episode 4 — Oracle's Multicloud Partnership Strategy
Matt and Tony are joined by Sanjeev Mohan to discuss Oracle's multicloud partnership strategy#oracle #gcp #azure #aws

Apr 16, 2025 • 22min
Episode 3 — GCP Next 2025
We discuss a whole slough of announcements from Google Cloud Next 2025.#googlecloudnext #gcp #bigquery #thesphere #aiagents

Apr 10, 2025 • 16min
Episode 2 — CoreWeave
Tony and Matt are joined by Juan Sequeda to discuss a recent IPO.Here's the article Tony referenced in the episode:https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/26/giant-sucking-sound-generative-ai/

Mar 24, 2025 • 18min
Episode 1 — SAP/Databricks
We discuss the SAP/Databricks partnership and its aftermath.


