James Maguire

I spoke with Syniti CTO Rex Ahlstrom about how quality data drives artificial intelligence; he also provides advice on how to improve enterprise data management. Among the topics we covered:  This fact doesn’t get much attention, but generative AI is driven by quality data. Without quality data, results are minimal. What’s the relationship here? How […]

I spoke with Brandon Deer, Chief Strategy Officer at UiPath, about how the RPA sector has reshaped itself over the last several years.

Ishit Vachhrajani, Global Head of Enterprise Strategy at AWS, details how managers can guard against the pitfalls of generative AI even as they leverage its enormous potential.

I spoke with Kathryn Murphy, SVP of Product and Design at Twilio, about the challenges companies face in using technology to improve customer engagement. Among the topics discussed: As companies seek to use technology to improve the customer experience, what common hurdles do you see run into? What advice do you give them to overcome […]

I spoke with Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, about the time series database’s role in the overall database market; he also gave advice about how to optimize a TSDB deployment – and how TSDB supports artificial intelligence. Among the topics we discussed: What is a time series database, and how can it help today’s companies […]

I spoke with Native Voice CEO John Goscha about key trends driving conversational AI’s growth this year, focusing on AI’s role in voice assistants.

On Tuesday, July 25 at 11 AM PT, @eWEEKNews will host its monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be Optimizing Generative AI: Guide for Companies, and it will be moderated by James Maguire, eWEEK’s Editor-in-Chief. We’ll discuss – using Twitter – the top strategies for enterprise use of generative AI. Clearly, this emerging AI technology offers […]

I spoke with Razi Raziuddin, CEO of FeatureByte, about the best way to prep data for ML models; he also explained some of the most common challenges with feature engineering. Among the topics we discussed:  The process of transforming raw data into features – to train ML models and predict future outcomes – is called […]

I spoke with Aaron Kalb, Chief Strategy Officer at Alation, about how the enormous potential of generative AI needs to be balanced with human judgement – we discussed what that means, including techniques for the human-AI combination.

I spoke with Tony Sabaj, Head of Channel Engineering Security for the Americas at Check Point, about his advice to companies on how to understand the role of AI in cybersecurity; he also highlighted AI trends driving the security market.

I spoke with Orla Daly, CIO of Skillsoft, about how companies can best navigate the skills gap in AI, and how job seekers can gain a lucrative new position in the AI sector.

I spoke with Patrick Barch, Sr. Director of Product Management at Capital One Software, about best practices for cloud data cost optimization; he also highlighted the benefits of Capital One Software’s data management solution, Slingshot. See below for an edited transcript of our conversation. Listen to the podcast: Also available on Apple Podcasts Watch the […]