Hosted by Al Martin, IBM VP of Data and A.I. Development, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.
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episode 46: Al and Douwe Maan discuss making data more accessible and recognizing your data potential
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Abstract
Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.
This week on Making Data Simple, we have Douwe Maan. Douwe is the Founder and CEO of Meltano, an open source data integration and transformation platform. He joined GitLab as employee number 10 while still in college and later became its Engineering Manager. Meltano originally began as an internal project within GitLab, but spun out as an independent startup in early 2021 while raising $4.2 million in seed funding led by GV. Today, Meltano has over 5,000 active projects every month and supports data integration connectors for almost 300 sources and destinations.
Show Notes
1:30 – Douwe’s history
4:00 – What is an iPhone jail break?
8:04 – How would you describe Meltano?
10:38 – What kind of tools do you use?
12:12 – Did you start with ELT?
16:08 – Is this dev ops or data ops and what is the difference?
18:38 – What platform does Meltano use?
29:52 – What can you do that no one else can do?
32:10 – Do you have point and click analytics?
36:23 – How do you measure success?
Meltano
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