Drill to Detail Ep.117 ‘How DataCoves Operationalises the Modern Data Stack’ featuring Special Guest Noel Gomez

Drill to Detail Ep.121 'How Partnerships Power the Data Analytics Ecosystem' featuring Special Guest Eleanor Thompson

Mark Rittman is joined on this episode by Branchworks CEO Eleanor Thompson to talk about partner programs, partner portals and the role partnerships play in making data analytics initiatives a success. Branchworks homepage : Activating Partnerships for Revenue Growth [https://branchworks.io/] CastorDoc case study [https://branchworks.io/case-studies/castordoc/] Eleanor Thompson LinkedIn Profile [https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanorthompson10/]

Drill to Detail Ep.120 ‘Embeddable, Cube and Lightning-Fast In-App Analytics’ with Special Guest Tom Gardiner

In this episode of the Drill to Detail Podcast Mark Rittman is joined by special guest Tom Gardiner, CEO @ Embeddable.com to talk about Embeddable's mission to create the leading developer toolkit for building fast, interactive customer-facing analytics directly into your product in partnership with Cube.dev and Rittman Analytics. Trevor.io [https://trevor.io/] Embeddable.com [https://embeddable.com/] Why Embeddable? [https://embeddable.com/why] Embeddable and Cube - Easy Embedded Analytics for Everyone [https://cube.dev/blog/embeddable-and-cube-easy-embedded-analytics-for-everyone] Embeddable & Rittman Analytics [/partners/embeddable] Facility Solutions Group case study [/case-studies/fsg]

Drill to Detail Ep.119 ‘Data Control Planes, SDF Labs and dbt Cloud Visual Editor’ with Special Guest Greg McKeon

Mark Rittman is joined in this episode by Greg McKeon, Staff Product Manager at dbt Labs to talk about their recent acquisition of SDF Labs, the vision for dbt as the control plane for data collaboration at-scale and the upcoming drag-and-drop Visual Editor that’s soon to be part of dbt Cloud. dbt Cloud: The control plane for data collaboration at scale [https://www.getdbt.com/resources/whitepaper-the-control-plane-for-data-collaboration-at-scale] About the Visual Editor [https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/cloud/visual-editor] Coalesce 2024 and the Launch of dbt’s Visual Editing Experience [/blog/2024/10/11/coalesce-2024-and-the-launch-of-dbts-visual-editing-experience] dbt Labs Acquires SDF Labs to Introduce Robust SQL Comprehension into dbt and Supercharge Developer Efficiency [https://www.getdbt.com/blog/dbt-labs-announces-sdf-labs-acquisition] Drill to Detail Ep.115 ‘Airbnb, DataOps and SQLMesh’s Data Engineering Innovation’ with Special Guest Toby Mao [/drilltodetail/2024/11/1/54ijisl56tqnb7x0enmo5rquzn3d03]

Drill to Detail Ep.118 ‘A Look Into the Future of Looker and Google Cloud Data Analytics’ featuring Special Guest Sean Zinsmeister

In this episode, Sean Zinsmeister from Google joins Mark Rittman to discuss the latest developments for Looker including the integration of Looker Studio, new modeling capabilities and the exciting potential of generative AI for BI. We discuss how Looker is evolving to be a more open, composable platform that can power advanced analytics and data storytelling, with Sean sharing insights on Google's purpose-built Gemini models for natural language to SQL translation and how Looker customers can leverage these AI capabilities.  We also explore Looker's agentic API strategy, the long-term vision of using Looker Studio as the primary Looker front-end and the opening up of LookML to tools beyond just Looker.  Driving Looker customer innovations in the generative AI era [https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/business-intelligence/looker-roadmap-for-the-generative-ai-era] Previewing Studio in Looker, the (Eventual) Future of Self-Service Reporting for Looker [/blog/2024/12/1/previewing-studio-for-looker] Looker now available from Google Cloud console [https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/looker-now-available-from-google-cloud-console] Delivering the third wave of BI in the AI era with Looker [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGmK4X4PZus] Drill to Detail Ep.100 Special ‘Past, Present and Future of the Modern Data Stack’ with Special Guests Keenan Rice, Stewart Bryson and Jake Stein [https://www.rittmananalytics.com/drilltodetail/2023/3/7/drill-to-detail-ep100-special-past-present-and-future-of-the-modern-data-stack-with-special-guests-keenan-rice-stewart-bryson-and-jake-stein] Drill to Detail Ep. 73 'Luck, Thinking Different and Designing Looker Data Platform' with Special Guest Colin Zima [https://mark-rittman-lzl4.squarespace.com/podcast/2019/10/28/drill-to-detail-ep-73-luck-thinking-different-and-designing-looker-data-platform-with-special-guest-colin-zima]

Drill to Detail Ep.117 ‘How DataCoves Operationalises the Modern Data Stack’ featuring Special Guest Noel Gomez

Join Mark Rittman in this special end-of-year episode as he speaks with Noel Gomez, co-founder of DataCoves about the challenges and opportunities of orchestrating dbt and other tools within the open-source Modern Data Stack, navigating the evolving semantic layer landscape and the future of modular, vendor-agnostic data solutions. Datacoves Platform Overview [https://datacoves.com/] Build vs Buy Analytics Platform: Hosting Open-Source Tools [https://datacoves.com/post/build-vs-buy-analytics] Scale the benefits of Core with dbt Cloud [https://www.getdbt.com/product/dbt-core-vs-dbt-cloud] Dagster vs. Airflow [https://dagster.io/vs/dagster-vs-airflow]