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The Data Radio Show - Bought to you by the Data Innovators Exchange

Paul Barlow

172 episodes

1 day ago

In this week's Data Radio Show, we look at the complex legal landscape surrounding an individual's personal data after death, focusing on Europe, the United States, and Australia. It highlights that data protection laws like GDPR generally cease to apply posthumously, but national laws in Europe often provide exceptions. In contrast, the US relies on a patchwork of state laws like RUFADAA, while Australia offers limited post-mortem data control, mainly through property law. The overview consi...

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In this week's Data Radio Show, we look at the complex legal landscape surrounding an individual's personal data after death, focusing on Europe, the United States, and Australia. It highlights that data protection laws like GDPR generally cease to apply posthumously, but national laws in Europe often provide exceptions. In contrast, the US relies on a patchwork of state laws like RUFADAA, while Australia offers limited post-mortem data control, mainly through property law. The overview consi...

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The Data Radio Show - Bought to you by the Data Innovators Exchange

📔 Claude 4 and Data Vault 2.1 Revolutionise Data Management

This week's DataPro.News discusses the simultaneous release of Anthropic's Claude 4 AI models and the Data Vault 2.1 methodology certification, highlighting their combined impact on modern data management. It explains how Claude 4, with its advanced reasoning and coding abilities, can revolutionise data engineering workflows, while Data Vault 2.1 provides an updated framework for enterprise data architecture, integrating agile methods and new technologies. The article suggests that the conver...

17 hours ago

14 minutes

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How to Summarise a 600 Page Technical Manual into a beginner's guide

It started as a white paper and expanded - that's how Hernan Revale describe the process of creating a handy guide book introduction to Data Vault - a warehouse model that's just turned 25 and is still adapting and evolving today for modern data needs. This week, we sit down and learn about the process of summing up something so technical for wider audiences, the resources he had on hand and the feedback on the final outcome. Join the Data Innovators Exchange for free at https://www.sk...

2 days ago

26 minutes

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💻 Patricia Selinger and Query Optimisation

This week we look at the significant contributions of Patricia (Pat) Selinger, a highly influential computer scientist in the field of relational database systems. It details her educational background and impressive career at IBM, where she became the first woman to be named an IBM Fellow. Selinger is best known for inventing the cost-based query optimizer, a crucial component that revolutionised how databases process queries efficiently, forming the basis of modern database engines. The tex...

5 days ago

11 minutes

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🛠️ Azure Cosmos DB: Pros, Cons, and AI Potential

This analysis explores Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB, a database platform described as a "fully managed NoSQL, relational, and vector database." The piece examines its strengths, such as scalability, performance, and features for AI applications, alongside its potential weaknesses, including cost implications, complexity, and limitations related to partitioning and querying. It discusses the database's use in various industries and highlights recent updates announced at Microsoft Build 2025. Ulti...

1 week ago

11 minutes

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Case Study - Product Monitoring in Manfacturing

Tim and Lorenz walk us through a case study on how to report product monitoring for a technology and manufacturing organisation with 24'000 employees to consider. Join the Data Innovators Exchange for free at https://www.skool.com/data-management-innovators-4116/about Sign up for the free Data Pro Newsletter at https://www.datapro.news/subscribe

1 week ago

25 minutes

The Data Radio Show - Bought to you by the Data Innovators Exchange

💻 The Amazing Grace Hopper

We take a comprehensive overview of the life and impact of Grace Hopper, a pivotal figure in computing and a U.S. Navy rear admiral. It highlights her academic background, earning degrees including a PhD in Mathematics from Yale, and details her key contributions to the field, notably inventing the first compiler and leading the development of the COBOL programming language. The text also covers her significant military service, where she rose to the rank of Rear Admiral, and mentions the num...

1 week ago

12 minutes

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🏗️ Enterprise AI: RAG, Agentic Workflows, and Implementation Strategies

In this week's DataPro.News, we explore the rapid advancement of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agentic AI architectures within enterprise settings during 2025, highlighting their shift from experimental concepts to crucial business tools. It details how modern RAG is moving beyond text-only to multimodal capabilities, integrating diverse data types and incorporating real-time, dynamic information sources. The article also examines the rise of autonomous agentic systems that proacti...

2 weeks ago

15 minutes

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Using AI RAG Architecture to improve process outcomes

In this presentation from the Melbourne Data Innovators Exchange Meet up in early May, 2025, Sheng Lan, Steve Rose and Sam Redmond talk us how the proper use of R.A.G Architecture in AI can help increase process efficiencies and outcomes. Join the Data Innovators Exchange for free at https://www.skool.com/data-management-innovators-4116/about Sign up for the free Data Pro Newsletter at https://www.datapro.news/subscribe

2 weeks ago

58 minutes

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Peter Chen and the Entity-Relationship Model

This text profiles Peter Pin-Shan Chen, a Taiwanese-born computer scientist renowned for creating the Entity-Relationship (ER) Model in 1976. The ER Model, detailed in his influential paper, provided a visual and conceptual method for designing databases using entities, attributes, and relationships. This innovation standardised database design across industries, influenced software engineering tools like CASE and UML, and remains a foundational concept in computer science education. Chen's s...

2 weeks ago

11 minutes

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Transforming Data Governance with AI Catalog

This piece from datapro.news discusses how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping data governance and data accessibility within organisations. It highlights how tools like Coalesce Catalog (formerly CastorDoc) leverage AI to automate tasks such as data discovery, documentation, and lineage tracking, making data assets more discoverable and understandable for both technical professionals and business users. The article also emphasises the platform's role in embedding governance within the data t...

3 weeks ago

11 minutes

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Introducing Coalesce Catalog - an AI Tool for Data People

Coalesce's latest acquisition is an AI tool designed to help data people by finding the most efficient way to ensure data quality through various pipelines. In this week's episode, Sam sits down and talks to one of its creators, Tristan Mayers, about how it works and how it helps those working in data. Join the Data Innovators Exchange for free at https://www.skool.com/data-management-innovators-4116/about Sign up for the free Data Pro Newsletter at https://www.datapro.news/subscribe

3 weeks ago

17 minutes

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Chamberlin and Boyce: The Genesis of SQL

This text details the groundbreaking work of Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce at IBM in the early 1970s. Inspired by the relational data model, they co-created SQL, initially named SEQUEL, which became the standard language for interacting with relational databases. The explanation highlights SQL's user-friendly syntax and its implementation of complex database concepts. The enduring impact and universality of SQL across various industries and platforms are emphasised, solidifying it...

3 weeks ago

10 minutes

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Data Battlegrounds: The Empire Far Far Away

To celebrate Star Wars Day, we take a look at the vast and intricate data infrastructure of the Galactic Empire. It outlines the Holonet, an interstellar network facilitating communication and data transfer, and the tiered system of data vaults used to store everything from operational telemetry to citizen behaviour logs. The text also highlights the massive scale of data collected daily from various sensors and the sophisticated analytics employed for tasks like invasion planning and maintai...

4 weeks ago

15 minutes

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🔑 Australian Banking Breach and Infostealer Defence Strategies

This week's Datapro Newsletter discusses the significant increase in infostealer malware, which covertly steals sensitive data such as passwords and financial details. It highlights a major incident in Australia where 31,000 banking credentials were compromised from customers of the "Big Four" banks through individual device infections, not a central breach. The text explains the threat landscape of these malicious programmes, noting their rapid growth and the shift to new dominant malware fa...

4 weeks ago

22 minutes

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140 years of data to look after!

When a 140 year old company working in mining and cement sold part of it's business, it created new challenges in how to effectively manage its data. In this case study, Tim and Lorenz from Scalefree show us how they approached the challenge and the solutions they found. Join the Data Innovators Exchange for free at https://www.skool.com/data-management-innovators-4116/about Sign up for the free Data Pro Newsletter at https://www.datapro.news/subscribe

1 month ago

10 minutes

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Edgar F. Codd: Architect of Relational Databases

This source profiles Edgar F. Codd, a British computer scientist who revolutionised data management. It highlights his wartime service and academic background before detailing his groundbreaking relational database model developed at IBM. The text emphasises the shift from complex hierarchical systems to Codd's elegant, logic-based approach using tables and relational algebra. Initially met with resistance, his ideas eventually gained widespread acceptance, leading to the ubiquitous use of SQ...

1 month ago

10 minutes

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🗣️ Reverse Prompting for Data Engineering Productivity

This article from datapro.news introduces reverse prompting, a novel technique aimed at improving productivity for data engineers working with AI. It addresses the issue of prompt engineering fatigue by shifting the interaction paradigm. Instead of users exhaustively crafting prompts, AI models initiate an interview to understand requirements. This interview process, leveraging reasoning-focused AI, culminates in the generation of a comprehensive prompt for more advanced generative models, as...

1 month ago

14 minutes

The Data Radio Show - Bought to you by the Data Innovators Exchange

Optimizing Multi-Plant Manufacturing Quality with Data-Driven KPIs

Join Lorenz and Tim from Scalefree as they talk us through a case study on how to best optimize KPIs using data driven change! Join the Data Innovators Exchange for free at https://www.skool.com/data-management-innovators-4116/about Sign up for the free Data Pro Newsletter at https://www.datapro.news/subscribe

1 month ago

6 minutes

The Data Radio Show - Bought to you by the Data Innovators Exchange

Generative Engine Optimisation: A Data Engineer's Playbook

This source from datapro.news outlines the significant shift from traditional Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO), where AI synthesises information for search results. It emphasises the crucial role of data engineers in adapting to this change by focusing on structured, AI-accessible data. The article provides a playbook for data engineers, covering essential actions like implementing robust data structuring, developing AI-optimised pipelines, enhancing da...

1 month ago

13 minutes

The Data Radio Show - Bought to you by the Data Innovators Exchange

Perception Differences on AI and how to approach them going forward

A Labour Party conference in Wellington explored the initial stages of crafting AI policies and regulations in New Zealand, gathering diverse experts to discuss AI's economic impact, ethical implications, and workforce preparation. Conversely, a Talbot Mills survey report from April 2025 examined public and "AI thinker" attitudes towards artificial intelligence. The findings highlighted a significant divergence in optimism and concerns, with the general public more apprehensive about job loss...

1 month ago

18 minutes