There is more data in the wild now than ever before. That data has value, but only to those who can catch it. As people go digital and the Internet of Things ramps up, the amount of data to catch is also growing exponentially. There is no way a single company can develop and manage all the technologies necessary to work with that much information, so partnerships and ecosystems have become essential for the modern business world.

To shed some light on catching data, Stu Miniman (@stu) and Brian Gracely (@bgracely), cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, visited the Red Hat Summit conference in San Francisco. There, they sat down with Doug Fisher, senior VP and GM of the Software and Services Group at Intel.

Intel, Red Hat and partnerships

The conversation started on the topic of Intel’s relationship with Red Hat, Inc. Fisher explained that the two companies had been partners for a long time and only the technologies have changed. He pointed out how Red Hat started the drive toward robust enterprise capability, and now that ability is obvious.

“Our collaboration and how we work together remains the same, it’s just new projects we work on together,” he said.

Fisher also mentioned the virtuous cycle, where the partnership produces greater and greater rewards. He saw it at the hockey-stick point, where the line on the graph just goes up. He spoke about how the data generated by people was vastly increasing, while the data coming from machines would outstrip anything created by humans.

Investments and acceleration

Discussion turned toward Intel’s recent investment plans. Fisher described the Cloud as critical, saying it’s growing rapidly. They’re also looking at ways to deploy an infrastructure that is easier to enable. In effect, Intel is looking at all parts of the data center.

“You’re going to see us pick strategic areas where software can really make a difference,” Fisher said. This included deep learning and machine learning. He mentioned how Intel was accelerating the ability of people to take advantage of their technology in these areas.

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of the Red Hat Summit.

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