Data has been the driving force behind digital transformation, but will its benefits prove to be worth the cost and effort of regulatory compliance measures and top-down process overhauls?

Looking to answer these and other questions, SiliconANGLE is hosting BigData SV 2018 in San Jose, California, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.)

At BigData SV 2018, theCUBE will explore the current landscape of big data, as well as the data management trends and developments that are poised to change the industry over the coming years. TheCUBE host and SiliconANGLE founder John Furrier predicted the biggest issue to come down the big data pipeline will be around sovereignty, in light of calls for greater security, including the European Union’s data protection mandate General Data Protection Regulation.

“People are going to fake it till they make it to avoid the fines, but the deeper discussion is going to be the technical analysis of how to scale that up throughout the global infrastructure, cloud selection, [and] application development,” Furrier said.

With the new regulations imposed by GDPR, companies are being forced to reevaluate data management operations from the infrastructure level. However, this limitation actually has the potential to give businesses a competitive edge if they can find the appropriate partners to assist them in securing data for GDPR compliance.

The mandate’s strict regulations are currently one of few industry standards for this new and rapidly changing tech landscape, and improvements in big data processes hinge on the development of more. As new security-centric businesses emerge to take up the labor of regulatory compliance, Furrier places his data confidence in the future of blockchain technology.

“As the role of data becomes more empowered by the user, you’re going to see people deploying blockchain-like technology to provide sovereignty, whether that’s … power to the users, to the company, or to the geopolitical landscape with cloud and application development,” he said. Blockchain’s utility as an ownership and authority management system is the next step in untangling big data for enterprise and reducing overall elapsed time of solutions in the data center, according to Furrier.

As hype has grown around a data-centric approach, companies scrambling to implement big data processes have been curbed by the volume of data and other roadblocks, as well as that of GDPR. To ensure processes scale in tandem with the exponential growth of digital and dark data, companies are turning increasingly to machine learning and artificial intelligence systems. Tech leaders such as Google, IBM, Amazon Web Services and others are investing heavily in automation of both the data engine and feature engineering to usher in a new era of efficiency in productizing big data.

The potential for big data is still largely untapped, and current infrastructure, operations and business culture have a long way to go to be capable of efficiently working through today’s data challenges. A recent survey showed data exploration as a top initiative for enterprise’ in 2018, as companies begin to view big data as inextricably linked with the success of their businesses rather than a separate endeavor. While big data efforts have been historically tech-centric, the survey points to a future focused more on tailored solutions than the range of possibilities company’s have struggled to manage over the last few years.

While challenges around efficiency, compliance and culture remain, the shifts of digital transformation are imminent for every industry. At BigData SV 2018, theCUBE will delve into the complexities of this revolutionary trend.

Speakers and guests at BigData SV 2018 include Jacque Istok, chief technology officer at Pivotal Software Inc.; Tendu Yogurtcu, chief technology officer at Syncsort Inc.; and Jagane Sundar, chief technology officer at WANdisco Inc.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

There are several ways to watch all of theCUBE interviews that will be taking place at BigData SV 2018, including theCUBE’s dedicated website and YouTube. You can also get all the coverage from this year’s event on SiliconANGLE, in particular, the Big Data Special Report.

TheCUBE’s dedicated website and Ustream

All of theCUBE’s exclusive interviews from BigData SV 2018 will be available on theCUBE’s dedicated website.

You can also watch all the interviews on the dedicated Ustream channel.

The list of guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE at BigData SV 2018 is still being finalized, but we will keep you updated on the dedicated event page.

Watch on the SiliconANGLE YouTube channel

All of theCUBE interviews from BigData SV 2018, which runs until March 8, will also be loaded onto SiliconANGLE’s dedicated YouTube channel.

Cubecasts

SiliconANGLE also has podcasts available of archived interview sessions, available on both SoundCloud and iTunes, which you can enjoy while on the go.

Guests who will be interviewed at Big Data SV

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE include BigData SV 2018 speakers Jacque Istok, Tendu Yogurtcu and Jagane Sundar.

TheCUBE’s lineup also includes Daniel Raskin, chief marketing officer of Kinetica DB Inc.; Scott Gnau, chief technology officer of Hortonworks Inc.; Josh Klahr, vice president of product management at AtScale Inc.; Itamar Ankorion, chief marketing officer of Attunity Inc.; Yuanhao Sun, co-founder and chief technology officer of Transwarp Technology Inc.; Octavian Tanase, senior vice president of data, ONTAP Software & Systems Group, at NetApp Inc.; and Blaine Mathieu, chief marketing officer of Vantiq Corp.

Livestream of BigData SV 2018

If you are unable to attend BigData SV 2018 in San Jose, you can still catch a livestream of all the event’s keynotes from the comfort of your home or office.

A live video stream of theCUBE interviews will take place from Wednesday, March 7 at 9:00 a.m. PT to Thursday, March 8, at 5:30 p.m. PT.

(* Disclosure: Some segments on SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE are sponsored. Sponsors have no editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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