Appreciate everyone who has reached out asking if I would be attending the PASS Data Summit out in Seattle this year. Yes, I will be, and I am looking forward to speaking at a couple of sessions:
- Professional Power Hour: Journey to Management – Joining Kellyn Gorman for this one, where we talk about our experiences regarding successes and hard-earned lessons along the way. You can find this session over in the Community Zone on November 15th.
- The Ten Habits of Highly Successful Compliant Database DevOps – I look forward to joining Stephanie Herr and David Ong for this fun-filled session. Database DevOps has come of age. As a critical technical practice that can contribute to the successful implementation of DevOps, it stops the database from being a bottleneck and makes releases faster and easier. The automation and audit trails it introduces can help to protect personal data within databases and make compliance part of the same process rather than an additional step outside it. But to implement it successfully, there are 10 areas that teams should focus on. In this session, we will discuss the truth about what happens when you introduce the people element into the mix. Once you’ve dealt with the complexities of human behavior, what are the critical processes you need to consider? And finally, what tools can be used to help achieve compliant, automated, monitored workflows?
In addition to attending and speaking, I’ll be one of the live bloggers for the keynotes happening over three days, so stay tuned next week for some massive updates:
- Limitless growth, limitless opportunities: Data and innovation in an AI world – Join Microsoft’s new Vice President for Azure Databases, Shireesh Thota, and his friends from the Microsoft engineering team as they demonstrate new features and capabilities across the database portfolio, including the latest in AI technology. Learn how to unlock your application and analytics potential with the performance and scale that only comes from Azure. We’ll see examples from customers innovating with data developing AI-ready applications built upon trusted relational and non-relational Azure databases.
- New Database Landscape – Revealing Shifts and Charting the Next Horizon – As database environments and their demands on database professionals continue to diversify, you and your organization face various challenges – some fresh and some familiar. Join David Gummer, Ryan Booz, Stephanie Herr, and Tushita Gupta from Redgate as they share perspectives on navigating this shifting domain. From personal journeys between database platforms to insights from Redgate’s customer base and a preview of the findings from our 2024 State of the Database Landscape report, in this session, you’ll hear a variety of viewpoints about the evolving world of databases. Find out how Redgate is responding to these developments in the industry and how we continue to support the community and our customers through these changes, together with the launch of new solutions that will help you meet the requirements heading your way. You’ll leave with new insights into how you and database professionals everywhere can thrive in a cross-database landscape and how Redgate can support your journey.
- AIOps and ChatGPT: Prepare to Ride the Next Wave – As organizations continue to face unprecedented data and complexity in their IT operations, the need for advanced analytics and automation has never been more critical. This is where AIOps comes in, leveraging AI and machine learning to analyze large volumes of data, identify patterns, and automate remediation of issues. But what if you could take it a step further, combining the power of AIOps with the conversational capabilities of Chatbots? By leveraging AIOps and ChatGPT, data professionals can streamline their work and become more efficient while gaining valuable insights and analytics that can help drive business growth. Join us as we explore the latest developments in the field and look at the benefits and challenges of incorporating them into your AI and ITOps strategy! The keynote will explore real-world use cases of AIOps and Chatbots, showcasing how organizations already use this technology to transform their IT operations. Ultimately, we aim to empower data professionals to embrace change and leverage the latest technology, positioning themselves and their organizations for success in the digital age.
Look forward to connecting with everyone; buckle up for an epic week of learning.