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Andrew Brust
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Data, analytics, and AI industry analyst. Founder/CEO, Blue Badge Insights. Lead analyst, data/analytics at GigaOm. Data/analytics reporter for The New Stack. Co-chair Visual Studio Live! Microsoft MVP. Microsoft Regional Director program member.
New in @thenewstack! 'How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database' by BBI's Jelani Harper:
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@thenewstack.io @InfluxDB #InfluxDB
How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database
InfluxDB puts intelligence at the core with real-time, Python-based processing and a diskless storage architecture for better performance.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New in @thenewstack! 'How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database' by BBI's Jelani Harper:
bit.ly/46Jg0yT
@thenewstack.io @InfluxDB #InfluxDB
How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database
InfluxDB puts intelligence at the core with real-time, Python-based processing and a diskless storage architecture for better performance.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You’ve probably read about this, but here’s my own pic of the mob scene at the US Open *after* I waded through the mob for an hour to get in.

The @USTA really screwed up.

This is only half of the crowd.
September 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp in a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference:
bit.ly/4mCjUz5
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI
Webinar | Practical AI for Data Teams: Unlocking Team Productivity
Ascend.io is the leader in Data Automation, empowering data teams to deliver production-ready data pipelines 10x faster by deploying automation and AI.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It was a great pleasure to judge the AI and Data Platform categories in the 2025 TechForward Awards. Congratulations to everyone who was recognized! 🏆

Thank you to @SiliconANGLE & theCUBE for organizing this program.
Winners and finalists here: siliconangle.com/awards/
Awards - SiliconANGLE
Awards - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Join me and Cloudera's David Dichmann in the webinar, 'The Power of Streaming in Real-Time AI and Analytics'!
We discuss the current landscape of streaming architectures and share the critical requirements for maintaining agility to address changing business needs:
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The Power of Streaming in Real-Time AI and Analytics
During this webinar, experts from GigaOm and Cloudera will outline the current landscape of streaming architectures and share the critical requirements for maintaining agility to address changing…
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August 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp in a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference:
bit.ly/4mCjUz5
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI
Webinar | Practical AI for Data Teams: Unlocking Team Productivity
bit.ly
August 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It was a great pleasure to judge the AI and Data Platform categories in the 2025 TechForward Awards. Congratulations to everyone who was recognized! 🏆
Thank you to @SiliconANGLE & theCUBE for organizing this program.
Winners and finalists here: siliconangle.com/awards/
Awards - SiliconANGLE
Awards - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Today in @thenewstack! 'Confluent’s Real-Time Agents Build on Kafka Streaming Data' by BBI's Jelani Harper:
bit.ly/45VhyWd
@thenewstack.io @confluentinc @apachekafka
Confluent’s Real-Time Agents Build on Kafka Streaming Data
The new agent building and deployment resource features MCP tool invocation, secure endpoint connections, and replayability.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp for a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference.
• Real workflows
• Common pitfalls
• Smart frameworks
Sign up: ow.ly/CnO050WyOvh
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI

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August 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp for a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference.
• Real workflows
• Common pitfalls
• Smart frameworks
Sign up: ow.ly/CnO050WyOvh
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI

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August 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp for a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference.
• Real workflows
• Common pitfalls
• Smart frameworks
Sign up: ow.ly/CnO050WyOvh
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI
August 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp for a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference.
• Real workflows
• Common pitfalls
• Smart frameworks
Sign up here! ow.ly/CnO050WyOvh
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI
August 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Join me and David Dichmann of @Cloudera for a deep dive into the streaming architectures powering modern data pipelines --
To register: bit.ly/459VHce
#AI #Analytics
The Power of Streaming in Real-Time AI and Analytics
During this webinar, experts from GigaOm and Cloudera will outline the current landscape of streaming architectures and share the critical requirements for maintaining agility to address changing…
bit.ly
July 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Honored to be one of the judges for the 2025 SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards:
bit.ly/3Ixl6ox
@SiliconANGLE & theCUBE
#TechAwards #EnterpriseTech #B2BTech #AI #Security #Cloud #DataPlatform
Awards - SiliconANGLE
Awards - SiliconANGLE
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July 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Join me and David Dichmann of @Cloudera for a deep dive into the streaming architectures powering modern data pipelines --
To register: bit.ly/459VHce
The Power of Streaming in Real-Time AI and Analytics
During this webinar, experts from GigaOm and Cloudera will outline the current landscape of streaming architectures and share the critical requirements for maintaining agility to address changing…
bit.ly
July 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Honored to be one of the judges for the 2025 SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards:
bit.ly/3Ixl6ox
www.linkedin.com/company/sili...
#TechAwards #EnterpriseTech #B2BTech #AI #Security #Cloud #DataPlatform
Awards - SiliconANGLE
Awards - SiliconANGLE
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July 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Honored to be one of the judges for the 2025 SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards:
bit.ly/3Ixl6ox
#TechAwards #EnterpriseTech #B2BTech #AI #Security #Cloud #DataPlatform
Awards - SiliconANGLE
Awards - SiliconANGLE
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July 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Excited to be a part of this podcast! Speaking with @maryjofoley and Directions on Microsoft’s Andrew Snodgrass about the biggest AI and other features customers can expect in SQL Server 2025:
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#AI #MSTech #SQLServer #SQLServer2025
June 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Excited to be a part of this podcast! Speaking with @maryjofoley and Directions on Microsoft’s Andrew Snodgrass about the biggest AI and other features customers can expect in SQL Server 2025:
t.co/RFeYwM2q2y
#AI #MSTech #SQLServer #SQLServer2025
June 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Snowflake's Head of Applications and Developer Platform, Jeff Hollan, discussing agentic system development at #SnowflakeSummit
June 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm at Snowflake's "Builder" keynote, the last of four such general sessions. #SnowflakeSummit
June 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Snowflake Intelligence is new native agent for data insights that uses A-list LLMs, once again show in a demo by Dev Advocate Dash Desai. #SnowflakeSummit
June 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Data agents Cortex Analyst and Cortex Search allow customers to build agentic apps, and are being integrated into Microsoft Teams. #SnowflakeSummit
June 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Cortex AISQL announced at #SnowflakeSummit. Built-in GenAI functions. Uses the abstraction of joins and filters to layer LLMs into queries.
June 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM