Submerged in Data Lakes with Qubole Co-Founder & CEO Ashish Thusoo

In this week's episode, Stephanie Wong (@stephr_wong) and Carter Morgan (@carterthecomic) speak with Qubole co-founder & CEO Ashish Thusoo about data lakes, analytics, and how Qubole is solving real problems in the data usage space.

While working together at Facebook, Ashish and his partner Joydeep recognized the power of data to analyze the past, understand current trends, and predict the future, but data analyzation programs at the time fell short of realizing this potential. Thus the data lakes evolution began. Qubole was able to take this new idea mainstream by offering an open platform to simplify data lakes for enterprise companies. 

Ashish explains data lakes in detail, telling us that true lakes allow you to store any kind of data and run multiple use cases on that data. Data lakes keep data flexible, allowing users to store whatever and analyze however they need to anytime. Qubole provides customers with this storage while also offering a plethora of features that make it easy for customers to understand and use their data lakes.

Later in the show, we learn how data lakes have evolved and the different ways they can benefit any business. Ashish gives us real-world examples of companies using Qubole today, detailing the Qubole services available and how they're used. We talk tech shop and hear about Qubole's stack, issues they faced building such a big piece of software, and why they value openness and advanced security. 

We wrap up with Ashish's ideas on the future of data analysis and SaaS companies. 

Episode Links:
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