Dave Tang, HGST, | Sports Data Silicon Valley 2015
01. Dave Tang, HGST, Visits theCUBE. (00:22) 02. Sports Emphasize the Future of the Big Data Movement. (00:52) 03. Valuable Data Continues to Grow. (01:47) 04. Expectations of Speed, Performance and Access to Data. (02:44) 05. Companies Want to Store Data in Raw Form. (03:40) 06. The New Wave: The Third Platform of Computing. (04:47) 07. Silos and the Openness of Data. (06:19) 08. Customer Demand for Storing Video Content. (08:12) 09. IOT and Wearables to Monitor Potential Injuries. (09:39) 10. Ability to Innovate in Multiple Dimensions. (11:56) 11. Partnership with CrossFit. (14:27) #SportsDataSV #theCUBE #CrossFit #HGST #WD #WesternDigital --- --- Managing the data about the data | SportsDataSV 2015 by Heather Johnson | Nov 9, 2015 As video content grows in popularity, companies put even greater demands on data storage and management. This creates another level of complexity: managing the data about the data. “Video is easy to consume and is becoming easier to create,” said Dave Tang, SVP of corporate development and strategy and general manager of the cloud infrastructure business unit for HGST, Inc. “But it’s more than just the content. It’s the ability to find the content and understand the context in which the content was captured. In addition to video streams, content needs to be indexed. The ability to identify players, the plays, the opponents, all of the things you would want to search on at a later time to call up past clips … those are creating stronger demands for storage computing.” Emphasizing the value of data Tang discussed Big Data’s impact on sports with John Furrier and Jeff Frick, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during SportsDataSV 2015. He sees sports as a microcosm of Big Data and IoT. “The customer/fan experience and their engagement can be improved based on data,” he said. “Teams can make a better product. Sports are a fantastic way to emphasize the value of data.” Analysts refer to the current Big Data movement as the “third platform of computing,” Tang explained. “The key characteristic is massive scalability to take on the growth in data, as well as the ability to stretch computing capabilities when you need to. This all relies on software-defined infrastructure. That’s what enables you to scale at massive levels.” #theCUBE #WesternDigital #SiliconANGLE @Western Digital Corporation @SiliconANGLE theCUBE  @theCUBE #SportsDataSV