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Podcast – Val Bercovici on why Lawyers and Insurance Companies drive to good IT Practices

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Joining us this week is Val Bercovici, Founder & CEO of PencilDATA at KeyBanc Emerging Tech Summit.

About PencilDATA

PencilDATA is a software-as-a-service startup embracing data governance allowing users to see and manipulate data easily. It achieves this with a blockchain ledger that accounts for all data activity.

Highlights

  • 0 min 48 sec: Introduction from Val Bercovici
  • 4 min 47 sec: What do you use Blockchain for?
    • Core to the value but is just an enabler
  • 5 min 52 sec: Don’t confused Blockchain with ICO/Crypto-currency
    • Blockchain rollouts in 2018 have paused ~ Gartner quote
    • HOMEWORK – Podcast with BlockChain Technology Partners
    • PencilDATA has built the S3 of Blockchains
  • 10 min 08 sec: Blockchain Service or Acting on BC with distributed service?
    • Useful Zero Trust Solution
    • Autonomous Vehicle Taxi Service Use Case
    • Same workflow and processes needed for medical equipment
  • 15 min 59 sec: Why Distributed Ledgers for these Use Cases?
    • Centralized authorities can be a single point of failure
  • 19 min 51 sec: Data security issues around Veracity & Authentication
    • Data poison can train AI poorly
    • Explainable AI ~ Data Reproduce-ability; prove data is valid
  • 25 min 54 sec: Salesforce Use Cases
    • Live on the Salesforce App Exchange
    • Launching at Dreamforce 2018 with Customer References
  • 27 min 18 sec: How PencilDATA provide value to Salesforce Customers?
    • SaaS Turnkey Solution that hides the behind the scenes work
    • Costs for Ethereum usage
  • 37 min 14 sec: Industrial IoT Use Case
  • 37 min 31 sec: Wrap-Up

Podcast Guest: Val Bercovici, Founder & CEO of PencilDATA

Valentin (Val) Bercovici, a longtime NetApp executive and former SolidFire CTO / co-founder at Peritus.ai. Val is now Founder & CEO of PencilDATA – an early leader in Tamper-Proofing Digital Transformation.

Previously, Bercovici led teams driving change across his 19 years with NetApp/SolidFire. Val’s teams have played an integral role in successfully growing the company beyond a pure storage play into the Cloud, Analytics & DevOps eras. Bercovici, a pioneer in the Cloud industry, introduced the first International Cloud Standard to the marketplace as CDMI (ISO INCITS 17826) in 2012 and has several patents granted & pending around data center applications of augmented reality.