Data Con LA 2020 Keynote

1. October 25, 2020
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Bryan Kirschner | DataStax, Inc.
We have the data
Prepared for

3. ($28T)
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4. $15T $9.4T
Cost of WW waste in
construction, 2020-25E
Cost of WW medical
non-adherence, 2020-25E
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“Productivity is up 20%, maybe
30%”
Technology Executive
Global 2000, EMEA, October 2020

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“It used to take...almost nine months to
get an application authorized to go live
because of the number of people who
had to manually sign forms in ink….I've
launched almost 12 applications today,
and it took us less than a day to review
them.”
CIO
Public sector agency, US, April 2020

7. How COVID-19 has pushed companies over the technology tipping point—and transformed
business forever, McKinsey & Company, October 2020

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“...when we've tried to make digital
transformation steps, there have been
curmudgeons that have said, "You can't do that.
Here are all the problems. It'll never work, yada,
yada, yada."...It's harder to be an obstructionist
when you've already proven the other path
works and you've done it for a month...”
CIO
Public sector agency, US, April 2020

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11. (Top 10% on data portability, scalability, and ability to leverage AI)
3X
Increase
investment
post-COVID
Comparison to bottom 10%, DataStax and ClearPath Strategies Survey, n=1,400, H1 2020
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12. (Top 10% on data portability, scalability, and ability to leverage AI)
3X
Increase
investment
post-COVID
4.5X
Data strategy
+ chief data
officer
Comparison to bottom 10%, DataStax and ClearPath Strategies Survey, n=1,400, H1 2020
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13. (Top 10% on data portability, scalability, and ability to leverage AI)
3X
Increase
investment
post-COVID
4.5X
Data strategy
+ chief data
officer
6X
Modern data
stack
Comparison to bottom 10%, DataStax and ClearPath Strategies Survey, n=1,400, H1 2020
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14. Commit
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Embrace the
modern stack
Do

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