Sagar Lad: Data DevOps and Security - Episode 248

Sagar Lad is a Technical Solution Architect with a leading multinational software company and has deep expertise in implementing Data & Analytics solutions for large enterprises using Cloud and Artificial Intelligence. He is an experienced Azure Platform evangelist with 9+ Years of IT experience and a strong focus on driving cloud adoption for enterprise organizations using Microsoft Cloud Solutions & Offerings. He loves blogging and is an active blogger on Medium, LinkedIn, and the C# Corner developer community. He was awarded the C# Corner MVP in September 2021 for his contributions to the developer community. He's also the author of three books, Mastering Databricks Lakehouse Platform, Azure Security for Critical Workloads, and Hands-On Azure Data Platform.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:57] Sagar talks about the critical points in his career that led him to technology.

[6:01] What turned Sagar on to a love of data?

[8:39] With so much technical jargon out there, how do you simplify?

[12:40] What is Data Lakehouse?

[13:25] What are some common scenarios where Data Lakehouse can be really valuable?

[18:53] What does unit testing mean in the data bricks world?

[22:10] How long does it take to run the tests in Azure?

[25:42] What's the most expensive Databricks environment that Sagar has seen on a monthly basis?

[27:54] What are some of the things that are being missed around the industry?

[31:42] Sagar says that when we talk about security, there are seven layers.

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