If Data Is King, This Man Protects the Crown Jewels/Sanjay Poonen - Cohesity, RAG model, Servant ~ Spark of Ages Ep 16

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Episode Description:
Ever wondered how the titans of the tech industry navigate the intricacies of data management and transformative mergers? Strap in as I, Rajiv Parikh, engage with Sanjay Poonen, the visionary CEO of Cohesity, in a riveting discussion that spans from personal triumphs to the avant-garde of data security. Get a front-row seat to Sanjay's insights on the Cohesity-Veritas merger and its colossal impact on the future of data protection, all while drawing from his wealth of experience at VMware and academic ventures at Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth.
Peel back the layers of cybersecurity with us as we address the pivot of ransomware targeting secondary data. We're not just discussing the 'what' of this revolution; Sanjay and I are delving into the 'how,' with behind-the-scenes looks at strategic partnerships with NVIDIA and IBM that are crafting a more fortified cloud hardware and software ecosystem.
It's not all tech and tactics, though. Prepare to be moved by stories of empathy and leadership that echo the profound human journeys behind the tech empires. From Bangalore to Silicon Valley's boardrooms, Sanjay's narrative is a testament to the transformative power of service and the importance of grounding innovation with a human touch.
Rajiv Parikh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajivparikh/
Sandeep Parikh: https://www.instagram.com/sandeepparikh/
Sanjay Poonen X: https://twitter.com/spoonen;
Sanjay Poonen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaypoonen/
Producer: Anand Shah & Sandeep Parikh
Technical Director & Sound Designer: Sandeep Parikh, Omar Najam
Executive Producers: Sandeep Parikh & Anand Shah
Associate Producers: Taryn Talley
Editor: Sean Meagher & Aidan McGarvey
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Chapters

1. If Data Is King, This Man Protects the Crown Jewels/Sanjay Poonen - Cohesity, RAG model, Servant ~ Spark of Ages Ep 16 (00:00:00)

2. Spark of Ages & Sanjay Poonen Introduction (00:00:07)

3. What is Cohesity and why did they merge with Veritas? (00:03:59)

4. How does a smaller company buy a company 2x its size? (00:07:50)

5. How did the Cohesity-Veritas merger come together? (00:10:40)

6. Why Ransomeware and innovation in Data-Protection-as-a-service (DPaaS) led Sanjay Poonen to become CEO of Cohesity? (00:13:27)

7. How applying RAG models to secondary data was the opportunity that Sanjay Poonen stumbled upon through Satya Nadella at Microsoft (00:15:24)

8. Jensen Huang and NVidia were amazed at what Cohesity was doing which led to GAIA (00:17:37)

9. What's the difference between Primary & Secondary Data? (00:18:57)

10. What's the difference between Structured & Unstructured Data? (00:22:02)

11. Why protecting your secondary data is so important (00:22:36)

12. Why accessing your secondary used to be so hard and how applying AI changes everything (00:23:42)

13. Technology and Industry Insights (00:25:09)

14. Mohit Aron, founder of Cohesity, deserves alot of credit for inventing Hyperconverged (00:26:40)

15. How Sanjay Poonen views Competition vs. Cooperation (00:27:53)

16. How Cohesity differentiates from the competition (00:29:41)

17. The companies that inhabit Cohesity's ecosystem are the biggest in the world - Cloud, Hardware, Storage, Chips, Security Software (00:30:29)

18. Tech Ecosystem Partnerships and Growth (00:31:17)

19. Arvind Krishna and the Cohesity/IBM Case Study (00:32:33)

20. Sanjay Poonen's Spark: His Mother's Humility & Empathy (00:35:55)

21. The culture shock of a boy from Bangalore at Animal House (aka Dartmouth) (00:38:20)

22. The path of a software engineer at Microsoft and Apple to Harvard Business School to SAP and VMware (00:39:08)

23. The "Why" of Sanjay's Poonen's journey is Safety (00:41:35)

24. Time, Talent and Treasure are 3 things we can all give (00:42:40)

25. Sanjay Poonen's concept of Servant Leadership (00:43:33)

26. The Leadership Journey Exercise (00:44:20)

27. Spark of Ages Episode 16 Game: 2 Truths and a Phish (00:45:14)

28. Question 1: Sony - Sony Pictures, Sony Music, or Sony Playstation? (00:46:00)

29. Question 2: Outlandish -Mid-Flight Airplane Hack, Sarah Palin Hack, or Satellite Hack? (00:47:15)

30. Question 3: Pioneers - Robert Tappan Morris and the 1st internet worm, the 414s and Los Alamos hack, or the Cambridge Consortium and ARPAnet? (00:48:52)

31. Episode Wrap Up: Size of the company is not as imporant as size of the heart for a true leader (00:51:54)

32. Bonus Round: Department of Defense Drone Hack, Proof of Concept DNA Hack, Casino Fish Tank Hack? (00:54:27)

33. Please let us know what you think!!! (00:57:37)

34. Credits (00:57:48)