In this edition of the Early Adopter Research Podcast, Early Adopter's Dan Woods speaks with Rob Woollen, CEO of Sigma Computing.Sigma Computing’s products can be a component inside an enterprise platform, as the company was created to bring the spreadsheet paradigm to the world of business intelligence and data analytics. This is an idea that has been explored by companies like 1010data, DataMirror, and to some extent Looker. Woods and Woollen talk about how Sigma Computing came to be and how the company can play a role in the modern data landscape. Their conversation covers:

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Why the spreadsheet interface is the basis of Sigma Computing's technology

Sigma's answer to hiding the complexity of queries

How Sigma users fit into the data supply chain

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Designing Enterprise Platforms: Hosted by Dan Woods, analyst at Early Adopter Research and contributor to leading tech publications, this podcast focuses how to create product-based platforms that can have a transformational impact. The goal is to understand how to combine and integrate products rather than build from scratch. All aspects of platform building are covered from technology, to change management, to integration strategies.