Open Source, AI, and Business Insights with AB Periasamy

Join Corey Quinn and MinIO's co-founder and CEO, AB Periasamy, for a look into MinIO's strategic approach to integrating open-source contributions with its business objectives amidst the AI evolution. They discuss the effect of AI on data management, highlight the critical role of data replication, and advocate for the adoption of cloud-native architecture. Their conversation examines the insights of data replication, mentioning its pivotal role in ensuring efficient data management and storage. Overall, a recurring theme throughout the episode is the importance of simplifying technology to catalyze a broader understanding and utilization that can remain accessible and beneficial to all.
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Show Highlights
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00:00 Introduction to MinIO's Journey
03:40 The simplicity behind MinIO's success
07:25 Data replication and its importance
12:12 MinIO's Approach to Data Backup, AI Replication, and Object Locking
15:21 Launch of MinIO’s Enterprise Object Store
20:50 The balance between open source and profitability
30:32 AI's role in shaping data storage
34:33 Transition to software-defined data infrastructure
39:40 Resources and the future of tech
43:31: Closing thoughts
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~~About AB Periasamy~~
AB Periasamy is the CEO and co-founder of MinIO. One of the leading thinkers and technologists in the open source software movement, AB was a co-founder and CTO of GlusterFS which was acquired by RedHat in 2011. Following the acquisition, he served in the office of the CTO at RedHat prior to founding MinIO in late 2015. AB is an active angel investor and serves on the board of H2O.ai and the Free Software Foundation of India. He earned his BE in Computer Science and Engineering from Annamalai University.
~~Links~~
* MinIO: min.io
* Kubernetes: kubernetes.io/
* AWS (Amazon Web Services): aws.amazon.com/
* Twitter: @abperiasamy
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