# What is time series data? | InfluxData's Brian Gilmore | Internet of Things Podcast

- Show: [IoT For All Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast)
- Published: 2022-09-13
- Length: 27m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iot-for-all/episodes/What-is-time-series-data---InfluxDatas-Brian-Gilmore--Internet-of-Things-Podcast-e28bk23

## Summary

Brian Gilmore, Director of IoT and Emerging Technologies at InfluxData, explains the fundamentals of time series data and its critical role in IoT analytics. He discusses how InfluxDB serves as a scalable time series database for both edge and cloud environments, enabling use cases like predictive maintenance through pattern matching with machine learning. Gilmore also addresses industry challenges, emphasizing that successful IoT adoption requires solving specific operational problems rather than starting with technology, and highlights the importance of interoperability and data ops in modern architectures.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast#t=0) Introduction and Guest Background
- [3:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast#t=195) Defining Time Series Data and InfluxDB
- [6:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast#t=402) Value of Time Stamps in IoT Monitoring
- [8:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast#t=489) Predictive Maintenance and Machine Learning Use Cases
- [10:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast#t=637) Edge Computing and Cloud Architecture
- [14:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast#t=865) Customer Engagement and Open Source Strategy
- [18:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast#t=1102) Overcoming Pilot Purgatory and Operational Strategy
- [23:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-09-13-what-is-time-series-data-influxdatas-brian-gilmore-internet-of-things-podcast#t=1427) Interoperability and Data Ops Evolution

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- InfluxData (company)
- InfluxDB (product)
- Splunk (company)
- AWS (company)
- Kepware (company)
- HighByte (company)
- Telegraf (product)

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