The Link Between Unit 8200 and Data Plumbing | Asaf Cohen

The Link Between
Unit 8200 and Data Plumbing

Asaf Cohen
Co-CEO
Metrolink

Asaf Cohen is the co-CEO and co-Founder of Metrolink. Prior to founding Metrolink Asaf served as the Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200 Deputy Commander. He is bringing over 20 years experience in Cyber and Data Analysis & Data science.

Asaf’s experience has positioned him well to help address key challenges in today's world of data and how to generate business value from it.

Asaf is Colonel (res.) and holds an EMBA and BA in Political Sciences from Bar Ilan university.

In the digital world, data drenches everything: business decisions, operations, forecasts and post-mortems. Lately, we hear about the need for good “data plumbing.” And it’s a perfect metaphor, because when your data infrastructure isn’t working properly, the problems can get as messy – and serious – as a burst sewage pipe. Data flows into an organization regularly, sometimes in much higher volumes than intended. Advanced applications are often used to generate insights from it, but the infrastructure is insufficient or outdated and certainly not up for handling the unprecedented amounts of data generated today. Some of that data is inaccessible to those who need it, and existing solutions are only partial. This is in contrast to the information-production tools that have improved significantly, thanks to the exceptional capabilities of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

This is where Metrolink comes in. Metrolink platform allows organizations to design and manage their data pipelines according to their business needs. This by enabling intuitive UI, advanced manipulations on diverse & complex data with high performance, in a way that amplifies data value while leveraging all data functions and data privacy in the organization.