Challenges and Opportunities with Big Data

The promise of data-driven decision-making is now being recognized broadly, and there is growing enthusiasm for the notion of ``Big Data.’’ While the promise of Big Data is real -- for example, it is estimated that Google alone contributed 54 billion dollars to the US economy in 2009 -- there is currently a wide gap between its potential and its realization.

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2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report® Data and Analytics Edition

whitePaper | September 16, 2022

With the 2022 data and analytics edition, we further expand our series of Horizon Reports to focus on an emerging area of practice that is driving institutional decision-making and strategic planning for the future—the trends, technologies, and practices that are shaping the world of postsecondary data and analytics. Based on a methodology that grounds the findings in the perspectives and expertise of a panel of leaders in higher education data and analytics, in this report we summarize the panel’s input on the major trends shaping higher education, including panelists’ reflections on the implications of this research for the future of higher education for particular institutional roles.

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Build Modern Data Streaming Analytics Architectures on AWS

whitePaper | December 1, 2022

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The Evolution of Clinical Data Management into Clinical Data Science

whitePaper | September 12, 2022

Clinical Data Management (CDM) evolved over the last two decades from managing data entered on paper Case Report Forms (CRFs) to managing data transcribed into Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems. The Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) strongly contributed to this first significant CDM evolution through its Good Clinical Data Management Practice 1 (GCDMP©) Chapters first published in 2000 and its certification program for Clinical Data Managers2 subsequently released in 2004.

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DataOS®: A Paradigm Shift in Data Management – Creating Scalable Analytics

whitePaper | October 10, 2022

Companies undergoing digital transformation must make data available to all stakeholders. However, outdated security and governance tools can prevent companies from freeing their data without opening themselves up to new risks.

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The Future of Unstructured Data Processing

whitePaper | July 25, 2022

Experts estimate that the average person generates more than 1.7 MB of digital data per second, amounting to over 2.5 quintillion bytes per day. However, as the world becomes increasingly digitized and networked, experts predict that, on average, people will produce 463 exabytes of data per day by 2025.

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Maximize the ROI of Your Databricks Lakehouse with Stardog: Asset

whitePaper | June 2, 2022

Data lakeshold enormous promise in supporting modern enterprise data architectures. Their ability to store a full variety of data types and handle ever-larger data volumes generated at high velocity have contributed to their widespread adoption.

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Analytics Leaders Network

The Analytics Leaders Network (ALN) enables professional development for an exclusive community of business and technology leaders responsible for delivering analytics and business intelligence solutions to corporate stakeholders, suppliers, partners and customers. The ALN provides analytics and business intelligence best practice guidance and thought leadership, while nurturing a forum for collaboration and peer networking. The ALN enables interaction through two channels to facilitate the professional development of its membership – onsite events and our members only online community. Analytics Leaders Network members include business and technology leaders from small and mid-market organizations to Fortune 500 global companies interested in solving business problems with analytics and business intelligence solutions…

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