Mastering Machine Learning

whitePaper | June 29, 2022

For (oh so many) years, we’ve been hearing about the “promise” of big data. Much of the buzz focused on getting people prepared for the onslaught of bigger data sets – and what IT needed to do to help the business make sense of this information.

whitePaper | January 20, 2023

Organizations increasingly recognize that accountability through the implementation of a data privacy management program (DPMP) is essential to operate effectively in the modern digital economy. For many years, the focus of organizations in implementing a DPMP has been mainly to achieve compliance with data protection requirements. Today, many organizations have undergone a shift in understanding and realize that a DPMP is as critical for risk management and compliance as it is for enabling data strategy, building customer trust, winning business, and attracting company investment.

whitePaper | November 15, 2019

Fault-tolerance is the ability for a system to remain in operation even if some of the components used to build the system fail. Even with very conservative assumptions, a busy e-commerce site may lose thousands of dollars for every minute it is unavailable. This is just one reason why businesses and organizations strive to develop software systems that can survive faults. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a platform that is ideally suited for building fault-tolerant software systems. The AWS platform enables you to build fault-tolerant systems that operate with a minimal amount of human interaction and up-front financial investment.

whitePaper | February 26, 2020

El cambio de paradigma que se está extendiendo por el ámbito tecnológico y empresarial es cada día más evidente. La transición a cloud computing está llegando a su punto de inflexión. Las fusiones y adquisiciones han proliferado. Además, con un número cada vez mayor de usuarios finales que operan fuera del entorno empresarial, los departamentos de TI deben prestar servicio a un ecosistema de usuarios cada vez más diverso, distribuido y exigente

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

Most organizations realize data governance is necessary - if not indispensable - for mitigating data risk while sustaining its longterm value. However, there’s still a fair amount of ambiguity around what exactly data governance is and how to best implement it. By definition, data governance is an enterprise-wide initiative for formalizing the processes, people, and protocols for using data. It reduces risk while increasing data’s ultimate value: consistent reusability for achieving mission critical objectives. Data governance is a strategic approach for creating unassailable trust in data throughout the enterprise.

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.