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Playing Moneyball: Chicago Bulls exec applies business data analysis to sports
Think sports data, and player stats instinctively come to mind. But behind the scenes of sports leagues you’ll find teams of analysts crunching a different set of numbers. Data on ticket sales, sponsorship, and customer engagement have become just as important to the team as game points, field goals or free throws. “On the business ...
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Q&A: Defending America with data: DOD embraces zero-trust security mantra
Sharing data is a major responsibility, even for those of us whose access to sensitive data is limited to the office fantasy football pool. When it comes to data held by the U.S. Department of Defense, the safest security approach might be to not share anything at all. But sometimes keeping critical intelligence hidden is the most dangerous ...
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Charting the rocky road of the chief data officer at the MIT CDOIQ Symposium
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium turns 13 this year, with a decidedly different focus from the information quality that originally took center stage. Now, fueled by the whirlwind of the big data movement and the digital revolution, the focus is squarely on chief data officers. As data became a ...
Cloud-native solution cures network operating headaches
The network is down! Panic sets in. People stare around in shock. Commerce grinds to a halt. Connectivity is a necessity of modern life; the support system of the digital age. Yet monolithic network operating systems are brittle “blobs” prone to break at the slightest touch. The Uptime Institute LLC “2019 Data Center Survey” lists network system ...
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Workplace productivity in the digital age: Why employees need engaging too
Technology is firmly embedded in most people’s personal lives. Yet the technology gap between home and office can be vast. With companies focused on cultivating engaged clientele, bringing the benefits of digital transformation to the workforce seemed a lesser priority. The costs of this decision are adding up. Disengaged employees are “phoning it in” at ...
CISO to STEM ladies: Cybersecurity needs you
What is cybersecurity? A mystic realm where hoodie-wearing hackers in dark rooms weave their protective magic? Or an attitude of awareness and responsibility from everyone? The answer is, of course, the latter. Cybersecurity has come into the spotlight as businesses understand that each and every employee must do their part. But while the world is picking up the security ...
Portland Public Schools proves no-stress, low-cost cloud migration is possible
Public school administrators dream of migrating to cloud; but slow approvals and budget short-falls mean those dreams are often unfulfilled. Students and teachers endure as they deal with snail-pace speeds and antiquated user interfaces. But the suffering is over at Oregon’s Portland Public Schools thanks to its surprisingly successful cloud computing migration journey. “We went from ...
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AWS Ground Station to IoT: The earth is round; there is no edge
Space is the next frontier for the democratization of advanced technology, and general availability of Amazon Web Services Inc. Ground Station makes satellite uplink/downlink accessible and inexpensive. That’s opening up the potential to revolutionize earth imagery and spread a global blanket of connectivity across the globe. “It’s a Christopher Columbus moment,” said John Furrier, co-founder and ...
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AWS Educate wants to bring schooling into the digital era
Knowing the ins and outs of cloud computing isn’t just for the next generation of computer geeks. As the world becomes increasingly connected and artificial intelligence an indispensable assistant, understanding the technology that underlies these tools is fast becoming fundamental in every position and every industry. “Data permeates everything,” said Ken Eisner (pictured), director, worldwide ...
Is AWS solving the customization dilemma or presenting a paradox of choice?
Information technology has become commoditized. Widespread adoption of containers has made tools and services that used to be options only for the rich and powerful available to small and middle-size businesses. Cloud behemoth Amazon Web Services Inc. offers a list of top-level services that is in the triple figures and expanding. “One of the philosophies ...