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Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. Two thousand sixteen saw global moments impacted by the cloud: presidential elections, treating virus outbreaks, and even handling traffic after the Chicago Cubs won the World Series! As the headlines took note of how these events impacted the lives of people across the globe, cloud computing was working behind the scenes to keep these technology services always on, accessible, and easy to use. Whether for downloading images of the surface of Mars or plotting out the best route to work, the AWS Cloud helped global governments, educational institutions, and nonprofits innovate ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. The past year has been a blockbuster one for those working in the data space. Businesses have wrapped their fates around data analytics in an even tighter embrace as competition intensifies and the drive for greater innovation becomes a top priority.The year ahead promises to get even more interesting, especially for data managers and professionals. Leading experts in the field have witnessed a number of data trends  emerge in 2016, and now see new developments coming into view for 2017.The Era of Big Data Is HereBig data is here and it is ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. Thank you all for reading our blog this past year! From veterans and researchers to educators and engineers, our customers are changing the game in the public sector with the cloud. To end the year and ring in 2017, we have compiled the top five most-read blog posts from 2016. Cloud Transformation Maturity Model: Guidelines to Develop Effective Strategies for Your Cloud Adoption Journey – The Cloud Transformation Maturity Model offers a guideline to help organizations develop an effective strategy for their cloud adoption journey. This model defines characteristics that determine ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Leo Sadovy. Let me make this clear right from the start: I needed to answer 44 of the 62 exam questions correctly to earn my BASE SAS Programmer certification, and I got exactly 44 right.  No margin of error.  I never thought I’d be proud of a 70%, but I’m more than happy to make an exception in this case.  Woot, Woot!! This marks my second SAS certification in as many months, the first being Statistical Business Analyst – Regression and Modeling.  Which brings me to another point on which I must be ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. Last week, Code.org used the AWS Cloud to host the 2016 Hour of Code event, which brought coding exercises to classrooms around the world. Tens of millions of children worldwide tried coding through Code.org’s tutorials and lessons. These self-guided lessons allowed students to work at their own pace and skill-level using themes like Angry Birds, Frozen, and Minecraft.This year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the week by doing Hour of Code with a group of students in Ottawa. From government officials, such as the Prime Minister and New York ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. We announced our 16th AWS Region – our newest AWS Europe (London) Region. This is the third Region in Europe (joining Ireland and Frankfurt). AWS customers can use the new London Region to better serve end users in the United Kingdom. For public sector customers, this is important because customers can also use it to store data in the UK and deliver secure solutions for OFFICIAL workloads.AWS Customers in the UK With the public sector footprint growing in the UK, AWS customers like Transport for London and the UK Ministry of ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Shay Pal.  This article has been contributed by Alain Louchez (Georgia Tech Research Institute) The Internet of Things already integrates a new phase beyond prescriptive analytics  There is no shortage of attention lately on the “Internet of Things”. As a case in point, see the “Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act” or “DIGIT Act”, i.e., S. 2607, a  bill introduced in the Senate on March 1, 2016 and amended on September 28, 2016,  “to ensure appropriate spectrum planning and inter-agency coordination to support the Internet of Things” – A ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: William Vorhies. Summary:  Higher education has been a little slow on the uptake to use advanced analytics to improve student success but now with the technology that allows us to marry and analyze structured and unstructured data, including streaming data, a number of successful projects are underway.   Earlier this week I had the pleasure of moderating a webinar focusing on the work of two Pivotal data scientists working with a prestigious mid-west university to use data to predict student success.  It’s a topic that has long interested me as I ... Read More