Aligning BI skill, practice and healthcare outcomes
May 3, 2016 by Mary Allen

Multiple studies point to shortages of skilled professionals in business analytics and data analytics, an issue that is expected to have particular impact on healthcare as this sector experiences increased digitization of processes and procedures.

A three-way solution
Enterprises, education and the provider community will need to find a way to reduce the BI skills gap. The partnership between Conestoga College, Guelph General Hospital, and Information Builders, celebrated this month with a second annual BI student competition, offers a unique demonstration of this collaboration within the health care industry.
Commenting on the evolution of the relationship, Justin St-Maurice, professor in Applied Health Information Sciences at Conestoga College, observed: “this year is the culmination of many lessons, as we learned how to remove the kinks from the program… and what’s going to be good next year is that year four, three and two students will all have WebFOCUS experience so we will be able to continue to build program and contest momentum.” Read more

Positioning colo in a cloudy future
May 9, 2016 by Mary Allen

To meet increasing customer demand for colocation and cloud services, CenturyLink plans new build in 2016 that will total approximately 3MW of capacity and 20,000 square feet of additional raised floor space.

Century Link embraces the hybrid demand
Businesses are migrating on-premise servers to outsourced models, including cloud and colocation services. With a unique portfolio that enables the company to deliver across these service categories, adding network capabilities that link multiple global locations, CenturyLink is well positioned to support enterprise transition to hybrid environments. A key piece in this strategy is optimization data centre infrastructure.
“We are continuously looking at ways to drive greater efficiencies in our data centres, and this means that we also look internally at the space we already have today, where we can make more cost effective expansions in existing data centres, where we can take advantage of the OPEX, the space and the rent that we are already paying to put more infrastructure into those facilities and drive up the return on those buildings,” explained Drew Leonard, VP global colocation of CenturyLink. Read more

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