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Higher education institutions have for years faced the challenge of trying to not only identify prospective students, but optimizing the recruitment and retention processes so as to not spend resources on prospective students that ultimately decide not to attend the college or university. Schools typically track information about the ultimate outcome of a student deciding to attend or not, and this information has been used to help staff determine the proper approach to minimizing marketing spend where appropriate. One organization

Connecting devices and wearables to the Internet for capturing information has become very prevalent over the last few years. When these devices are used or needed for medical tracking, the need to have high availability and a fail-over process is of paramount concern for both the patient and the company charged with ensuring their safety. The challenge for any company attempting to implement an Internet of Things (IoT) solution is trying to find a method that provides high availability and

The Challenge Every second of every day, billions of data points are created in our online world. Making sense of all of the data and trying to find a singular piece of information that is useful, let alone actionable, is a daunting task. In the fast-moving world of news and media, being able to identify pertinent information out of all of the noise is not just important but a necessity. A large company in the global news space discovered this

The Challenge With a security requirements landscape constantly changing due to new regulations or in response to online threats and infiltration activities from third parties, maintaining a strict security stance is a necessity for any company operating in modern times.  From online account hacking and data intercepts from malicious software or unsecured Wi-Fi, or more severe cases of Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attacks or global online espionage attempts, securing networks, applications and data stores is of paramount concern. The Solution -  Amazon

With the advent of Cloud services and the increased complexity of applications, both the development and management of them, the need for robust and scalable orchestration tools have become a critical component to any organization. Even with companies utilizing more of Cloud services, merely moving into the Cloud and configuring services to mimic what they had in data centers does not always simplify a customer’s operations. This challenge was why a recent client of ClearScale, an AWS Premier Consulting