Cloud Computing
The Cloud is influencing everything we do – but what exactly is “The Cloud”?
My role as an Instructor for a Post-Graduate, Fast-Track program involves some challenges and some huge benefits. The challenges are always time, and time, and time – there is a lot to learn in a short period of time. This means that the level of self-efficacy amongst the students has to be extraordinarily high. Fortunately,…
Teaching beyond the curriculum In the courses that I teach, there is a strong bias towards building technical skills. Specifically, skills related to Data Engineering, Cloud Technologies, and Artificial Intelligence. (disclosure: I’m currently seconded as an AI Project Lead – so my in-classroom work has been reduced to night classes) These are in-demand skills, and…
When students begin learning about new technology, there is an assumption that they already possess certain foundational skills: file management, the ability to download resources, Internet skills. While mostly true – this cannot be assumed and I often test to see if they do. Giving them assignments and introductory activities to confirm. However, one skill…
Building new business directly in the cloud is a great example of how even a small company can access multi-million (billion?) dollar infrastructure and use the elasticity of the cloud to grow on an as-needed basis. This book by the Chairman and CEO of Salesforce is one I’m excited to read. Link to Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ZjqdSP
Why the most important shift in AI isn’t happening in a data centre — it’s happening on your desk. When most people hear sovereign AI, they think of governments. Data residency laws. National strategies and policy briefs. And it’s true — Canada just launched one of those, and we’ll get to it. But that’s only…