Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) team contributes to the lives and health of Nebraskans every day. Their mission, “Helping people live better lives," provides the motivation to make a difference. To ensure the continued success of that mission, Nebraska’s DHHS recognized a need to modernize the data management strategy and the need to deliver the data the organization needs, when they need it, at the...

The Data Champions Meetup program is honored to welcome Col. Charles Destefani, Chief Architect and AFMC Liaison Officer, Air Force Chief Data Office; and Justin Neroda, Vice President, Artificial Intelligence Practice Lead, Booz Allen Hamilton. October’s topic is “Perspectives and Insights on DoD Data Modernization.” The Air Force is focused on providing cybersecure, cloud-based tools to connect, find, and share data to impr...

While the last year has seen tremendous efforts in higher education to educate students, the global pandemic has both highlighted and amplified the significant challenges facing colleges and universities around the country. A dramatic change in the way institutions collect and make use of data to support the student journey was desperately needed to help address significant issues. Invoke Learning uses the Snowflake Data Cloud to take educatio...

Sierra Nevada Conservancy is a state agency that leads California's efforts to restore and enhance the natural resources and communities of Sierra Nevada while protecting them from wildfire and a changing climate. The Conservancy's efforts improve the environmental, economic, and social well-being of the Sierra Nevada region and California citizens. Yet, the agency is only 48 people supported by a single analyst. These conditions and others ha...

Today's era is one of unprecedented disruptive innovations in mobility. However traditional transportation agencies aren't built for rapid innovation. Even as they focus on maintaining critical infrastructure, expanding service, and guaranteeing safety, they must move-with urgency-to renew their focus on infrastructure modernization, which will also include the technology and processes needed to operate in this post-pandemic era. Many transpor...

As the federal government seeks to maximize the potential of its data, they are increasingly adopting Data Mesh and embracing domain-driven design principles. This approach aims to accelerate modernization efforts, facilitate data sharing across various mission areas, and ensure long-term interoperability. LMI, a trusted federal government partner for over 60 years, has been at the forefront of driving innovation and has actively embraced data...

In this webinar, attendees got to hear:How Pima, AZ got started the daunting task of modernizing its data infrastructure with Qlik and SnowflakeHow Qlik Data Integration and Snowflake started the journey on-premise and have created the foundation for Pima County’s continued modernization efforts with 10+ systems moved to Snowflake with sub-second replicationThe outcomes Pima County has seen since modernizing in its data movement, integra...