How Machine Learning and the Cloud Can Rescue IT From the Plumbing Business - EdSurge News

Many educational institutions maintain their own data centers. But to Jeff Olson, chief data officer and senior VP of technology strategy at the College Board, all those humming racks of servers are just plumbing--and he doesn't want to be in the plumbing business. He would rather focus on how the College Board, which administers the PSAT, SAT, and Advanced Placement Tests, can help students reach their educational goals. "We need to minimize the amount of work we do to keep systems up and running, and spend more energy innovating on things that matter to people," he says. That's why the College Board has pulled the plug on much of its IT plumbing in favor of the advanced capabilities offered by the cloud.