Big data analytics is an effective solution for identifying behavioral patterns and establishing strategies to help detect and prevent fraud in various business sectors.
Most companies are not aware of the information they have and how to leverage, analyze and understand it, which can result in the loss of a large amount of potentially useful data by normalizing fraud and other criminal activities in their processes and make them difficult to prevent and detect.
Data has proven to be a competitive differentiator in different business sectors. The performance of any organization is highly correlated to the maturity of its data, so it's important to know in which level you are in this process.
What is Data Maturity?
Data maturity is a measure used to determine where a company's data quality, structure, distribution, security, and analytics are in their progress.
MIDA and ETESA signed an agreement for the creation of a National Agroclimatic Data and Statistics System, which will be fed with data from agro-meteorological, meteorological and hydrological stations.
This agreement, which was signed by the rector of the agricultural sector, Augusto Valderrama, and the general manager of Empresa de Transmision Electrica, S.A.
The Honduran Social Security Institute tenders the supply and installation of UPS, temperature and humidity monitoring system, air conditioning, security door and biometric access control, for the institution's data centers.
Government of Honduras Purchase LPN-016-2021:
"Line items to be tendered:
-Purchase and Installation of UPS.
-Temperature and Humidity Monitoring System.
In Guatemala, Empresa Portuaria Quetzal is tendering the equipment, interconnection works and improvements to the conditions of the primary and secondary data center.
Guatemala Government Purchase 10626492:
"The aim of this process is to achieve the acquisition of equipment and specialized systems of the latest technology for the equipment, interconnection and improvement of the primary and secondary data center of the Computer Unit of the EPQ, and thus comply with the management systems, and provide more agility, security in the operations of Port Company Quetzal, ensuring the safeguarding and accuracy of information resulting from the activities carried out by the different units, dependencies and staff working in EPQ.
The National Bank of Costa Rica tenders specialized services for data center monitoring, technical support and implementations, under the modality of working hours on demand.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LN-000009-0000100001:
"Contracts for hours on demand are required for specialized services for Data Center Monitoring, Technical Support and Implementation in: Networks, Storage, operating systems Windows, Linux, AIX, MCP, Oracle Databases, SQL and DMSII of the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica.
In Honduras, the supply, installation and configuration of equipment and assembly of a data center is tendered.
Honduras Government Purchase LPN-SEN-004-2018:
"Areas to contract:
- Architectural system
- Electrical system
-Lighting system
- Continuous Power Supply UPS
- Suspension and fire detection system
- Access control system
- Air-conditioning system
The National Electrification Institute tenders the data link service for telemetry of Chichaic, El Porvenir, El Salto, Chixoy, Aguacapa and Los Esclavos plants.
Guatemala Government Purchase 9119000:
"Data link service for telemetry of the Chixoy, Aguacapa and Los Esclavos plants. The purpose of transmitting the parameters of operational information in real time from these generating plants in the AMM's Load Dispatch Center, in a single line."
The company Tigo has announced that it plans to invest $20 million in the installation of a TIER III data center in the Olocuilta free zone.
George Farkass, vice president of Tigo Business, explained to Laprensagrafica.com that "... The TIER III offers nine levels of reliability, and business continuity regardless of whether any natural disaster happens. It will be for any corporate client, not only for Tigo, and we will be the first to build it, we are not remodeling it, we are building it from scratch."
In Panama, a tender is being launched for the management of information in the high availability cloud for the Metro Bus S.A. data center and other complementary services.
Panama Government Purchase 2018-2-81-01-08-LV-000287:
"Requirements are for provision of Services in Managed Placement, High Availability Cloud, Managed Services, among others, regarding Data Center as Technology Infrastructure and services, which will allow for the installation, operation, monitoring, maintenance, and support of current systems and scalability to support requirements, projects and new needs, security, availability, reliability and integrity of these systems.
The availability of data, a new generation of technology, and a cultural shift toward data-driven decision making continue to drive demand for big data and analytics technology and services.
Availability of information, new technologies and cultural change towards making decisions based on data is changing the way we do business.
According to estimates by the firm International Data Corporation (IDC), at the global level "...
First conference in the region on infrastructure and data center standards, with participation by experts and leading companies.
The Data Center Summit Latin America 2015 will be held on August 18 in the Conference Center at the Hotel Wyndham Herradura, and is the first conference in the region on infrastructure and data center regulation, where appointments will be held by renowned experts such as leaders of organizations and companies.
The increasing speed and ease of direct access to the information needed for decision-making, is drastically reducing the number of middle managers who used to be hired to provide them.
In companies of the last century when a sales manager needed information about last year's sales in order to take a relevant decision, he or she had to contact their assistant manager, who was responsible for collecting information and presenting it to the director. Nowadays, the direct and easy access to all information concerning day-to-day business allows the same director to touch a screen, get the information and make the decision, reducing costs and saving time.