The future is open source and creating data-driven momentum requires modern data infrastructure and analytic approaches that give you the freedom to evolve.
What this webinar is about.
Legacy, proprietary systems are characterised by boundaries and limitations that make it harder to innovate, impacting your ability to optimise decision making and drive efficiencies.Senior Data Scientist at Ascent, Tom Bowling, has a wealth of experience in helping mid-size and enterprise organisations migrate away from SAS to open-source languages. In this webinar, he considers the whys and hows: why this transition is typically much more than a technical migration – and shares his perspective on how to plan and execute a successful implementation, with practical advice and real-world examples.
What you’ll take away.
- Business drivers for change.
- Why open source should be considered a technology of choice.
- The foundations that underpin a successful implementation.
- The business impact of migrating to open source - a Premier use case.
- Top tips for a successful migration.
Your hosts & presenters.
Tom Bowling
Senior Data Scientist
As a Senior Data Scientist, Tom has a wealth of experience in using data to help solve clients’ problems. A Statistician by training, Tom pairs deep statistical knowledge with programming expertise to understand business challenges. He has extensive experience with SAS and open-source tools like R and Python and has been involved in multiple migrations to open source.
Bruce Seymour
Account Lead
Bruce is Ascent’s account lead for many of its healthcare and pharma customers. He has experience in helping customers reach solutions to requirements around adoption of, and migration to, open-source languages like R & Python.
