Data Engineering and Privacy in a Smart World

Whether you like it or not, developments in AI, ML, and Big Data are making it easier than ever before to capture and analyze personal data, and what’s more, the trend will continue! AI, ML and Big Data are the hot tech buzzwords today, thanks to all hype created around them because of their usage by leading companies like Google, Facebook, etc. As a result, they’re now being adopted or tested by just about every organization to explore how they could improve operations, sales and of course, cut costs while achieving growth. While these technologies can help organizations achieve better insights into customer behavior and predict their next move, it also raises some security and privacy concerns. The days are done when you needed a statistical masters or PhD and had to spend years learning sophisticated tools like SAS in order to get the hang of data science. You don’t need that anymore to run your models and make something out it.

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Comfort Systems USA Announces Acquisition

Business Wire | February 01, 2024

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. today announced that it has closed its previously announced transaction to acquire Summit Industrial Construction, LLC (“Summit”) headquartered in Houston, Texas. As previously disclosed, Summit is a specialty industrial mechanical contractor offering engineering, design-assist and turnkey, direct hire construction services of modular systems serving the advanced technology, power, and industrial sectors. Summit’s capabilities encompass a wide range of modular and site-based construction, including process piping, equipment setting, large pipe rack trestles, and related steel erection and specialty concrete work. Summit is a trusted supplier to some of the world’s largest advanced technology, power and industrial companies and is currently deployed on several major chip fabrication projects. Initially, Summit is expected to contribute annualized revenues of approximately $375 million to $400 million, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of $35 million to $40 million. In light of the amortization expense, Summit is expected to make a neutral to slightly accretive contribution to earnings per share in 2024 and 2025. Brian Lane, Comfort Systems USA’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are delighted to announce the closing of our agreement to acquire Summit, an extremely capable provider of modular and other complex mechanical services. Summit brings a stellar reputation as a modular technology leader in growing end markets, including multiple ongoing and large semiconductor projects. We are happy to welcome Summit’s wonderful leadership team and excellent production and craft workers across many states, and we are confident Summit will continue to innovate and grow as a part of our network of world-class contracting companies. We are grateful that Summit has chosen to become part of Comfort Systems USA.”

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