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Articles on data platforms, applications, AI and cloud, explaining technical mechanisms and architecture decisions.

Four questions about the EU AI Act for a Swiss company
The company’s role, its EU connection and the system’s purpose determine the assessment. Those conclusions must lead to design decisions the team can verify.

Designing private AI for law firms around data access and verification
Confidentiality, permissions and verification guide the architecture. A server is one implementation option within that assessment.

Which law protects pupil data in a private school?
The school’s status and the activity determine the framework. A parent-portal example connects data, suppliers and responsibilities.

Choosing an IT provider for a Vaud municipality
Applicable law, procurement value and the real conditions of data processing guide the choice of supplier and the contract.

Choosing an AI architecture for health data and research results
Patient records and unpublished findings can coexist in one organisation. Their uses and disclosure rules determine the controls the system needs.