Information technology is inextricably linked with the generation and management of data for use in analytics. The course provides an overview of enterprise and cloud technology building blocks and how they enable data analytics. We also discuss today's typical technology infrastructures for data analytics and where the technology seems to be headed. Finally, we talk about the benefits and costs of different ways to organize a data analytics function as wells as privacy and security considerations around data. The overall goal is to develop an understanding for how information technology decisions affects the performance of Data Analytics in organizations.