Big data in little Byron

Natalie Mendes
Natalie Mendes|May 16, 2012

I recently spent the weekend in the beachside town of Byron Bay to escape the madness of the BIG cities around the world that I had been visiting over the last ten weeks. Cape Byron, the most easterly point of mainland Australia and home of the iconic BIG lighthouse, is [...]

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Culture, the real roadblock to unlocking big data value

Vincent Cotte
Vincent Cotte|May 14, 2012

We started off the conversation on big data and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) challenge, by announcing that high performance analytics and information management strategy will level the playing field for competitive advantage.  After meeting with over 50+ CIOs in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia I discussed the challenges and [...]

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Big Data Seats CIOs at the Boardroom Table

Vincent Cotte
Vincent Cotte|May 8, 2012

After debunking the myth that big data is just for the big end of town I set out on the road to listen to what is happening locally.  For the past two weeks I have met with over 50 Chief Information Officers (CIOs) around Australia and Asia discussing their 2012/13 [...]

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Using salt for evil

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|January 13, 2011

Analytics is fun. Sexy, too! Had you told me that in High School, I would have laughed at you; basic statistics was hard enough back then, let alone trying to deal with linear algebra. The why we did it never made sense to me – we spent weeks covering differentials and [...]

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2010's top ANZ analytics trends

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|December 23, 2010

2010′s been an eventful year. Australia’s main focus seems to have been on politics and the economy – we’ve had political intrigue with Gillard seizing leadership from Rudd, an election which led to a hung parliament, and an ongoing fascination with bubbles and our local real-estate market. 2010 also saw [...]

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Flying around and having fun

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|November 23, 2010

Time flies when you’re having fun. And, we’re always having fun here at SAS – I guess that’s why so much time has passed! A lot’s happened since our last update; we’re coming to grips with our latest dashboards, we’re playing around with JMP 9, and we’re happily taking advantage [...]

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Sucking eggs and stating the obvious

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|August 25, 2010

Demonstrating value from analytics is a big thing for me; if you can’t define it, measure it, and demonstrate it, the critics will tell you it didn’t exist.  I’ve written previously about the importance of measuring the economic value of analysis and at our recent forum, one of my presentations [...]

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Backstage pass

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|July 30, 2010

SAS Forum ANZ is in less than two weeks and believe me, it’s getting pretty crazy around here.  We sold out early, we’ve had to cancel internal presentations to make even more room for customer presentations, we’ve got a full contingent of press and analysts attending, and we’ve even got Dr. Jim [...]

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Building connections and making friends

Evan Stubbs
Evan Stubbs|March 11, 2010

I’m on Facebook, even if I’m not really active on it; having grown up overseas, it’s an easy way of keeping track of my friends and family. And, we’re social creatures – not much news there. It’s how social we are that’s the interesting thing. Nielsen’s latest stats are pretty [...]

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    In many ways, Australia and New Zealand are unique - we live a day in the future, our birds walk and our mammals lay eggs. However, one thing we have in common with the rest of the world is the need to be globally competitive while staying local. On this blog, Evan Stubbs and his colleagues provide a uniquely ANZ perspective on doing business, using analytics to be more effective, and life in the antipodes in general.

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