Data integration: The changing nature of tools and experiences

Charlotte Crain|December 18, 2012

When I first thought about writing a blog post about data management, picking a topic was an obvious, if daunting, first step. The challenges facing both IT and business are increasing in the era of bigger, more complex and more immediate data. My experience working with organizations across a variety [...]

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Big data quality - don't tell me, another buzzword!

Mark Troester
Mark Troester|March 30, 2012

Marketing is a big part of my job so I should be supportive of efforts to capitalize on the trend of the day. But given my background in R&D, I am dubious of marketing efforts that are not backed up by real product or solution capabilities. So, I’m a bit [...]

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SAS Hadoop - A peek at the technology

Mark Troester
Mark Troester|March 6, 2012

Thanks for returning to learn more about this critical technology. Following yesterday’s overview post on the new SAS Hadoop support, we’ll dig a little deeper today and consider the following: Under the Hood: A Peek at the Technology SAS Hadoop Value Summary A Note About the Future Under the Hood: [...]

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Introducing SAS Information Management

Mark Troester
Mark Troester|February 16, 2012

Several of my recent posts have introduced the need for leveraging a strategic approach to information management backed by industry luminaries such as Gartner. Now it’s time to take a look at our definition of Information Management and discuss how it can be used by IT to effectively manage their [...]

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The end of tactical Data Integration

Mark Troester
Mark Troester|January 23, 2012

My last post focused on the business and technical aspects that are driving the need for a more strategic approach to managing data and information assets. This post discussed the natural  progression from data integration to data management.  The data integration market has gone through evolutionary changes over the last [...]

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Data Integration is old news!!

Mark Troester
Mark Troester|December 13, 2011

This may be controversial coming from someone that has worked with data his entire career, someone that has been involved with software vendors focused on data integration and access for the last 6 years, and someone that is responsible for product marketing for SAS data management capability, but I’ll say [...]

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Top 10 IT considerations for analytics in 2012

Mark Troester
Mark Troester|November 28, 2011

It’s hard to believe, but now that 2011 is almost over it’s time to look ahead. The technology pundits are starting to publish their 2012 predictions, and it’s not surprising to see topics like analytics, cloud, big data, mobile, social networking, virtualization, open source on these lists. Instead of creating [...]

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Three pillars of better business outcomes: information management, analytics, and campaign optimization

Matthew Magne
Matthew Magne|November 18, 2011

Lately, in consulting with customers about SAS solutions, I’m increasingly seeing discussions revolve around 3 inter-related but distinct segments: Information Management, Analytics, and Campaign Optimization. In the past, these discussions might have happened with 3 different audiences in 3 different meetings, but we are seeing a massive convergence across these [...]

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Big Hype requires solid Big Data tenets

Mark Troester
Mark Troester|November 15, 2011

Big hype about big data has played a significant role in driving awareness about the value of analytics. SAS welcomes the interest in big data, since it highlights our ability to work with huge volumes of complex and diverse data. Since this is such a critical topic, we have formulated [...]

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Would you rather analyze or prepare?

Mark Troester
Mark Troester|March 2, 2011

Are you one of those people that love doing analysis? If so, there is nothing quite like analyzing customer patterns, revenue trends, inventory levels, cost optimization, etc. — especially when you can use that analysis to make changes that will optimize your business. But before you can start the analysis, [...]

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