The Internet of Things (IoT) is about connecting our cars, homes, gadgets and machines to the internet creating a network of connected objects. Today, IoT is a hot topic, encouraging a rush of excitement and possibilities that are endless. IoT is the future of technology that can make our lives more efficient. However, the real value of IoT lies in analytics of the mass of data that is collected. How can data streaming to and from all these objects be understood to benefit your organization, improve your daily routine or address society’s biggest challenges? At SAS, my role is to understand the needs and challenges that organizations may have as they adopt IoT. The Regonial Marketing Program aligns SAS resources to help customers explore IoT, make fast and confident decisions, be more effective or even create new business models.
Organisations that are best at using analytics have moved on from simple process improvement to building new business models. The benefits are such that others are striving to join them. But the journey towards data-driven business models is not an easy one. A recent online discussion among SAS and partner
The current excitement about self-service analytics centres around two main areas. The first is the rise of ‘citizen data scientists’, business users who are using self-service analytics to produce insights. They are drawing on a combination of their knowledge of the business, a level of comfort with analytical technology and
The travel, transportation and hospitality sector is a big spender on the Internet of Things (IoT), spending an estimated $130 million on it last year. So what exactly are the use cases driving these investments? Self-driving trucks: Improving fuel efficiency and safety via ‘platooning' - In April 2016, over ten ‘self-driving’
