Alison Bolen
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Editor of Blogs and Social Content

+Alison Bolen is the editor of blogs and social content at SAS, where she writes and edits blog content and coaches SAS bloggers on the technical, editorial and community-oriented aspects of blogging. Alison maintains the corporate SAS Voices blog and recently spearheaded a large blog migration project that moved more than 25 corporate blogs from a legacy platform to WordPress. Since starting at SAS in 1999, Alison has edited print publications, Web sites, e-newsletters, customer success stories and blogs. She has a bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism from Ohio University and a master’s degree in technical writing from North Carolina State University.

Recent Posts

Big data is back ... and he has a mail cart

A few weeks ago, we asked, "What would big data say if it could talk?" Today, we might ask, "What if big data had a ... Read More

Big names talk big products

When users attend SAS Global Forum, they often look forward to hearing from the big names of SAS. To name a few: CEO Jim Goodnight, VP ... Read More

Paul Kent on Hadoop, SAS and elevators

Paul Kent, SAS VP of Big Data talks to us at SAS Global Forum about working with Hadoop and the significant impact it has on SAS ... Read More

What would "big data" say if it could talk?

Imagine big data personified. He would be smart and loud and right on top of you ... but ultimately ignored. That's exactly the scene you'll ... Read More

Asking new questions - and finding answers - with data visualization

Kimberly Holmes doesn't want to put any limits on what analytics can accomplish at XL Group plc. As the Head of Strategic Analytics, Holmes recently selected ... Read More

Leadership quotes worth sharing

The SAS workplace culture has been studied by academics, covered in prominent business magazines and honored with countless workplace awards. Some credit the onsite daycare, ... Read More

Learning about tree maps with visual analytics

What is a tree map? What do the sizes and colors in the tree map measure? This great introductory demo explains how to build a ... Read More

The CEO's favorite visual analytics features

"What do you do when you first get a data set that's a billion rows long?" asks SAS CEO Jim Goodnight. "You want to play around ... Read More

Data visualizations for your industry and your role

Remember that video we posted recently with Kimberly Holmes of XL Insurance? In it, she says the demo she saw about a fake toy company ... Read More

Forrester moves past hype and gets real with big data recommendations

The one blog post that stuck out for me in this year’s annual onslaught of New Year’s predictions posts was published by Forrester Research, Inc. ... Read More