You know the drill. It’s a steamy July morning, and you’re headed out for the day. You open up your go-to weather app to find out if you need to lug your umbrella around. The forecast says, “Sunny with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms.” What does that mean, exactly?
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After an energy-packed opening session Sunday night at SAS Global Forum 2013 in San Francisco, hundreds of senior-level executives reconvened Monday in the Marriott Marquis for a day of discussion on what it means to be a high-performance organization. Big Data: We're all in this together Author and MIT Principal
Before a group of reporters representing countries from as far away as Mexico, Brazil and Japan, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight touted the company’s continued growth, innovation and unmatched culture during its annual Media Day event at SAS world headquarters in Cary, Tuesday. “In 2011, SAS has continued to grow as