Best Practice #6: Interface design is important for reporting

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|May 17, 2012

As we begin the second half of our series on the 10 best practices for information management, reporting and analytics let’s review what we have learned so far. We now understand the importance of securing executive sponsorship, identifying and involving stakeholders early and assessing their unique needs, identifying and integrating [...]

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Infographic: How can you become a big data hero?

Dr. Insight
Dr. Insight|May 14, 2012

tags: analytics, big data, high-performance analytics, league of analytics superheroes

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Best practice #5: Optimize reporting processes

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|May 4, 2012

We are half way through my blog series counting to 10 best practices for information management, reporting and analytics. To recap, we have learned the importance of: Securing executive sponsorship. Identifying and involving stakeholders early and assessing their unique needs. Identifying and integrating data sources. Managing user expectations proactively. This [...]

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Best practice #4: Manage expectations proactively

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 23, 2012

So far in our journey of the best practices for information management, reporting and analytics, we have learned about the importance of securing executive sponsorship,   having a solid understanding of stakeholders needs and integrating all the data needed to make this happen. Now that stakeholders realize that you know their [...]

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Judgment calls & wake up calls

Kristine Vick
Kristine Vick|April 19, 2012

What’s almost as good as being in sunny Orlando to hear your favorite business leaders speak in person? Watching them from the comfort of your own office chair, of course, but with the ability to still ask questions and participate in live polls, as if you were on site. You are [...]

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Best practice # 3: Identify and integrate authoritative, trusted data sources

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 14, 2012

Data is everywhere,and getting to and managing that information is vital for accurate reporting, analysis and proactive decision making. This brings us to Best Practice # 3: Identify and Integrate Authoritative, Trusted Data Sources. As you might remember, these tips all come from my interviews with SAS education customers. From Best [...]

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Turning big data (volume, variety, and velocity) into value

Gary Spakes
Gary Spakes|April 12, 2012

Today, more companies are offering more products in more markets in more currencies to more customer segments than ever before. The result? An exponential explosion in data covering virtually every aspect of the organization: sales, marketing, finance, manufacturing, legal, HR, and more. Unquestionably, the era of “big data” has arrived. [...]

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Best practice # 2: How to meet stakeholders' needs

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 6, 2012

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am sharing best practices that I learned from talking to education customers about successful implement ions of information management, reporting and analytics at their K-12 school district or higher education institutions. In that first post, we learned about the importance of securing executive [...]

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Drive your data with analytics

Kristine Vick
Kristine Vick|March 29, 2012

Mikhail Semeniuk, Director of Analytics at TrueCar, will explain why his company turned to SAS for an analytics solution that didn’t require a large staff but was flexible enough to grow with the company, and powerful enough to better manage data and create fast, accurate forecasts. Mikhail works on the [...]

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Picture this: The power of analytics extended to everyone in your organization

Jennifer Marchi
Jennifer Marchi|March 28, 2012

In my last blog post I revealed the WOW factor of SAS Visual Analytics.  In summary: analyzing billions of rows of data, across vast numbers of columns, via 100+ correlation calculations in SECONDS (wow). What exactly does that mean?  SAS Visual Analytics takes full advantage of SAS’ high-performance analytics technology.  [...]

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