Analytics, the ultimate renewable resource

David Pope
David Pope|May 20, 2013

The value of analytics to solve multiple business problems really makes analytics the ultimate reusable business investment, or as they say in the energy industry, it may be called a renewable resource. As I’ve commented before, organizations send billions of dollars on storing data, and unless you happen to be a [...]

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3 questions with 2013 SAS Distinguished Professor

Trent Smith
Trent Smith|April 29, 2013

Dr. Goutam Chakraborty, founder of Oklahoma State University’s SAS Data Mining Certificate Program, was honored at SAS Global Forum with the 2013 SAS Distinguished Professor award. The award is given to individuals for innovative use of SAS in teaching and/or research, and supporting successful student use of SAS. Last year, [...]

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Start planning now for SAS 9.4

Robby Powell
Robby Powell|April 29, 2013

More than 4000 users at SAS Global Forum 2013 have previewed software capabilities powered by SAS 9.4 — the upcoming release of the SAS platform that promises to fuel new waves of innovation for both SAS and its customers. The initial release of SAS 9.4 platform will be available in [...]

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Experts discuss value of energy analytics

Alyssa Farrell
Alyssa Farrell|April 8, 2013

How often do you question the availability of power? Outside of weather events, the answer is probably, “not much.” But what if you have an electric vehicle?  Or manage a data center?  Rely on either of those technologies and you might consider electricity as a constraint, around which you plan [...]

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Forecasting improves search revenues by 300 percent for midsize business

Courtney Peters
Courtney Peters|January 30, 2013

To read more ongoing tips and insights for small and midsize businesses, follow our SAS4SMB blog series or visit SAS for Small and MidSize Business. We all wish we could predict the future. After all, when a company knows its sales for next week, next month and next year, it [...]

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Retailers: Take steps to jump on the mobile bandwagon now

Laura Brumley
Laura Brumley|January 29, 2013

Amazon, Apple, eBay, Facebook and Google – known as the Tech Titans to some – continue to set the agenda with their continuous stream of mobile business initiatives. In fact, consumers embrace and, in some cases, expect many of the same mobility resources they’ve experienced through the Titans from the [...]

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How to monetize the value of big data

David Pope
David Pope|January 15, 2013

According to Forbes, a comprehensive “big data” strategy is vital because without one your business will miss out on at least 71 million dollars a year!  To me this means your “big data” strategy should be more focused on how best to derive value from your data instead of focusing [...]

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Your iron play is not as good as you think it is, and other false assumptions

Candace Inscoe
Candace Inscoe|December 13, 2012

Analytics can uncover insights that compel us to view the world in new ways. An avid golfer friend of mine used analytics to improve his golf game—turning all of his pre-conceived notions about his strengths and weaknesses upside-down. All golfers like to tell tall tales, not unlike fishermen, but Tom [...]

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5 features SMBs want from data visualization

Kevin Garbedian
Kevin Garbedian|December 11, 2012

To read more ongoing tips and insights for small and midsize businesses, follow our SAS4SMB blog series or visit SAS for Small and MidSize Business. Data underpins the operations and strategic decisions of every business. Yet these days, data is generated faster than it can be digested, making it challenging [...]

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Federal policy on improper payments spurs need for high performance analytics

John Stultz
John Stultz|November 20, 2012

Recently, top executives from SAS gathered in Washington, DC with customers and other interested parties to discuss the potential impact of “big data” and high-performance analytics on the U.S. government. Topics included cyber-attack strategies, health care, bio-surveillance, border security and of course, fraud and improper payments. On the heels of [...]

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