Big data knows, even if you don't!

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|May 22, 2013

What does big data know that you don’t? It could be a new source of revenue, a budding consumer trend or . . .something sinister! Find out what big data knows in this funny but telling video spot: Look familiar? Do you know that guy? Share this funny big data [...]

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SAS blogger on statistics, big data and simplicity

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|May 21, 2013

Popular SAS blogger Rick Wicklin was recently interviewed by the Portuguese statistics site, estatisti.co about his new book, his background in mathematics, his advice for programmers and his dedication to blogging. Wicklin’s answers are conveniently translated into English on the site, so you can read these – and other gems by checking out the full interview. [...]

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

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|May 14, 2013

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 mail cart?!” It’s a fun metaphor that shows how overwhelming big data can be without a strategy for managing it. Watch the short video below [...]

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What they saw at the evolution: Davenport, Dyché usher the arrival Analytics 3.0

Barry Gay
Barry Gay|May 7, 2013

In the late 1990s, Jill Dyché, co-founder of Baseline Consulting, worked on a multi-year engagement to stand up Bell South’s business intelligence and analytics strategy. “This was heavy-duty programming; this was heavy-duty code,” she recalls. “SQL is not necessarily optimized for set data to do this kind of thing, but [...]

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What is the future of big data in health care?

Becky Graebe
Becky Graebe|May 6, 2013

Big data might be daunting, but Matthew J. Becker, Senior Director and Global Head of Statistical Programming at inVentive Health Clinical, says the goal remains simple for those in health care and life sciences: cure disease and improve health outcomes. Speaking last week at SAS Global Forum, Becker noted that [...]

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How the US Olympic Committee leveraged real-time data at London 2012 Games

Lane Whatley
Lane Whatley|May 2, 2013

“Faster, Higher, Stronger” is the Olympic motto. In a Keynote Lunch presentation at SAS Global Forum, Tim Patrick, Director of Enterprise Applications for the United States Olympic Committee, explained how technology, data analysis and visualization are helping fulfill that mission. After a successful showing at the Vancouver games, Patrick and [...]

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Paul Kent on Hadoop, SAS and elevators

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|May 2, 2013

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 customers. Watch the video to learn how one Japanese real estate company used this technology to gather data from elevator stops in high-rise buildings. The [...]

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Put down the aspirin and pick up visual analytics

Jennifer Griess
Jennifer Griess|May 1, 2013

When you hear the term “big data,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Complex numbers? Information overload? Now where did I put my aspirin …? Thanks to visual analytics (VA), it turns out big data doesn’t have to be scary or a headache. “Big data is not just [...]

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SAS customer on SAS Visual Analytics: It’s like going from radio to television

Lisa Arney
Lisa Arney|May 1, 2013

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 [...]

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