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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The growing shortage of analytical talent and where to find it

Geoffrey Taylor
Geoffrey Taylor|January 30, 2012

That there is a growing shortage of analytical talent in most of the economies of the world is clear. In a May 2011 report, the McKinsey Global Institute put some numbers on the demand: “By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with [...]

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Jim Goodnight speaks on business analytics at Kelley School of Business

Pamela Meek
Pamela Meek|November 2, 2011

In the last year, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight and a group of R&D, Education, Sales and Marketing executives visited several universities that are in the early stages of adopting analytics within their business programs. To that effort, Goodnight addressed faculty and students at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business on [...]

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We few, we happy few ...

Mike Nemecek
Mike Nemecek|October 25, 2011

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; … These lines are from the famous St. Crispin’s Day speech of Shakespeare’s historical play Henry V. King Henry V of England motivated his troops before the Battle [...]

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Is Silicon Valley becoming more analytical?

Tom Davenport
Tom Davenport|September 13, 2011

The SAS Power Series Tour had its most recent stop in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose. This gave me another chance to test my hypothesis that firms in the Valley are not big users of analytics. My theory goes that high-tech firms are much more focused on creating [...]

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Why big data analytics now?

Waynette Tubbs
Waynette Tubbs|September 12, 2011

A current media hype phrase used to describe the ever-growing volume and size of corporate information is “big data.” SAS hosts an annual series of business leadership conferences that bring together industry thought leaders, innovators, world leaders, challengers and inspirational speakers to discuss the dynamics needed for a competitive future. [...]

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Analytics advocate: don't be "that" guy

Beverly Brown
Beverly Brown|August 29, 2011

Nobody wants to rub people the wrong way. We’ve all done it, even if word never got back to us that it happened. Having ample first-hand experience with this, I deeply appreciated the opening keynote by MIT’s Michael Schrage at the 2011 Disney Analytics & Optimization Summit. Schrage, research fellow [...]

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The value of outside information

Ross Kaplan
Ross Kaplan|August 29, 2011

Most health care organizations either intentionally or due to some inability don’t use outside information (not just referals) in their search for fraud.  There are great numbers of valid reasons for this: HIPAA, security, usable/current data sources, inflexible information systems or processes, restrictive compliance & IT departments, and the list [...]

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Are we going into another recession?

Michael Newkirk
Michael Newkirk|August 26, 2011

There is a lot of talk hither and yon about a “double-dip” recession. Not at all uncommon when you consider past recessions. Let’s take a look at some data from the June 2011 survey of senior financial executives from the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI to dig into the double dip theories. MAPI [...]

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Lessons learnt from the Premier Business Leadership Series, Singapore

Greg Wood
Greg Wood|August 25, 2011

After a couple of solid days speaking to business leaders, listening to some of the world’s thought leaders and leading a panel discussion with the analytics leaders from DBS Bank, Allianz and Volvo Trucks, what have I learned about business analytics and what it takes to succeed? The first clue [...]

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