SAS Business Intelligence development: We listened. We improved. We made it easy.

Kate Moye
Kate Moye|May 2, 2013

Enthusiastic SAS Global Forum users flocked to the SAS Business Intelligence Development Roundtable for an interactive panel discussion on the current BI and reporting solutions portfolio including SAS Enterprise BI Server, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Mobile BI and SAS Visual Analytics and the future focus of the products. Panelists included SAS representatives from Product [...]

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Explaining the value of analytics doesn't have to be difficult or complex

David Pope
David Pope|December 20, 2012

It goes without saying that if you know the value of analytics, it can sometimes be frustrating when leaders who may not have an analytic background do not understand or see the difference between basic reporting and advanced analytics. At SAS, we often refer to those two very different things [...]

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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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SAS named “Champion” in InfoTech Midmarket BI Report – Why should you care?

Courtney Peters
Courtney Peters|November 27, 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 . The software industry is a complicated place, with new technologies constantly being introduced. As a small and midsize business (SMB), how can you keep up [...]

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What to look for in a self-service BI solution?

Ritu Jain
Ritu Jain|June 12, 2012

In my earlier blog last week I discussed the four main capabilities that make a BI solution worthy of self-service BI moniker.  And those are: Ease of accessing relevant data; Ease of analyzing that data; Ease to consume and share results and; Ease to deploy and manage the solution. You [...]

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What makes a BI solution worthy of self-service BI moniker?

Ritu Jain
Ritu Jain|June 8, 2012

In last week’s blog titled “What is self-service BI and why should small and midsize businesses care” we established that self-service BI is all about simplicity. “EASY” defines self-service BI. But what makes a BI solution worthy of “self-service BI “ moniker? Depending on who you ask, you will get [...]

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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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So many WOWs…in so little time

Jennifer Marchi
Jennifer Marchi|March 23, 2012

I remember the first time I saw a Cirque du Soleil® performance—the artistry, the split-second timing, that repeating sense of WOW.  I was an instant fan. Funny… but I got that same sense of awe the first time I saw a demo of SAS® Visual Analytics.  I’d read the project [...]

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The path to lean analytics

Rachel Alt-Simmons
Rachel Alt-Simmons|March 13, 2012

In my role at SAS I have the great fortune to meet with business intelligence and analytic (BI&A) teams all across the United States to share and discuss best practices and pain points, particularly around the ability to execute and operationalize insight internally and externally throughout the organization. In these [...]

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IFSUG kicks off with a bang!

Rachel Alt-Simmons
Rachel Alt-Simmons|March 9, 2012

This week I attended the inaugural Insurance and Finance SAS User Group conference at the SAS Headquarters in Cary, NC. The two-day conference was well attended by 80 members of our insurance and financial services customer community, and attendees were treated to a variety of presentations focused on these industry [...]

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