How to visualize before you model big data

Anna Brown
Anna Brown|May 3, 2012

“Nobody knows analytics the way SAS does,” said SAS CEO Jim Goodnight in my recent interview with him. He also explained the significance of being able to visualize and explore “big data.” With visual analytics, you can cruise a billion records and just do graphs and plots one after the [...]

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SAS CEO Jim Goodnight on education reform

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|November 16, 2011

SAS CEO Jim Goodnight is passionate about education reform. The fruits of that passion are evident in SAS’ philanthropic efforts and in the many public speeches Dr. Goodnight gives on the topic. Earlier this month, we covered his visit to the Kelley School of Business. Last week, he was the [...]

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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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SAS continues revenue and employee growth

Lisa Arney
Lisa Arney|October 27, 2011

Before a group of reporters representing countries from as far away as Mexico, Brazil and Japan, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight touted the company’s continued growth,  innovation and unmatched culture during its annual Media Day event at SAS world headquarters in Cary, Tuesday. “In 2011, SAS has continued to grow as [...]

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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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Jim Goodnight: ‘Take the time to learn about analytics’

Becky Graebe
Becky Graebe|January 20, 2010

“The ability to predict future business trends with reasonable accuracy will be one of the crucial competitive advantages of this new decade,” SAS CEO Jim Goodnight told students, faculty and business partners at a Jan. 15 Villanova University School of Business event. “And you won’t be able to do that [...]

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Education is changing

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|December 16, 2008

We’re working on an education piece for the second quarter 2009 issue of sascom. If that’s an area that interests you, watch these videos to set the mood. tags: don tapscott, education, jim goodnight

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Green with Envy

Diane Lennox
Diane Lennox|October 7, 2008

The announcement that SAS’ new conference center will support LEED standards is a great opportunity to ponder some of the converging trends in environmental sustainability. With evidence that the economic benefits rival the environmental gain, companies are really taking notice. The Climate Counts Scorecard showcases companies taking steps to mitigate [...]

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M&Ms really aren't all that expensive

David B. Thomas|January 22, 2008

If you know anything about SAS as a workplace, you’ve probably heard we offer free onsite healthcare to our employees and their covered dependents, we have subsidized onsite daycare, a great big gym and a pool and personal trainers and onsite massage therapy and lots of other amenities, and we’ve [...]

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