It's that time of year again. Holidays, parties, gifts, cooking, closing annual business, hitting targets and preparing for 2017. Looking back on the year for the communication and media industries, it has been a year of transition for the industry and for many of the customers I work with in my role
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Mobile World Congress is quickly approaching. Attendees and exhibitors are feverishly scheduling meetings, doing research, and determining their areas of focus to maximize their experience of the event. If you're hoping to learn more about big data analytics at the conference, here are some helpful insights and resources to help you
As we near the heights of this festive holiday season, children have thoughts of sugar plums dancing in their heads and adults look forward to a long winter’s nap, but we elves of the SAS media relations team reflect on the fruits of a year’s worth of labor. This is
In 1975, CBS got the word out to TV viewers that the season’s final episode of M*A*S*H would have a surprise ending. Here is a clip of Radar announcing that Col. Blake is dead. At my high school the next morning everyone was talking about the shocking ending. Last week
Chris Volinsky, Director of Statistical Research at AT&T Labs delivered the keynote address to the communications industry track at the 2008 SAS Global Forum. At that time I wrote a blog entry about Chris's hobby, competing for the $1,000,000 Netflix Prize. The Netflix prize is an example of using mass collaboration.
Chris Volinsky, the director of statistical research at AT&T Labs, will deliver the keynote address for the communications industry track at SAS Global Forum in San Antonio. In addition to his expertise in advanced analytics for telecommunications, Chris is a member of a team of researchers that provided the best
Will media measurement systems like Nielsen C3 and radio’s Arbitron Personal People Meter be enough to stop ad spending from moving to the Internet and mobile devices? Howard Cosell never sent my dad and me a thank-you note, but perhaps he should have. Neither one of us could stand Howard,