SAS loves stats: Mark Bailey

Annette Marett
Annette Marett|May 8, 2013

Statistics. Should this branch of study call its home with mathematics or the sciences? Mark Bailey is a self-proclaimed science enthusiast, so you can guess which way he leans.  As a full-time instructor with JMP, Mark use statistics in his job to help customers decipher their data. That means a [...]

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3 questions with 2013 SAS Distinguished Professor

Trent Smith
Trent Smith|April 29, 2013

Dr. Goutam Chakraborty, founder of Oklahoma State University’s SAS Data Mining Certificate Program, was honored at SAS Global Forum with the 2013 SAS Distinguished Professor award. The award is given to individuals for innovative use of SAS in teaching and/or research, and supporting successful student use of SAS. Last year, [...]

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Online Teacher of the Year finalists share passion for technology-driven instruction: Michelle Licata

LeeEllen Harmer
LeeEllen Harmer|March 6, 2013

This is the third in our three part series about the National Online Teacher of the Year Award finalists. Click here for Parts One and Two. For the fourth year, SAS is a sponsor of the award, which recognizes an outstanding online teacher for exceptional quality in online K-12 education. [...]

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Online Teacher of the Year finalists share passion for technology-driven instruction: Jen Currin

LeeEllen Harmer
LeeEllen Harmer|February 28, 2013

This is the second of three interviews with the National Online Teacher of the Year Award finalists. First up was Renee Citlau. For the fourth year, SAS is a sponsor of the award, which recognizes an outstanding online teacher for exceptional quality in online K-12 education. Through education initiatives and innovative resources [...]

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Online Teacher of the Year finalists share passion for technology-driven instruction: Renee Citlau

LeeEllen Harmer
LeeEllen Harmer|February 27, 2013

For the fourth year, SAS is a sponsor of the National Online Teacher of the Year Award (NOTY), which recognizes an outstanding online teacher for exceptional quality in online K-12 education. Through education initiatives and innovative resources such as SAS Curriculum Pathways and SAS Mobile Education apps, SAS is a strong [...]

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Teacher, student feedback powers the evolution of mobile education apps

Scott McQuiggan
Scott McQuiggan|February 6, 2013

It is an amazing time to be teacher or student. The proliferation of mobile technology and its accompanying “app” explosion have caused a profound change in how mobile education resources are created and shared. Today, there are literally millions of apps to choose from to help with anything from rote memorization of [...]

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The key to solving problems is to use ppt

David Pope
David Pope|January 31, 2013

With all due respect to Microsoft, I am not talking about that type of ppt, but instead I am referring to people, process, and technology (PPT).  SAS helps to solve all types of problems because we bring more to the table than technology; we help our customers get answers to [...]

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Forecasting improves search revenues by 300 percent for midsize business

Courtney Peters
Courtney Peters|January 30, 2013

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. We all wish we could predict the future. After all, when a company knows its sales for next week, next month and next year, it [...]

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Retailers: Take steps to jump on the mobile bandwagon now

Laura Brumley
Laura Brumley|January 29, 2013

Amazon, Apple, eBay, Facebook and Google – known as the Tech Titans to some – continue to set the agenda with their continuous stream of mobile business initiatives. In fact, consumers embrace and, in some cases, expect many of the same mobility resources they’ve experienced through the Titans from the [...]

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Federal policy on improper payments spurs need for high performance analytics

John Stultz
John Stultz|November 20, 2012

Recently, top executives from SAS gathered in Washington, DC with customers and other interested parties to discuss the potential impact of “big data” and high-performance analytics on the U.S. government. Topics included cyber-attack strategies, health care, bio-surveillance, border security and of course, fraud and improper payments. On the heels of [...]

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