El papel del CEO en las grandes empresas ha venido transformándose a la velocidad con que la tecnología dispone para él la información crítica de su negocio. Y ahora que puede tenerla casi al instante, su protagonismo y responsabilidad son mayores. Para gerentes de vanguardia. Los tiempos en que el
Lately, there's been lots of buzz around the logical data warehouse (LDW). In fact, Gartner is hearing LDW mentions as part of data warehouse (DW) inquiries almost 20% of the time and considers it a "megatrend." The definition usually includes some use of data virtualization or data federation capabilities to complement
Wir stellen hier nur einen Auszug unseres Fazits aus einem Jahr "Mehr Wissen" Blog vor - aber wir teilen auch gerne die vollständige Auswertung. Bevorzugt mit Betreibern eines Corporate Blogs im Austausch mit ihren Erfahrungen. Aber jeder kann sich die Auswertung bestellen und ist eingeladen die Ergebnisse mit uns zu diskutieren.
Twitter is becoming an important data source for organizations who want to better understand customer feedback on social channels. Before you can analyze Twitter data, however, you’ll need to import it into SAS. This post explains one way to do just that. Twitter supports authentication methods such as OAuth signed
Over the years, in all my roles within SAS, I've been asked by customers, friends, family and all sorts of people, "What does SAS do?" Bottom-line: SAS delivers results across the organization, because that is what it was designed to do. Specifically, SAS was designed to deliver analytic results, which
What's your favorite part of attending SAS Global Forum? With the many presentations, networking event and valuable SAS knowledge available, many attendees may find it difficult to pick just one thing. I asked the Best Contributed Paper winners from SAS Global Forum 2013 to share both their most memorable moment from
Blockbuster recently announced it‘s throwing in the towel and closing its remaining 300 stores in early 2014. My how times change! Blockbuster, bought by Dish Network in 2011, was an integral and intimate part of our lives for years. Teens gathered at the neighborhood Blockbuster to rent movies and hang
I enjoyed SESUG 2013 this year and not just because I love hanging out in St. Pete Beach soaking in the sun but also because I was able to “geek out’ with some of my favorite SAS folks. Andrea Zimmerman and Mira Shapiro did an awesome job with the conference.
After Mike Olson sold his start up to Oracle, he wanted to do something other than databases. It was 2008 and there was a new open-source software called Hadoop that caught his eye. It was aimed at a new class of data problem, addressing the kind and amount and speed
SAS has had a good week. No. 1 in Analytics The company remains No. 1 in advanced analytics -- per IDC and Forrester, not just according to marketers like me. And we remain committed to innovation. Our data visualization offering, SAS Visual Analytics, is now used by more than 500
Imagine working in partnership with someone who gives you only part of the information you need to do your job. Need to call a supplier to place an order? OK, here are the first three letters of the company name. Want to see how much profit a store made on a
Data cardinality is an important topic for for data analysis. In mathematical terms, cardinality is simply the number of elements in a set. But in data applications, cardinality signifies the number of unique values for a given field of data. Related terms include number of levels (thank you, PROC FREQ
I first spoke with Jill Dyché in March about her "Big data in big companies" research with Tom Davenport. They had interviewed a handful of organizations, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citibank and UnitedHealthcare. They ended up speaking with executives from more than 20 companies about their big data
Typically, business success results from a series of decisions and strategies that continue to move the business forward and build on past successes. Choosing SAS 9.4 helps you build on past success and supports your strategy for the future. How? I'll give you four reasons, from four perspectives. SAS 9.4: Simplifies
A few weeks back I went shopping for a new car. The experience left me wondering why many dealerships—perhaps the stereotypical small or mid-size US business—were so far behind in use of technology. I was surprised at how little use of tech was in place. At about the same time
Customers continue to validate the value of the joint alliance strategy of Teradata and SAS, and for good reason.
Are you missing the “A” in your FP&A (financial planning and analysis)? Maybe missing some of the “P” as well? Are you and your department getting a bit tired of the “FR” gig you seem to have landed? I just got back from chairing last week’s IE Group Financial Innovation
Diesen Mittwoch (11.9.) startet das SAS Forum 2013 im Mannheimer Rosengarten. Für alle bereits Angemeldeten und für Kurzentschlossene, die sich noch direkt vor Ort registrieren können, kommen hier 7 Tipps, mit denen Sie das Beste aus Ihrem Konferenzbesuch herausholen:
Do you need to know if a SAS product is compatible your hardware and software? Do you have questions such as “Can I install SAS 9.3 Foundation on this computer? “ “Can I run the DataFlux qMDM Solution in a virtual environment? “ Or “What environments are supported for my
SAS 9.4, our newest platform release offers product enhancements galore, more deployment choices than ever, simplified administration and more. In this post, we take a look at SAS 9.4 deployment options. Now you can choose the best way to provide the world’s most powerful analytics to your users. Is a
360° Power für fundierte Entscheidungen. 2 Tage Analytics live erleben. Das ist das Motto auf dem SAS Forum 2013 vom 11. und 12. September in Mannheim. Damit die Besucher die 2-tägige Veranstaltung bestmöglich nutzen und ihre SAS Forum Teilnahme gezielt planen können, gibt es ab sofort die SAS Forum App für iOS (iPhone und iPad), Android
Die Assekuranz hätte viele gute Gründe zu lamentieren. Gesättigte Märkte, Reputationstief, Dauerniedrigzins und Überregulierung. Versicherungen stehen heute vor scheinbar unlösbaren Fragestellungen: Mit welchen Produkten eigentlich noch Geld verdienen? Wie dem Wettbewerb die Stirn bieten, wenn hochqualifizierte Mitarbeiter sich nur noch mit Regulierungsanforderungen beschäftigen? Wie noch die komplizierten Kunden von heute
Big Data ist in aller Munde und beflügelt vom aktuellen Hype werden damit hohe Erwartungen verknüpft. Das bloße Sammeln bzw. Speichern großer Datenmengen ist jedoch nicht zielführend. Obwohl viele Unternehmen heute über eine gewaltige Menge an Daten verfügen, steht deren effektive Nutzung oftmals erst am Anfang. Die zentrale Herausforderung besteht
If you need an excuse to get out of the office and perhaps learn a thing or two this fall, here are three upcoming events: Foresight Practitioner Conference: S&OP and Collaborative Forecasting (Columbus, OH, September 25-26) From the campus of Ohio State University, Foresight's editor Len Tashman and S&OP column
There is lot of talk at the moment about data analysts or data scientists, but what do you need to be successful in these roles and what type of person do you need to be? The stereotypical view is that we’re ‘a bit nerdy’ and ‘walk around in white coats’,
My headlines for Honduras were not like the frightening ones that we often see in the news. My headlines include the beauty of the people I met, the children I grew to know, and the country I experienced. I went to Honduras with a group from Cincinnati, Ohio to spend
Liebe Leser, das aktuell vielleicht spannendste Umfeld zur Beobachtung der großen Business Analytics-Trends ist einmal mehr Vertrieb und Marketing. Schon ein Blick ins Konferenzprogramm des diesjährigen SAS Forum zeigt: Ob Digitalisierung oder Mobilität, Big Data oder Omnichannel, Vertriebssteuerung oder Social Media - spannender war es nie, sich der Herausforderung Kunde zu
Regulatorische Anforderungen der Zulassungsbehörden zu einer besseren "Data Transparency" sind ganz neue Herausforderungen, aber auch Chancen für die Pharmaunternehmen. In einer neuen Initiative der EU-Zulassungsbehörde European Medicines Agency wird gefordert, dass alle Patientendaten anonymisiert öffentlich verfügbar gemacht werden (PDF: Clinical trial data transparency - EMA perspective) Bereits heute sind weitere
SAS® 9.4--Enable, simplify and innovate with more deployment options! July 10 marked the beginning of the "SAS 9.4 Era"--the next step in the evolution of SAS. This newest platform release offers product enhancements galore, more deployment choices than ever, simplified administration and more. I thought you might find it useful
Aus ihren Daten wirklich Nutzen zu ziehen, können viele Unternehmen. Das Finden von Mustern mit Data Mining gibt es seit Jahrzehnten, eine ähnliche Historie weisen Forecasting oder Predictive Analytics auf. Je nach Datenart und Anforderung gibt es hier schon sehr lange valide, reliable und vor allem alltags- sowie business-relevante Methoden
