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El sector financiero se encuentra en un momento de constantes cambios, sobre todo en materia regulatoria y los ajustes que esto conlleva. Sin embargo, lejos de qué tan convenientes o no resultan para la industria, una pregunta clave y de negocio ante esta situación, es cómo esto llevará a un

They say age is a relative thing. With this graph, you can tell how old (or young) you are, relative to everyone else. (I'll let you decide whether this is a good thing, or a bad thing, hahaha!) Nathan Yau recently posted a graph on flowingdata.com that allows you to

At this stage our organization has already defined the business objectives for Data Governance programme (step 0) and started to manage business terms, as described in step 1. Step 2: tracking data flow in organization Data Governance is not only related to understanding the data – it also focuses on

Man könnte fast meinen, es sei das bestgehütete Geheimnis des SAS® Enterprise Miner. Kaum jemand kennt es. Dabei war es schon immer da – fast. Ab Version 5.1 (2004). Es heißt EM5BATCH Makro und – Sie ahnen es schon – 5 wegen der damaligen Version 5. Es kommt so unscheinbar

Mehr Gehalt, bessere Karriereaussichten – welche Skills helfen dabei? Führungskompetenzen und Kommunikationsfähigkeit – würde man an erster Stelle vermuten. Eine aktuelle Studie kommt aber zu einem anderen Schluss. Eine umfangreiche Studie der Zeitschrift MONEY und der Gehaltsvergleichsplattform Payscale.com zeigt, dass die wichtigste Kompetenz im heutigen Arbeitsmarkt für Analytics SAS Kenntnisse

Data monetisation is a hot topic these days. Especially for people like me watching the movements of early adopters – companies who are using data to create new revenue streams or even create new businesses to capture those revenue streams. DataStreamX is a notable start-up whose sole business is cashing

Editor Len Tashman's Preview of the Summer Issue of Foresight Clarity and effectiveness of communication are key to success – so says a recent survey by the National Association of Business Economists (NABE), which reported that industry leaders and hiring managers considered communication skills to be the single most important

There are many situations where it is beneficial to display the data using a polar graph. Often your data may contain directional information. Or, the data may be cyclic in nature, with information over time by weeks, or years. The simple solution is to display the directional or time data

Paul Goodwin is Professor Emeritus of Management Science at University of Bath, and one of the speakers at this fall's Foresight Practitioner Conference (October 5-6 in Raleigh, NC). His topic will be "Use and Abuse of Judgmental Overrides to Statistical Forecasts"-- an area in which he has contributed much of

We live in a complex world that overflows with information. As human beings, we are very good at navigating this maze, where different types of input hit us from every possible direction. Without really thinking about it, we take in the inputs, evaluate the new information, combine it with our

Mix up your strength training routine with the RFC's Workout of the Month! July's featured equipment is the BOSU. The BOSU was originally created to improve athletic performance, however, it quickly entered mainstream gyms as well as rehab facilities due to it's versatility as a balance, stability, and core strength tool.

Secondo diverse fonti, il volume di dati archiviati e gestiti nei sistemi IT aziendali cresce con un tasso annuo del 20-40% dal 2010. Stiamo vivendo una nuova era di innovazione e di disruption digitale, in un mondo iperconnesso, caratterizzato da mobility, oggetti intelligenti, interazioni online e reti veloci. Vincere sul

It’s clear from the minute you step into Accenture’s Digital Innovation Center (Future Camp) in Kronberg, Germany, that you're stepping into the future of innovation. The writing is literally on the walls, and everything you need to inspire big ideas – from brightly colored furniture to racks and racks of gadgets

I look forward to SAS Global Forum each year and this past conference ranked up that as one of the best I've ever attended. This year there were so many wonderful presentations, Super Demos and workshops on the topic of administration of SAS and the underlying hardware infrastructure needed for SAS

Data scientists are familiar with prototyping - we do this as part of a well-understood process to arrive at the optimum solution. But prototyping is more than about perfecting the math; it should also be about testing interpretability of the results. This need comes into stark prominence when you start