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Resourceful Publications colleagues shared highlights of day one at SAS Global Forum. SAS documentation, Kindle Fire surveys, SAS students, preview copies, and high-performance analytics top the list: Sean Gargan – Director, SAS Publishing Monday morning musing from the Bookstore at SAS Global Forum... I had the good fortune to meet three enterprising
I had the distinct pleasure today to hear Guy Kawasaki deliver a keynote address at the SAS Global Forum Executive Conference 2012. I thought of his engaging address as a nice guide for personal effectiveness, particularly in a professional realm. And my main takeaway from yesterday's keynote address by Joe
Today, everyone from chief marketing officers to the senior vice president of sales to bloggers want to know more about the behavior of the readers and consumers who are clicking on Web pages, Internet articles and blogs. Clickstream data is a valuable source of information about the products, services and information that resonates with
How can you go home on time? Take a quick tour with these 5 tips that I was able to summarize for my students in the SAS SQL 1: Essentials class yesterday. Since they found it handy and asked if it could become a blog post, I thought I’d share
On Friday before the conference, I presented a 1 day "developer led" seminar on SG Procedures and GTL, along with a discussion of new features for SAS 9.3. The experience was very gratifying as all users were now using SAS 9.2, and some were using SAS 9.3. We had a lively
sasglobalforum2012 on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free New this year to SAS Global Forum are Tech Talks. In this session, Chris Hemedinger is chatting with: High-Performance Data Mining Jared Dean, Director of SAS Enterprise Miner R&D Text Analytics and Sentiment Analysis: Case study of AllAnalytics.com Jim Cox, Senior Manager of
So far in our journey of the best practices for information management, reporting and analytics, we have learned about the importance of securing executive sponsorship, having a solid understanding of stakeholders needs and integrating all the data needed to make this happen. Now that stakeholders realize that you know their
My friend and fellow blogger Steve Overton was tasked with presenting not one by two papers in a single one hour block. My original strategy was to take Instagram pictures of him running down the hall to get to the second session on time, but since both were in the
I just saw the legendary NFL quarterback Joe Theismann deliver his keynote address today at SAS Global Forum 2012, and as expected, he provided us with vivid anecdotes and recollections from his experiences both as a championship athlete and as a businessman. By delivering an engaging mix of humor, lessons learned
Many companies are challenged not only with analyzing big data, but with storing and accessing the data. In some cases, organizations can choose an open source storage solution to reduce costs. One popular open source solution is Hadoop. Anna Brown is talking with Paul Kent, Vice President Big Data at SAS,
Ron Cody is the author of several bestselling SAS books, including his latest SAS Statistics by Example. He's also one of the most highly regarded SAS experts anywhere. One could even make the case that Ron has achieved somewhat of a cult status within the SAS user community. Whether you've gotten a chance to meet Ron
As a marketer at SAS, there are few better moments than being at SAS Global Forum, happening right now at Walt Disney Dolphin Resort and the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, FL. It's like an annual family reunion of SAS users from around the world, all coming together to reconnect,
The Technology Connection is one of the most anticipated and most talked about events at SAS Global Forum. This year, that will surely be the case. The skits truly showed the real world practicality and value of what these new products bring to the table. Whether you were at
sasglobalforum2012 on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Opening Session for SAS Global Forum 2012 had some extraordinary announcements and entertainment - among them SAS CEO Jim Goodnight sat down at his computer to demo the newest high-performance analytics product in front of a packed house. I knew you'd want to take
“It is what it is” is a popular phrase among 25-to 35-year-olds. Some use this catchall phrase to express acceptance when things can't be changed - things are beyond their control and they are OK with that. It can hold a negative connotation, too. It could be synonymous with “We’ve