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La industria financiera es de las más innovadoras y digitalizadas, pero por lo mismo es una de las que más desafíos y oportunidades suele presentar. Tener que enfrentar de manera simultánea la competencia que representan las grandes empresas de tecnología (las poderosas BigTech) y las innovadoras Fintech (con toda su

Hace 2.500 años Heráclito expresó una verdad que aún nos persigue: “Nada es permanente a excepción del cambio”. Y esto incluye a la banca. Con sus orígenes diluidos en la historia, desde la Mesopotamia hasta los egipcios, fueron los templos los que empezaron con esto, siendo usualmente utilizados para almacenar

La inteligencia artificial (IA) no es algo nuevo, ni siquiera reciente. Aunque sus orígenes se remontan al siglo XIX, el término "Inteligencia Artificial" se escuchó por primera vez en 1956 de boca de John McCarthy. Sin embargo, hasta ahora, y gracias a plataformas como ChatGPT, se escucha en todas partes.

Con un tamaño estimado de más de 619 mil millones de dólares para 2023, la computación en la nube es un mercado que cada año crece en tamaño y complejidad, pero que al mismo tiempo aumenta sus posibilidades gracias a las soluciones analíticas y de Inteligencia Artificial que ayudan a

In summer 2020, we launched our strategic partnership with Microsoft, announcing our plan to work together to help our customers. With world-class data and analytics, we are helping them solve their most critical business challenges using SAS® Viya® on Microsoft Azure. In just three short years, we’ve made tremendous strides toward our

Durante la última década, la inteligencia artificial ha evolucionado para dar respuesta a la necesidad de gestionar volúmenes ingentes de datos que no paran de aumentar. Ahora, se ha convertido en una herramienta imprescindible para las empresas. De hecho, según nuestro estudio ‘Resiliency Rules’, el 92% de los directivos españoles

After years of disruption, the insurance industry has its sights set on change – the problem is that transformation often feels out of reach, or firms don’t know where to start. From speaking to our customers, we know that many want to embrace innovative technologies but remain stuck with costly

Insurers have faced significant headwinds in the last few years. The insurtech market continues to grow, even if it’s had the wind taken out of its sails recently due to funding for start-ups drying up and following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. But another contender and digital disruptor has

I was recently asked to be on the jury for the Asia-Pacific track of the 2023 SAS Hackathon. As many of my colleagues have said before, judging the hackathon is a great experience. We were exposed to lots of innovative ideas about how to apply AI and analytics to a wide

The 2023 International Congress of Actuaries (ICA2023) brought together industry leaders and actuaries worldwide to explore the challenges and opportunities for actuaries. Over the years, SAS has emerged as a variance and regression analysis software, revolutionising the actuarial field. Since then, it has evolved into SAS Viya 4.0, a cloud-native

By now, you know that each color of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple – provides a unique set of nutrients and health benefits. No one color is superior to another which is why it’s important to paint your plate with as many colors as possible. As

Given a set of N points in k-dimensional space, can you find the location that minimizes the sum of the distances to the points? The location that minimizes the distances is called the geometric median of the points. For univariate data, the "points" are merely a set of numbers $${p_1,

This July I'm refreshing the previous Strengthening Your Relationship email series from 2021. The email series offers quick ideas and information within three categories: research and insight, questions for closeness, and weekend activity ideas. As I revisit this content I was reminded of the weekly meeting practice I wrote about

With SAS® Viya® and Snowpark Container Services (launching in private preview), organizations can tap into the full potential of their data and use it to improve revenue, increase margins, operate more efficiently and exceed customer expectations.

In the first of this two-part blog series, we discussed why corporate sustainability is gaining momentum and explored the benefits and challenges it brings to business. Let’s dive into some practical tips on how to facilitate sustainability transformation within your organization: 1. Analyse your current situation with a future-oriented approach