At the recent SAS Forum in Paris, I was part of the team that demonstrated the contextual value of chatbots. Our discussions during preparation and questions after the demo were wide-ranging and extremely interesting. It would be hard to claim that there was a real thread running through it, perhaps
Imagine you’re a hungry black bear and you’re standing in a fast-moving river up in the Rocky Mountains. You peer down into the water as it swirls and bubbles past your legs. You know there are fish in there somewhere, and over the years you have seen all kinds of
Lee Thorpe, Head of Risk Business Solutions at SAS UK & Ireland, explores the challenges that the new international financial reporting standard (IFRS) 17 will introduce. A fundamental change is coming to insurance. The new accounting standard, IFRS 17, will be introduced by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in
Creating an architecture to support AI is about creating a modern platform for advanced analytics, and means being able to support all steps of the analytics lifecycle. Requirements An architecture for advanced analytics/artificial intelligence need to cover three main domains, data, discovery and deployment. Data Data is the foundation of
In the Software industry principles like agile development, adaptive planning and early delivery are common practice. Similarly, in the start-up world the concept of MVP (Minimum Viable Product) is regarded as the only way to be successful. To what extent can this way of thinking be transferable to other functions
Pääsin nauttimaan asiakkaiden kanssa syyskuussa hyvästä koripallomatsista, kun Susijengi jyräsi Kreikan. Illan aikana opin termin 12. pelaaja. Susijengin menestyksen salaisuus saattaakin piillä siinä, että he kehittävät asioita myös penkillä istuvan 12. pelaajan näkökulmasta. Minua on aina urheilussa kiinnostanut, miten luodaan menestyviä tiimejä ja yksilöitä. Asia kiehtoo myös muita meillä SASilla,
I’m a bit of a data nerd, and especially a data visualisation nerd. I love graphs and charts, but not for their own sake. What I love about them is the way that a single picture can show so many different things, and often provide new business insights into data.
Even as we come to terms with the increasing presence of fake news in the political landscape, we need to consider the vulnerability of companies, brands and employees to the same phenomenon. Social media across all channels have become an accelerator to enable unverified, and unverifiable, claims to travel far
For those who don’t know, Byte Night is run by Action for Children. It is the charity’s biggest annual fundraiser, and is, very simply, a national sleep-out by individuals and teams from the business and technology sector. Now in its 20th year, it is one of the UK’s largest mass
Manufacturers are not like Steve Jobs. He famously didn’t worry about market research when developing the iPod, merely assuming — some would say arrogantly — that the product was so good that everyone would buy it. He was right, but few would have his confidence. Manufacturers, by contrast, tend to
