Last week, I reflected on how much had changed since I joined SAS 20 years ago, as a fresh-faced 23 year old. It is tempting to say that everything is different, but it really would not be true. There are many things that have stayed the same, even in the fast-moving
Hard though it is to say (and to believe), I joined SAS 20 years ago this week, on Tuesday 14 April 1998. As a fresh-faced, bright-eyed 23 year old, I worked in the UK training department as a statistics trainer. SAS 6.12 was the latest version of our product, SAS/Assist
There is general agreement that the electricity and energy market is changing in a wide variety of ways. There is, however, less agreement on the likely effects of these changes. This makes it extremely hard for energy companies to know precisely where to target investment, but there are ways of
Each of us is defined and shaped by a combination of our experience and our genetic makeup. The precise balance of nature and nurture is not clear, but it is probably fair to say that as we get older, experience may become more important. This is crucial to being able
In recent years, regional managers and hospital managers have been challenged with huge pressure for higher quality, more effectiveness and a rising demand for increased digitalisation and use of data. At the same time, they are trying to lower health care costs. It seems like an impossible task, but it
New technologies offering new ways to solve complicated and costly problems are entering the health care sector . Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of them. To succeed with AI, you need to think in an analytical manner, to build an analytical organisation and, as a part of that, you need an analytics
The purpose of this blog post is to explain, in a very easy way, the definition of procurement fraud, how to fight it and why it is so important to act on. First, let me start with an example of procurement fraud that recently hit the headlines in Sweden and,
Today, data and analytics are at the core of the work of most organisations. They are embedded in business processes and customer interactions alike. But in getting to this point, there has been a struggle between two different cultures within these organisations — between two groups from different backgrounds with
There is a lot of buzz in the market about artificial intelligence, machine learning, chatbots, blockchains and hackathons. The list could go on. You do not hear much about business intelligence these days. Does this mean BI is no longer needed? Absolutely not, but I do believe it is worth
Platforms are currently big news in analytics. There are, however, still questions about the platform capability required to support the analytics life cycle and customer understanding of the issues. 1. Getting value from platforms is NOT about technology When we talk to customers, it is clear that they are not
