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James Ochiai-Brown4 April 2019 0

8 reasons to run SAS Analytics in containers

The idea of running software in a self-contained package took off with the launch of Docker in 2013 and has become a hot topic in the application development and DevOps community. In a recent survey by Red Hat, 57 percent of companies questioned said they use containers for some workloads

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Analytics

Haidar Altaie3 April 2019 3

The revolutionary new football metric: Expected goals

Changing how we’ve viewed the beautiful game forever. How often have we looked at a game and wondered, “How did he miss that?!” Now, with expected goals (xG) metric, we can really see if our frustration is justified, and perhaps use that to predict future results. The use of analytics

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Management

Gerhard Svolba2 April 2019 0

7 ways analytical methods improve data quality

Data scientists spend a lot of their time using data. Data quality is essential for applying machine learning models to solve business questions and training AI models. However, analytics and data science do not just make demands on data quality. They can also contribute a lot to improving the quality

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Analytics

Puni Rajah1 April 2019 0

From innovation to sustainable business value: The importance of managing stakeholders

What is that makes some innovations "stick" and others disappear into the ether, never to be seen again? In a high-technology industry, it is tempting to say that the technology simply wasn’t right, or the timing was wrong. However, history suggests that this is probably not the case. Much of the

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Analytics

Emma Tomkins25 March 2019 1

How data science can accelerate outcomes for the public sector

UK government departments and the wider public sector are under huge pressure to improve service delivery and efficiency. We also know that investments in data analytics and data science play a key role in transforming services to help citizens. So what are the key challenges preventing more widespread adoption of

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Government

Analytics

Alex Kwiatkowski22 March 2019 0

Transformation in Nordic banking

Deloitte’s 2019 Banking and Capital Markets Outlook begins by stating that “a decade after the crisis, the banking industry is on firmer ground.” Shortly after it asserts that “there may be no better time than now to reimagine digital transformation.” Having tinkered at the margins to keep the lights on,

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Banking

Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Risk Management

Sofia Real20 March 2019 5

Uma geração de clientes | Millennium bcp

A relação do SAS com o Banco Comercial Português – cujas atividades das operações bancárias se desenvolvem atualmente sob a marca Millennium bcp – começou em 1995, com 5 utilizadores PC Windows. Hoje, passados 24 anos, continuamos junto do maior banco privado português, com a missão de o ajudar a

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Banking

Analytics

Andy Davies18 March 2019 0

How a UK police force is using analytics for deep insight into local crime

In my first post, I discussed how analytics should play a major role in modern policing to help forces plan for the future and meet the requirements of the Force Management Statement. In my second post, I went on to discuss the importance of police data and data preparation to

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Government

Analytics

Andreas Becks14 March 2019 0

Bring light into the black box: Making AI decisions explainable

In my previous blog post, I introduced the “four pillars of trust” for automated decisions. The key takeaway was that explainability and transparency refer to the entire analytical process. But what about the “black box” of machine learning algorithms? Here, too, the analytical platform must guarantee transparency. The good news

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Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Reece Clifford12 March 2019 0

Unlocking analytics for multi-sport events

The reach of sports analytics is growing by the day. Increasingly, fans expect access to additional information when viewing their favourite sport. The Premier League has started to provide information about distance run, completed passes and penalty placement history. The Australian Football League shows—on live TV—the heart rate of a

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