In the United States, we’re having an election in which there’s a lot of discussion about the economy. The question is, are we talking about the right things? Are the candidates, the media and the general public talking about the right issues? Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at
Explaining analytics is essentially a sales process, says Jeff Zeanah, President of Z Solutions, Inc. Early in his 21-year career as an analytic consultant he took the advice of a colleague who said, "The only reason you would ever fail at this is if you do not recognize you have
Bill Hakes, CEO and Co-founder of Link Analytics, is on a mission to get people excited about big data and big data analytics. Speaking to a room full of statisticians, analysts and mathematicians at the Analytics 2012 conference in Vegas, he says, “Our mission should be to get the marketers,
Every year, SAS hosts the Premier Business Leadership Series, which focuses on gathering the most innovative corporate minds from around the world to tackle and discuss the latest challenges and trends within the corporate world. With SAS being used in 90 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500
Is the old adage, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas," really true? Jennifer Priestley wanted to find out and figured a gathering of nearly 1,000 statisticians at an analytics conference would want to know, as well. So the Kennesaw State University statistics professor posed that question to attendees during her opening
What does “big data” really mean? If you ask Zubin Dowlaty, he will tell you it’s a metaphor for disruption. “I have never experienced anything like what we are experiencing in the industry right now,” he says. Dowlaty is VP and Head of Innovation & Development at Mu-Sigma Inc. In the past he has
In a recent blog post, I discussed how I enjoy working with the education industry because they are so eager and willing to help. While that post dealt with K-12, this one discusses higher education, specifically the University of Texas System and their public dashboard. If you are interested in
I vividly remember the process of changing TV channels when I was a kid. Turn the channel select knob, turn a dial to rotate the antenna, then make fine adjustments to tune in the channel. This process usually resulted in an adequate picture, but it required considerable effort, the quality
I'm heading to Vegas next week for The Premier Business Leadership Series, where I'll be covering keynote and customer presentations on this blog and over on The Knowledge Exchange site. Before I pack my bags, I have one final pre-conference blog post for you. We asked the conference speakers for
SAS partners always bring valueable thought-leadership and industry perspectives to customer at events like Analytics 2012 and The Premier Business Leadership Series. Joining Deloitte and Teradata to talk about big data opportunities and trends is Jarrod Vawdrey, data scientist with Greenplum, a division of EMC. Vawdrey will be hosting one of
