I worked at the General Dynamics (now Lockheed-Martin) F-16 jet fighter plant in Fort Worth, Texas, during the mid-1980’s, where they subsequently manufactured the F-22 and now the F-35. My tenure there spanned the era of the $400 hammer and $700 toilet seat scandals in the military procurement world. While
I love to travel, especially by air. As is my due, I get plenty of attention. Airlines assign the blind guy to a row with extra leg room, so that I can stretch my big self out and enjoy the ride. While in route, airports give me a special place
It’s no secret that big data offers organisations a real opportunity to gain competitive advantage, open up new revenue streams and increase efficiency. Yet, while some are charging ahead, others are falling behind. The past two years have seen an 80 per cent jump in organisations believing analytics provides a
I have been on a plane non-stop for four weeks travelling around Asia working with key customers looking to expand their analytics footprint. It's clear that analytics is no longer taking a back seat to business intelligence (BI). Customers I am talking to have squeezed as much value out of
Three "related" events occurred over the past six months that caught my eye. The first one was the Gartner Hype Cycle for Analytic Applications that came out August 8, 2012. The second one was the announcement, in February, of SAP acquiring their long time partner, SmartOps. The last was Lora
I’m holding down the fort from my office in North Carolina wishing I could have made the Gartner Master Data Management Summit in Texas. Is cloning the answer? This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever. Business-side managers will enjoy the new track recognizing master data management
On selection Sunday, the SAS-powered Dance Card and its creators had more to celebrate than St. Patrick's Day. The Dance Card model was perfect, accurately predicting all 37 at-large bids to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The Dance Card was built with SAS analytics by Jay Coleman of the University
Last week, Disney released Oz: The Great and Powerful - a prequel of sorts to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and the novel on which it is based (L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz). Though I haven’t seen this new movie, I’m a huge fan of
Three business professors are using SAS analytic software to accurately predict the at-large teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The professors’ Dance Card model is averaging 93.5% accuracy over the last 11 years. The professors -- Jay Coleman of the Univ. of North Florida in Jacksonville; Allen Lynch of Mercer
Kimberly Holmes doesn't want to put any limits on what analytics can accomplish at XL Group plc. As the Head of Strategic Analytics, Holmes recently selected SAS Visual Analytics to help the global insurance and reinsurance operations at XL Group meet that lofty goal. We spoke with her at a recent
