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Big data answers for your industry and your role
Are you still struggling to understand what "big data" means to you or your industry? Or maybe you get it, but you want your boss to understand the opportunities, and you're not sure how to explain it clearly. Look no further. I've categorized some of our most popular recent big
Global Economist Panel: Living in interesting times
The state of the global economy has been well-documented over the past few years: One could argue that it’s a more volatile and variable world we live in now, both financially and politically. There have been some bright lights amongst the gloom though, and they have tended to radiate from
An analytics Golden Age
During the Dutch Golden Age (spanning the 17th century), artists like Vermeer, Jan Steen and Rembrandt produced amazing scenes of everyday life, realistic portraits, and moody landscapes infused with shadows and light. Through their skilled use of paint and brush, these “Dutch Masters” provided new ways of looking at the
Best practice #5: Optimize reporting processes
We are half way through my blog series counting to 10 best practices for information management, reporting and analytics. To recap, we have learned the importance of: Securing executive sponsorship. Identifying and involving stakeholders early and assessing their unique needs. Identifying and integrating data sources. Managing user expectations proactively. This
How to visualize before you model big data
"Nobody knows analytics the way SAS does," said SAS CEO Jim Goodnight in my recent interview with him. He also explained the significance of being able to visualize and explore "big data." With visual analytics, you can cruise a billion records and just do graphs and plots one after the
sascom magazine 2q12: Is your industry ready for a makeover?
Insurance companies are using telematics to collect data on driving patterns, habits and locations to calculate pay-as-you-go rates. Telecommunications companies are able to detect failures and automate repairs in real time. And in health care, personalized medicine based on your unique genetic makeup is on the horizon. What does your
Good question: What I wish I had known back then…
I recently gave a talk to a group of engineering students at Duke University, located just down the road from our headquarters in North Carolina. A couple of days later, one of the students sent me an email asking a very good question: which skills should I build up to
Larger fraud schemes means more money out the door
There has been a great deal of noise and subsequent press around healthcare fraud schemes getting larger and involving more collaborators. Much of the collusive fraud that has come to light has been taking place for years, costing millions of dollars, with very little recovery. In many cases, the conspirators
Sort through the high-performance noise
There's recently been a lot of discussion and release of products around high-performance analytic architectures and in-memory computing. It seems like every vendor in the BI and analytics realm has jumped on this bandwagon. Is it all the same stuff? Or are there signficant differences? No question in our minds, the