SAS Global Forum is known for excitement and surprises. So far, this year has been no different. It all started on Sunday when Teradata Chief Analytics Officer, Bill Franks, was reported missing. His absence was especially noticeable because he was expected to promote his new book, Taming the Big Data
It’s a story you’ve heard before: Large organization wrestling with many different data sources controlled by different business units, different formats, some monthly, some quarterly—analyzed in spreadsheets. This was the old world at Bank of America, as described by Senior VP Jessica Dunn, whose team was charged with evaluating the
So far in our journey of the best practices for information management, reporting and analytics, we have learned about the importance of securing executive sponsorship, having a solid understanding of stakeholders needs and integrating all the data needed to make this happen. Now that stakeholders realize that you know their
With regulations and organized crime increasing, company investigators are challenged more now than ever to manage cases that can involve merging information across the organization. This can include unstructured documents such as email and social media sources – relevant when integrated with other information on the case.
What does the future hold for retail banking? Let’s tap four sources for insight – media, financial results, an industry analyst perspective and bank CEO comments. First, let’s look at some recent article titles from publications such as Bank Technology News, American Banker, and BAI Banking Strategies: The Shrinking Bank
What's almost as good as being in sunny Orlando to hear your favorite business leaders speak in person? Watching them from the comfort of your own office chair, of course, but with the ability to still ask questions and participate in live polls, as if you were on site. You are
How does in-memory analytics really work? What is the simplest and most effective way to work with Hadoop? Why is billion the new million? In this interview, Oliver Schabenberger, Lead Developer for SAS High-Performance Analytics answers those questions and explains how his team has helped SAS evolve to tackle complex
The men, women and children of Datapolis are falling ill at an alarming rate, forcing me to turn my attention away from my ongoing battle with Obscuro and toward helping the Datapolis Council of Elders distribute its medicine before it is too late. As it happens, just as we most
I don’t know about you … but I get hundreds of e-mails a day! Not only e-mail – but text messages, tweets, e-mail advertising, notices from blogs, rss feeds…coming to me at a numbingly fast pace day and night. It’s information overload. It’s also overwhelming. And, on a personal level –
Data is everywhere,and getting to and managing that information is vital for accurate reporting, analysis and proactive decision making. This brings us to Best Practice # 3: Identify and Integrate Authoritative, Trusted Data Sources. As you might remember, these tips all come from my interviews with SAS education customers. From Best
