My name is Tonya, and I’m a Statistician. It’s true. I’ve been one for almost 20 years now. I was crunching numbers and analyzing data long before statistician landed on the sexiest profession list. And now, it seems like that claim to fame has faded in the face of an
Today, more companies are offering more products in more markets in more currencies to more customer segments than ever before. The result? An exponential explosion in data covering virtually every aspect of the organization: sales, marketing, finance, manufacturing, legal, HR, and more. Unquestionably, the era of “big data” has arrived.
Retail is one of the most time-sensitive industries. Find out how mega-chain Family Dollar Stores Inc., which operates more than 7,400 stores in 45 states, relies on high-performance analytics to shrink data processing windows from days to less than an hour and speed decision making. Scott Zucker, Vice President of
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am sharing best practices that I learned from talking to education customers about successful implement ions of information management, reporting and analytics at their K-12 school district or higher education institutions. In that first post, we learned about the importance of securing executive
Indulge me…I've always thought being a reporter would be fun! Picture it: 9:00 AM. Big office. Lots of people. Lots of questions. Lots and lots and lots of data. But no real insights. Along comes a new software solution. Easy-to-use interface. The world’s best analytics. Served up in a way
With all of the great information coming out of this week’s Gartner Business Intelligence Summit and the recent wave of vendors arriving on the big data scene, we decided to take a hard look at how we stack up. First, here’s our take on big data: Data – big or
Lots of buzz around SAS High-Performance Analytics in the news lately! In case you missed it, here are a couple of great reads: In the latest issue of BAI Banking Strategies, SAS CTO Keith Collins talks about leveraging data with high-performance analytics. He explains that financial institutions need to deploy
The Networked Grid event has kicked off in the Triangle. Home to over 60 companies working on smart grid technologies, the Research Triangle may be “the silicon valley of the smart grid,” says conference host GreenTech Media (GTM). As a leading analytics player already installed at over 500 utility customer sites, certainly SAS
Seems like the industry is getting hit with a new analytics solution for "big data" every couple of weeks. With every database vendor and analytics provider jumping into this space, we wanted to offer a checklist of questions for you to ask – so you can start differentiating between the
I can’t believe all that has happened in the 7 months since I last blogged about high-performance analytics, so I’m back to give you some updates from SAS R&D. The energy around this area keeps growing as more of our developers adopt the new high-performance architecture and target their developments
