Balancing the short term with the long term has never been easy, and during a time marked by significant uncertainty in global financial markets, it just got harder. Organizations worldwide are searching for signs of stability, while weighing the risks of pursuing new opportunities against cautious steps that recognize continued
Dan Thorpe’s session at the M2010 data mining conference was not what I expected to find at a gathering of data analysts, statisticians and data mining professionals. No mentions of second order polynomial response functions, no mathematical formulas, just a straightforward discussion with a seasoned leader about how data mining
I recommend the book Business Analytics for Managers: Taking Business Intelligence Beyond Reporting for managers who want a strategic view on what it takes to create ongoing value from data. To tap into more of the strategic thinking in this book, I asked authors Gert Laursen and Jesper Thorlund a
What’s your organization’s strategy? No, I don’t mean the one on page 27 of the corporate handbook, I mean the REAL strategy, the one, or more, that your EMPLOYEES think is the strategy and is in reality driving your business. Joel Barker, a champion of the concept of paradigm shifts,
One obvious result of the data explosion is that organizations now have more data to manage. There’s simply too much data pouring in to process, clean and store it all. Since it’s impossible to warehouse every single piece of data, it’s important to start thinking about the value of your
I’m attending a Bank Administration Institute (BAI) event in Las Vegas this week. BAI is well-respected for its research, professional development and networking opportunities for banks and banking professionals. The conference, BAI Retail Delivery, is primarily attended by community banks and large regionals, but the topics are anything but colloquial.
In honor of the United Nations World Statistics Day (October 20, 2010), let’s not leave finance out of the party. In fact, let’s continue with our focus from last time on the analytical and decision support payback afforded by Activity-based costing, perhaps the most underappreciated finance tool for adding value
Since World Statistics Day is focused primarily on honoring government statisticians globally, I thought I'd do a quick interview with Jared Dean. Currently a Director of SAS R&D for Analytics Testing, Dean worked for the U.S. Census Bureau before coming to SAS. Anne: Happy World Statistics Day! As someone who
SAS is a proud supporter of the first ever World Statistics Day today, October 20, 2010. To help celebrate the occasion, SAS is highlighting the many ways that statistics affect people around the globe. In fact, SAS has gathered more than 24 quick posts – at least one for each
Anne Milley: Congratulations on the success of the now two-year-old and growing Predictive Analytics World (PAW) conferences! What's the best way to learn about the conference? Eric Siegel: Thanks! Well, there are overviews of Predictive Analytics World DC (Oct 19-20) and Predictive Analytics World London (Nov 15-16), but in fact
