Those of you who have seen the new version of SAS Text Miner know that we are transitioning from a “document clustering” approach towards a “topics in documents” approach. I have received a lot of questions about this, so I thought I would address some of them in a multi-part
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A lot of technology conferences are celebratory in nature. They showcase new products, highlight customer successes and provide a platform for authors, analysts and industry experts to praise these accomplishments. To be sure, there was plenty to celebrate at the SAS Global Forum Executive Conference. But this year’s conference -
My coworkers Dave Thomas and Waynette Tubbs hosted the Inside SAS Global Forum video series this year, which offers a fun, informal roving reporter type of look at the conference. Individually, they interviewed SAS executives, conference organizers and SAS customers, but they made such a great pair in front of
A number of the sessions at today's SAS Global Forum Executive Conference included discussions about how IT and business leaders can best collaborate on business analytics projects, or how analysts and business decision makers can best work together. In one panel I attended, "Retail and Manufacturing Analytics: Driving Business-Building Insights
I am typing this blog shortly after the closing session of SAS Global Forum Executive Conference in Seattle and I am going to admit that I've found the whole conference experience amazing - such a privilege for me to be able to attend. Especially as being from the 'international' community
From posterous photos of Opening Session to the New York Times Bits Blog, the first blog posts about SAS Global Forum are starting to show up online. Writing on the Bits Blog, Steve Lohr says: Analysts who have looked at the new offering – and tried it out – are
In a recent Datamation article, "Business Intelligence Software and Predictive Analytics," Jeff Vance asks, "What exactly is predictive analytics?" His answer, in part: "Take traditional business intelligence, combine it with data mining and add on statistical analysis and you have predictive analytics. Math geeks will squabble over the nuances, say,
I attended journalism graduate school and graduated in May 2007. I tell you the date, because it was a blink ago. While there, graduate students researched ways to save our dying newspaper industry. One model being tested was convergence: Broadcast stations and newspapers could align to reduce costs and improve
I had the benefit of spending a day with sustainability experts Dennis Quaintance, Alex Susskind and Alyssa Farrell on Friday, March 12th. This was a tremendous learning experience for me. Of all the topics we are covering in this webcast series for the hospitality industry, sustainability is the one I
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is big business and March Madness is exciting, but is the selection process fair? Using the SAS Analytics-powered "Dance Card" formula developed by Jay Coleman of the University of North Florida, Mike DuMond of Charles River Associates, and Allen Lynch of Mercer University,