As media companies continue selling off their newspapers to cut losses and news organizations succomb to the revenue tease of infotainment, it’s refreshing to see at least one positive trend in journalism moving forward. With a nod to my friend Craig Carroll, who is doing his own innovative work at
On the twelfth day of Christmas, analytics gave to me… Twelfth graders passing, Eleven pipes for piping, Ten cards for keeping, Nine nurses nursing, Eight beers for tilting, Seven Days of Swimming, Six bets parlaying, FIIIIIIVE Lion Kings, Four fraud alerts, Three linchpins, Two perfect gloves, AND A TIGER WITH
Saw an interesting Tweet (a post on Twitter) from investor and writer Paul Kedrosky today: "geeks only: five best data visualization projects of the year http://is.gd/cwIk" The link takes you to the FlowingData blog (created by a PhD statistics student in NY), and a post on some amazing examples of
Doug Henschen, Intelligent Enterprise Editor-in-Chief, in a recent blog post, provides his usual insightful analysis of the market as he cuts through the dizzying spin of IBM exec Ambuj Goyal. The general manager of IBM’s information management division questions the value of business analytics in an interview with Intelligent Enterprise.
We're working on an education piece for the second quarter 2009 issue of sascom. If that's an area that interests you, watch these videos to set the mood.
On the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, we have new reason to give thanks. Early reports indicate that all members of the SAS family in India are safe following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. We wish all of our friends there a swift return to peace and
A few days ago, I heard Chris Shigas, Vice President of French/West/Vaughn, speak at the Public Relations & Marketing Seminar 2008. I’m not sure if he was quoting someone else or if this was his wisdom, but he said something that really stuck in my head: “If you try to
This week I had the rare opportunity to hear directly from CEOs and Senior Vice Presidents from diverse industries about the importance of corporate citizenship to their employees, customers, and bottom line. Marie Lowman, left, Director of International Development at SAS, participated on a panel with The Gap Foundation and
In the long-running television sitcom “Seinfeld,” Jerry’s neighbor (and nemesis) Newman often commented on his job as a U.S. postal worker. Making fun of the mail; and post office; was a recurring theme. In the show’s final season, one episode was even titled “The Junk Mail I was reminded of
The discussion at “The Cost of Doing Business in a Cap and Trade World" was my first open forum that provided a glimpse into the financial and legal havoc that a carbon market could impose on many organizations. Here’s a quick carbon market primer: proposed regulations cap the amount of
