SAS Voices

Dan StevensOctober 6, 2016 0

A playbook for analyzing real world intelligence in a health care setting

Real world data collected in a functioning health care setting instead of a controlled clinical environment can provide opportunities for new and deeper insights across life science and health care organizations. However, managing, analyzing and extracting actionable information from the varied available sources can present unique challenges. The sheer size of these

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Health Care

Customer Intelligence | Internet of Things

Alyssa FarrellOctober 5, 2016 0

Big data customer analytics key to high-performing energy companies

Energy suppliers are fighting for prime position in the domestic energy supply market. Disillusioned customers, increased competition due to a flood of new entrants and tighter regulations are forcing suppliers to reassess their business models. According to UK regulator Ofgem, there were 3.8 million account switches in the first six

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Learn SAS | Students & Educators

Natalie MendesOctober 4, 2016 0

Two tips for women starting a career in analytics

While men still outnumber women in the analytics field, there are plenty of opportunities available for women. At a recent Chief Data and Analytics forum, I was encouraged to see a well-balanced number of senior executives presenting about the business of analytics. Speakers included 12 women and 14 men, which indicates a

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Customer Intelligence

Andrew FowkesOctober 3, 2016 0

Retailers, are you considering customer relevance and commercial relevance?

With today’s customers able to access rich sources of product and service information – especially pricing data – when they are mobile, retailers are being forced to innovate in the way they capture consumers’ attention. Unfortunately, attention spans are rapidly decreasing to just the few seconds that a user spends

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Retail

Adam HughesSeptember 30, 2016 2

The problem with analytics

At SAS, we use terms like “machine learning,” “predictive modeling” and, of course, “analytics” quite a bit in our day-to-day business. Not surprising, given that we're the largest analytical software vendor out there. But have you noticed that these terms are popping up more frequently in news articles and blogs?

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Data Management

Carmen GallagherSeptember 29, 2016 0

Big data allows us to rethink data strategy

Start with the end in mind -- wise words that apply to everything, and in the world of big data it means we have to change the way we look at managing the data we have. There was a time when we managed data quality, and the main goal was

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Dr. Biljana Belamaric WilseySeptember 28, 2016 0

Presidential election quiz

With the first debate between the two candidates behind us and the culmination of the US presidential election drawing near, who wouldn’t love to predict the winner? I don't have a crystal ball, but I do have the power of unstructured text analytics at my fingertips. With the help of

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Data Visualization

Frederic ThysSeptember 27, 2016 0

Our world is flat, but our employees aren’t: How to manage and hire with analytics

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a

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Natalie MendesSeptember 26, 2016 2

More data journalists – not data scientists

Recently, I was talking to a director of analytics from a large telecommunications company, and I asked her, “Do you think we have a skills shortage?” She replied, “NO, I think we’re just looking in the wrong place.” I wanted to hear more as this analytics expert may have just

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Education

Data Management

Carmen GallagherSeptember 22, 2016 0

Four key data monetisation opportunities

What if you could predict with near-perfect accuracy what you’re going to sell and when your customer is going to buy? Right supply, right time is the goal German manufacturers have set themselves, without reducing the configuration options customers expect. Having almost completed stage 1 of their plan – changing

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Manufacturing

Blogs

Blogs

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