Insurers are embracing digital to meet the demands of modern consumers. And, of course, there are obvious benefits to them from less costly, more streamlined interactions with their customers. The trouble is that digitisation comes with a major health warning: Unless insurers put suitable measures in place, they're at risk
If you were to climb Mt. Everest, you would face many dangers, including large crevasses in the glacier. Without best practices and a phased ascension there is a large probability that you’ll get into serious trouble and fail. When it comes to updating your data and analytics systems, the challenges
When your job involves making decisions that affect thousands of college students, making the right decisions can have a large impact on the future. Giving college administrators easy access to reliable analytics can help improve enrollment and graduation rates – and find answers to complex questions that cut across many
"Correlation does not imply causation.” Does that bring back memories from your college statistics class? If you cringe when you hear those words, don’t worry. This phrase is still relevant today, but is now more approachable and easier to understand. Here at SAS, we use SAS® Visual Analytics to make
Financial institutions evaluating fraud management solutions face a crowded vendor landscape. Dozens of vendors claim to offer various pieces of the puzzle. With so many choices available, how will you sort through the marketing rhetoric to find the best fit for your organization? You could assemble a team of analysts
The automotive industry will face a huge challenge for several years. With the Paris Agreement made during the United Nations conference on climate change last year, world leaders agreed to hold the increase in average temperature to well below 2°C by placing restrictions on carbon emissions. How can automakers design
I sometimes feel bad about being born. Not so much the actual event, mind you, just the timing. I was born during what should have been my mother’s last year of college. At many colleges in those days, when a woman got married, she was forced to move out of
“And the weather yesterday was a sunny 18oC with warm spells in the south and showers in the north. This is similar to the pattern we saw last Thursday.” Imagine if the weather forecast only restated what happened in the past -- would we bother waiting until the end of
A study from MONEY and Payscale.com found SAS analytics skills to be most valuable.
The pharmaceutical industry will undergo significant changes this summer. A set of standards for the identification of medicinal products (IDMP) from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will take effect in July, requiring the whole industry to apply the terminologies released by EMA. The changes have raised many concerns regarding how
