What do you see when you look at the picture to the right? Like you, I see a busy dad with his daughter trying to maneuver a shopping cart full of groceries! But the real question: is there more? What do you really see? In a business setting, depending on
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A few weeks ago, we asked, "What would big data say if it could talk?" Today, we might ask, "What if big data had a mail cart?!" It's a fun metaphor that shows how overwhelming big data can be without a strategy for managing it. Watch the short video below
It seems like only yesterday that the SAS Executive Briefing Center (EBC) parking lot was filled with Craft Services tents, high-end luxury cars, movie cameras and, oh, a few celebrities. But, it’s been nearly a year since SAS became Stark Industries for a day when parts of Iron Man 3
I’m a geek at heart – I always have been and I always will be. I love technology and I love math. I love that my job combines both. But you know what is even better? In today’s world of big data and data visualization, it is totally fashionable to
As a boy growing up in the 1970s, I was fascinated in particular by dinosaurs. I knew all their names, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Diplodocus, Triceratops etc. And I could also remember in which geological time period they lived, and on which continent; and what they ate, often each other of course!
A question was recently put to me by everyone’s favorite futurist – Thornton May: “Most people don't put innovation and infrastructure in the same sentence. They simply tend to view savings derived from optimized infrastructure as a funding source for “other” innovation investments. My thoughts?” My thoughts initially circled in
Big data might be daunting, but Matthew J. Becker, Senior Director and Global Head of Statistical Programming at inVentive Health Clinical, says the goal remains simple for those in health care and life sciences: cure disease and improve health outcomes. Speaking last week at SAS Global Forum, Becker noted that
When users attend SAS Global Forum, they often look forward to hearing from the big names of SAS. To name a few: CEO Jim Goodnight, VP and CMO Jim Davis, and Co-Founder John Sall. Inside SAS Global Forum caught up with these busy executives on the demo floor to talk about SAS
A contract instructor for SAS since 1981 and an NC State University professor, David A. Dickey has a passion for statistics and sharing that passion with others. On Tuesday at SAS Global Forum he gave a general overview of data mining, touching on decision trees, regression trees, logistic regression, neural
The Data Visualization Charting 101 series explores different tools to visualize data. Check out other posts to see which data visualization is right for you. What comes to mind when you hear the word bubbles? I think of the fact that it’s getting warmer outside and prime time for my