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News and views from the people who make SAS a great place to work![A Shopaholic’s Guide to Analytics II.B](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/DataVisualization-1-702x336.png)
The Rule of Three is a writing principle that suggests that things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things – Wikipedia. 3 Ps of success, Blind Mice, Little Pigs, Stooges, Musketeers, The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, rings, pairs
![The Impact of analytics in education](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/DataVisualization-1-702x336.png)
In my first post of the analytics in real life blog series, we heard four higher education customers discuss using SAS and why they chose SAS. Today we will hear the following three customers share the positive impact of using SAS and analytics for their users and institution. Karl Konsdorf, Acting
![Fighting extinction with high-tech tools](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/10/WildTrack-2-702x336.jpg)
In today’s brave new technological world, most of us live cocooned in thermo-regulated cars and buildings. Our food and drink is on tap, and we experience little inconvenience beyond death and taxes. It’s easy to forget that life as we know it would come to an abrupt halt without the
![Solving crime – and more – with principal component analysis Principal component analysis of facial photos](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/10/PicturePrincipalComponents.jpg)
Imagine you're an investigator sorting through 6,000 mug shots taken at different jails around the state. You are tasked with finding all the mug shots of a high-profile con artist who has been arrested in multiple cities using a number of different aliases over the last five years. How can
![Beyond the Basics: What’s next in predictive analytics for hotels?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/CustomerIntelligence-1-702x336.png)
with Natalie Osborn, Senior Industry Consultant, Hospitality and Gaming Practice, SAS We’ve taught analytics 101 through the last couple of blog posts, and now that you have passed that course, you are ready to take an advanced course in analytics. Ok, not really, we won’t subject you to that, but
![Oil portfolio restructured and back in the money VirtualOil Rolling Five-Year Portfolio](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/10/RollingPortfolio-702x336.jpeg)
Though crude oil prices edged up last week, the market remains well below VirtualOil’s original $50 strike price, meaning the hypothetical portfolio’s production is shut in in the spot market again. Oversupply continues while China GDP forecasted growth is slowing. Given the market outlook, the VirtualOil board has decided to