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News and views from the people who make SAS a great place to work![Internet of Things: The industrial internet](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/03/analytics-452x336.png)
Today in manufacturing there has been a lot of investment in automation, supervisory controls, quality, and execution systems. The amount of data produced and now being captured is staggering. The data captured in industry will re-define what is “big” in big data. Yet, for all this investment: Equipment still fails. Scrap
![Relationship status - Connected; Analytics for Agency](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/02/always-connectedb-702x336.jpg)
“When it comes to the Internet of Things, the future clearly belongs to the Things”. I made this brash statement in a previous post (“Cloud encounters of the Fifth Kind”) referring to machine-to-machine (M2M) being the fastest growing component of non-human traffic on the Web. I say “brash” because that
![How do you measure up against an Olympic athlete?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/03/WOMEN-lightweight-double-scull-right-to-left-Kat-Copeland-Naomi-Riches-702x336.jpg)
You may be intrigued to know how the average person compares to a gold medal winning Olympic athlete when it comes to things like height, body mass, resting heart rate, arm span, body fat etc. Or, perhaps more frightening, how you measure up? I know this will resonate with my
![Beyond warranty: The changing face of field quality Have Your Voice Heard](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/03/Have-Your-Voice-Heard-640x336.jpg)
Warranties have a long - and some might say - interesting past. But the future is even brighter. New technologies and data sources are transforming our understanding of field quality, enabling deeper insights into product performance and customer preferences. These breakthroughs are accelerating the quest to reduce defects and satisfy customers.
![Big data and analytics demand a bigger skills commitment from the Federal Government](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/02/GovLoop-infographic-snip-outline-702x336.png)
Despite an increase in the availability of data in the federal government over the past few years, data and analytics could be doing even more for federal agencies. A strategic approach to managing and analyzing the data is needed. And, like many technology challenges – that’s a people problem. A
![Charles (Dickens and Darwin) and continuous improvement](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/02/Whales.png)
"You show me a successful complex system, and I will show you a system that has evolved through trial and error." ~ Tim Harford TED Talk link: http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford Karl Marx died thinking that the first communist revolution would occur in Great Britain, driven by the long hours and unsafe