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News and views from the people who make SAS a great place to work![Welcome to “data-driven decisions”](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/02/data-driven.png)
Business analytics is about dramatically improving the way an organization makes decisions, conducts business and successfully competes in the marketplace. At the heart of business analytics is data. Historically, the philosophy of many insurers has been on collecting data, data and more data. However, even with all this data, many
![You know what Cupid loves? Money. Lots of money.](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/02/Valentines-dashboard-final-702x336.png)
Look, I’ve been at this game a long time. I set Cleopatra and Marc Antony on a path to ruin. I set J-Lo and Marc Anthony on a path to eternal happiness … until they bought a stake in the Miami Dolphins. No one escapes that dumpster fire unscathed. My
![Free and easy: why say no to open data?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/01/506935383-702x336.jpg)
In many ways it’s open season for open data; open data is one of those phrases we hear a lot but it’s not always appreciated as having value. The fact that it’s openly available is seen by some as proof that there’s no value in the data – unlike, for
![Event stream processing: Do you need it?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/01/Data-Streams-506x336.png)
Staying competitive in a big data world means working fast and making decisions even faster. You need to assess conditions, approve access, stop transactions and reroute activities quickly so you can seize opportunities or prevent problems. With increasing data volumes from the Internet of Things (Cisco predicts that fifty billion
![The Cornell School of Hospitality Administration: What will 2015 bring?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/DataMgt-1-702x336.png)
We asked our partners at the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research to poll the research faculty at the Hotel School to understand their guidance about what to expect in 2015. We were also able to get a preview of what the faculty will be working on in terms of research
![Reality++ fueled by IoT](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/IOT-1-702x336.png)
It's an exciting time for reality! We've been technologically enhancing reality for a long time -- eye glasses, telescopes, binoculars, microscopes, photography, moving pictures, live streaming video over the Internet, etc. But whether it's augmented reality, virtual reality or somewhere in between, a new wave of eye wear technology is