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News and views from the people who make SAS a great place to work![What is your perception of SAS?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2013/07/SAS_for_programmers1-435x336.jpg)
Our perceptions can impact others and influence decisions. As a result, I always like to understand each customer's perception of what SAS is and what we do. There is no right or wrong answer to this question, however the response provides me with a chance to listen to our customers.
![Identify your analytics strengths and weaknesses](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2013/07/ba-assessment.jpg)
Industry-changing dynamics like mobility, smart products, social media and embedded computing put a premium on big data and the insights you can gain from organizational data. As a result, the opportunity to be disruptive with analytics has never been greater. Yet, when it comes to making analytics work, not all organizations
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Would you like to know how some of the largest and most successful organizations are getting value from their big data? Tune in to AllAnalytics.com today at 2 p.m. ET (US) to find out. In their recently published research report, Big Data in Big Companies, renowned analytics thought-leader Tom Davenport
![Three more reasons to like visual analytics](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2013/07/Capture62-Decision-Tree_modified2-626x336.png)
We know that it is a struggle to gain insight from massive amounts of data. Businesses need the value that analytics provide and want to include analytics in day-to-day decision making in order to gain insights and improve business performance. Data visualization and reporting are like the “easy button” for businesses
![Data visualization with a Hollywood ending](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/DataVisualization-1-702x336.png)
We’ve all seen those climactic movie scenes, where the hero of the story figures out how to “save the day” with only minutes to spare. Imagine a rogue CIA operative dashing into a situation room with the last-ditch information that averts nuclear war – and, as always, succeeding. Nothing says
![Getting results: How SMBs are using data and insights to get ahead](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2013/07/BGF_EWS-Control-Chart-Mock-up-495x336.jpg)
In the first two posts in this series, Seeing the Light: How SMBs are Using Data and Insights to Get Ahead, I shared the motivations that prompted three SMBs to replace spreadsheets and intuition with a more sophisticated, analytics-driven approach to run their businesses. In the second, I discussed the