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News and views from the people who make SAS a great place to work![How to monetize the value of big data](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/01/Big-Data.jpg)
According to Forbes, a comprehensive "big data" strategy is vital because without one your business will miss out on at least 71 million dollars a year! To me this means your "big data" strategy should be more focused on how best to derive value from your data instead of focusing
![My TV debut is January 11](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/SAS-Culture-1-702x336.png)
I'm making my debut on television! Tune in to WRAL-TV on Friday evening, January 11, 2013. I'll be featured on a Good Things! segment which airs during the 5:30 newscast. (You should see me approximately 5:55pm EST.) [Update: If you missed the segment, not to worry. They've posted a
![The value is in the network](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2012/12/Network_Biology_Photo.jpg)
Dateline: October 4, 2012 – Facebook reaches one billion users! One billion people connected on a single platform; one-seventh of the world’s population. If you assume 40,000 BCE as the start of modern humans, it took the planet 41,804 years to reach a population level of one billion; it took
![Your iron play is not as good as you think it is, and other false assumptions](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2012/12/golfgrid-e1355338866197.png)
Analytics can uncover insights that compel us to view the world in new ways. An avid golfer friend of mine used analytics to improve his golf game—turning all of his pre-conceived notions about his strengths and weaknesses upside-down. All golfers like to tell tall tales, not unlike fishermen, but Tom
![5 features SMBs want from data visualization](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/DataVisualization-1-702x336.png)
To read more ongoing tips and insights for small and midsize businesses, follow our SAS4SMB blog series or visit SAS for Small and MidSize Business. Data underpins the operations and strategic decisions of every business. Yet these days, data is generated faster than it can be digested, making it challenging
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Keeping the peace is a hard job. Since it's December 7—Pearl Harbor Day—I'd like to thank the men and women who've served in the U.S. Armed Forces, past or present. Military veterans pay a huge price to protect America. Some lose their lives. Some come home with broken limbs or