Tag: high-performance analytics

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Six benefits that big data can bring to retailers

In the last week, I have interviewed four retail executives about their predictions for big data and high-performance analytics in the retail industry. I hope to publish their thoughts here in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, here are six concrete benefits that big data can bring to retailers, if

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How can you use SAS high-performance analytics?

Last week in these high-performance analytics posts, we talked about user examples from Telstra, Samsung Securities and Wharton Research Data Services. Elsewhere, SAS CTO Keith Collins provided use case scenarios for high-performance analytics in banking, retail, government and health care companies. If you don't see yourself or your company in any

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SAS leaders discuss big data

Everyone around SAS seems to be buzzing about big data and high-performance analytics (HPA). As we're preparing for conferences, product launches and customer engagements, it's the main idea on almost everyone's mind. Along with that excitement and buzz, however, it's worthwhile to step back and look at how we got here, and

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High-performance analytics for big customer data

Mobile phone data is one obvious example of "big data." Not only does it include call records for every customer and every phone, but it might include network data on how those customers connect with one another. Data stores could also contain location-based data, application usage data and data about different

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8 high-performance metaphors you should know

When I first started hearing SAS CEO Jim Goodnight talk about high-performance analytics (HPA), I was fascinated. But I have to admit that my mind was spinning a bit from the terminology: blades, cores, captains, generals and so on. But then the metaphorical nature of these terms clicked for me,

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High-performance analytics for complex research

After a week of me sharing links and blogging about my thoughts on high-performance analytics, some of you may be saying, "Yes, but how are customers using it? What are the practical benefits, already?" With that in mind, I'd like to spend some time this week pointing out customer stories

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Twitter is a big data problem

Back in my day-one post of this "HPA once a day project," I promised a post about Twitter as "big data." I know some of you are already moaning about the noise on Twitter and the "what I ate for breakfast" type of commentary that's prevalent there. So I'm going to

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