Many companies are using Hadoop to manage big data – Macys.com is one example. In the video below Kerem Tomak, Macys.com Vice President of Marketing Analytics, talks about the tangible benefits of using SAS/ACCESS Interface to Hadoop, including the speed and efficiency to see insights from mountains of data. You
The League of Analytic Heroes is growing. With the addition of each new member, we are better able to combat the chaos of big data. Illumino and Magnacomm are eager to welcome their newest team member. Keep your eyes on www.analyticheroes.com for his arrival. He's already got his eye on
Today I want to focus on geographic visualizations in the SAS Visual Analytics Explorer. Geography-based data can be explored and visualized in a variety of ways. Tables, crosstabs, tree maps, bar charts can all be used, but displaying the information on a geographical map is often the most meaningful way
At the beginning of a recent customer meeting I was involved in, I mentioned how easy it is to shut down idea generation by judging too soon or too harshly, to which a CIO at the meeting shared this story about five monkeys in a cage. You may have heard
What's new about the current emphasis on big data? How does it differ from the large data volumes of the past? Paul Kent, VP of Big Data at SAS answers these - and many more questions in the video below. He starts with an explanation of Moore's law and continues
Every day we hear more about the impact of big data: 900 million users posting status updates and uploading images to Facebook, 140 million Twitter users generating 400 million tweets per day, smart grids optimizing electricity utilization, and sensors optimizing traffic flow on highways or factory floors. But, how do
SAS Solutions Architect David Pope recently held the audience’s attention at the SAS Government Executive Leadership Summit, where he helped demystify high-performance analytics for the government crowd in attendance. His presentation entitled, “The Next Big Thing: High-Performance Analytics” reviewed how the analytics lifecycle can be greatly accelerated with recent technological
In the video below, you'll hear a great explanation from SAS CTO Keith Collins about the benefits of high-performance analytics, and why it's not just about getting answers faster. He also tells interviewer Karin Reed which SAS procedures are being optimized for high-performance analytics and provides up dates about big
Some of you might be wondering what I’m planning to spend my time on as the new VP of Big Data at SAS. I think there are three equally important segments: First off I will be talking with customers who are really pushing us hard in the big data space,
In evolutionary biology there is an interesting concept called “punctuated equilibria,” which is used primarily to explain why the fossil record seems to abruptly change after long periods of apparent calm, or ‘stasis’ as it is called. To understand this better, think of a stairway where the length between each
