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Find out how analytics, from data mining to cognitive computing, is changing the way we do business

Jay PaulsonFebruary 12, 2018 2

Why is it important to add a human touch to big data?

In the hype and excitement surrounding artificial intelligence and big data, most of us miss out on critical aspects related to collection, processing, handling and analyzing data. It's important for data science practitioners to understand these critical aspects and add a human touch to big data. What are these aspects?

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Analytics

Mike F. SmithFebruary 9, 2018 1

Trends to watch for utilities in the analytics economy

As the old saying goes, the only constant is change. The corollary that I’ll add is this: and the pace of change feels like it's directly proportional to Moore’s Law. Utilities used to be favorites for conservative investors. Smooth. Steady. When there was change, it was incremental. But today, uncertainty

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Data Visualization

Falko SchulzJanuary 30, 2018 2

Building and visualizing custom polygons in SAS Visual Analytics

Can you use a data visualization tool to display building maps, floor designs and other Esri data? With the recent addition of custom polygon support in SAS Visual Analytics 8.2, customers wondered if this feature can be utilized to render different types of regional overlays. A common request is to

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Jill DychéJanuary 29, 2018 2

Who’s ready for AI? Notes from NRF

Enochlophobia. It means “fear of crowds,” and I have it. I wouldn’t be caught dead anywhere near Times Square on New Years’ Eve, and how did I ever endure the stadium-sized rock concerts of my youth? I’m thinking all this as I navigate the sea of people at the National

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Retail

Analytics | Internet of Things

connected data shown across a city skyline

Suzanne ClaytonJanuary 23, 2018 2

Road map to IoT success, from telematics to connected vehicles

Are you in the early stages of your Internet of Things (IoT) strategy? According to new IoT research done by the Internet of Things Institute on behalf of SAS, you are not alone. There's been a lot of buzz in the market for several years around IoT and how it's

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Communications

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Management | Machine Learning

Charlie ChaseJanuary 17, 2018 2

Why do we rely on judgment when analytics outperforms it?

Wherever there is uncertainty there has got to be judgment, and wherever there is judgment there is an opportunity for human fallibility. Donald Redelmeirer, physician-researcher Recently, I read a fascinating book titled The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Mind by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company, 2017). Lewis

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Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Internet of Things

Lonnie MillerJanuary 5, 2018 1

How to monetize connected vehicles with analytics and mobility services

For the last two years, I’ve spent time listening to and brainstorming with automakers, their suppliers and other technology companies about how to monetize connected vehicle data. This involves: Data that’s offloaded from a roving vehicle fleet (cars, trains, semi-trucks, farm tractors, you name it!). Data coming from driving-related mobile apps used

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Government | Manufacturing

Analytics

Alan CudneyDecember 28, 2017 0

Building effective tools for population health management

At a time of unprecedented financial challenges – from payment shifts and regulatory mandates to aging populations – our nation’s hospitals are awash in data. Clearly, there is a need for analytics capabilities to make health care more efficient, cost-effective and satisfying to patients and providers alike. In the October

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Analytics | Data for Good

Leo SadovyDecember 20, 2017 1

Using data to discover what’s driving hospital readmissions

US health care costs are the highest in the developed world, despite per-capita healthcare spending roughly double that of the others, but with outcomes worse-or-equal-to comparable countries. A 2014 Commonwealth Fund study ranked the United States 11th out of 11 major industrial nations in overall healthcare. An aging population is

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Health Care

Analytics

David PopeDecember 19, 2017 0

What makes SAS so powerful

SAS' tag line is The Power to Know©, But what makes SAS so powerful? Ask our users and they'll tell you -- it's because SAS allows them to answer questions which previously could not be answered. How does SAS do this? SAS built a 4th generation programming language which makes

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