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

Jill DychéJanuary 29, 2018 2

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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Analytics

Sam PenfieldDecember 15, 2017 20

A practical approach to blockchain analytics

What is blockchain and how can you analyze data in a blockchain? This article will discuss various forms of blockchain analytics from a tactical or heuristic perspective.

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Mike F. SmithDecember 14, 2017 0

Coming soon to a grid near you: certainty amid confusion

The paradigm in which we have all lived in an electrified world is changing. The convergence of technology, changing business models, and increasing customer expectations means the way utilities have operated for the last 100+ years must change. Further, this change must embrace where the operations side of the business

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Data for Good | Machine Learning | SAS Events

Steve BennettDecember 8, 2017 0

How federal civilian agencies can improve outcomes with analytics

From national parks and healthcare to taxes and nutrition, federal civilian agencies feature an incredibly large and diverse set of missions. These agencies oversee almost every aspect of American life with an endless sea of projects, programs and general oversight. But, as Deloitte Consulting’s Mark Urbanczyk said during a recent

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Government

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