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

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

Analytics | Data Management

Helmut PlinkeDecember 7, 2017 0

Are you ready for the Chief Data Officer challenge?

The primary obstacle to becoming a data-driven business is that data is not readily available, leaving valuable insights unused in data silos. To overcome this hurdle, today’s companies are creating a new role: Chief Data Officers (CDO). Responsible for unlocking insights hidden in data silos, the CDO is tasked with

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Felix LiaoDecember 6, 2017 0

4 reasons to kick start your analytics journey with SAS Visual Analytics

Are you struggling to kick start your organization’s analytics journey, especially when it comes to leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning techniques? If the answer is yes then you’re definitely not alone. Whilst most organisations today recognise the benefit of analytics and data science, many are still struggling to kick

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Analytics | Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence

David KennedyDecember 5, 2017 1

How law enforcement can use analytics to combat the opioid epidemic

A steady drumbeat of news coverage makes one thing clear: Opioid abuse is rising and has reached epidemic levels throughout our country. Overdoses from the diversion and abuse of prescription opioids are one cause of the surge in deaths. Overdoses from heroin and other illicit synthetic opioids (such as heroin,

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Government

Analytics

Greg HeidrickDecember 1, 2017 0

Fashion students learn about omnichannel merchandising and retail analytics

Until recently state-of-the-art for trade area analytics still meant analyzing historical store sales by location, together with some Nielsen market data to select merchandise assortments and allocation. Contrast that with the upcoming holiday season where retailers know where and how demand is initiated, and use that new understanding to create

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Retail

Analytics

David PopeNovember 30, 2017 4

Why SAS programmers love SAS, revisited

There are so many reasons why SAS programmers love SAS -- as a matter of fact, I wrote a blog on it back in 2012. I now realize that I could've written a whole series, not just a single post. And with the recent publishing of my first book, Big Data

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Blogs

Blogs

Analytics