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Analytics

Steve BennettMarch 30, 2017 1

U.S. Marshals Service use analytics to save more than $200 million

The U.S. Marshals Service is the federal agency known for bringing wanted fugitives to justice. Often, the Marshals Service gets attention for these arrests, but once the publicity has died down they face a basic challenge --- where to put the individuals in their custody. The agency uses data to

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Government

Analytics | Data Visualization

Falko SchulzMarch 28, 2017 0

How to design a meteorite infographic using NASA data and SAS

How many meteorites have hit the earth in the last 4,000 years? Where have they landed? And which ones were the biggest? Can we show all of this information - and more in an intuitive data visualization? It turns out NASA provides public data about recorded meteorite impacts on earth all the

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiMarch 27, 2017 0

Data visualization helps University of Louisville achieve its 2020 strategic plan

When senior leaders at the University of Louisville (UofL) approached Vice Provost Bob Goldstein in early April 2016 with a request for a fully functioning data visualization platform by start of the 2016 fall semester—just four months away—he did not panic. Instead, Goldstein, along with Becky Patterson, Executive Director of

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Education

Analytics | Data Management

David PopeMarch 24, 2017 0

Don't let data issues delay analytics

In a recent presentation, Jill Dyche, VP of SAS Best Practices gave two great quotes: "Map strategy to data" and "strategy drives analytics drives data." In other words, don't wait for your data to be perfect before you invest in analytics. Don't get me wrong -- I fully understand and

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Analytics

Ashley BinderMarch 22, 2017 2

Make an accurate prediction without watching a single basketball game

The second round of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was an interesting one. Eight-seeded Wisconsin took out the reigning champion Wildcats, despite pundit predictions that Villanova could go all the way again. South Carolina, 24-10 in the SEC during the regular season, upset perennial favorite Duke by seven points.

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Colin BristowMarch 21, 2017 0

Anti-money laundering requirements: Are the stakes increasing?

Part 504 of the US Department of Financial Services Superintendent’s Regulations seems to significantly up the requirements for firms to conduct ongoing review and continuously improve their approach to anti-money laundering (AML) monitoring. But is it really very different from the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force's broader suggestions to introduce

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Banking

Analytics | Internet of Things

Tim ClarkMarch 20, 2017 0

Achieving a quality-connected enterprise

Quality in every thought, every action, every outcome You might think differentiating on the quality of your products is a no-brainer – who wouldn’t seek to make every product incredibly high quality? Yet experience shows us that many manufacturers only capture data from the production line. While this approach creates

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Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Peter SnellingMarch 16, 2017 0

Why our future prosperity demands smart borders

There have been some rather hysterical headlines in the UK recently about immigration. Eyebrow-raising statements alluding to the Home Office (the government department responsible for immigration) losing thousands of asylum seekers illustrate that efforts to trace them are placing huge pressure on resources. This, and the more outward looking post-Brexit

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Government

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | SAS Events

David PopeMarch 13, 2017 0

4 strategic uses of analytics

Every where you turn today, you run into analytics. If you talk about big data, you will talk about analytics, if you talk about the internet of things (IoT), you will talk about analytics, if you talk about automation ... well, you get the picture. When used properly, analytics has always

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