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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Management

doctor looking at clinical data on tablet

David DowningOctober 21, 2016 0

How mature is your decision-making strategy?

In recent healthcare blogs I’ve looked at the need to drive more value from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and how this relies upon the ability to make decisions based on robust, data-driven insights. But what value will these decisions have if they're not founded on a mature data

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Health Care

Analytics

Carl FarrellOctober 17, 2016 0

Always Open

Open. The very word evokes a sense of happiness and possibility. When you’re hungry at an odd hour and everything around you seems to be closed, that lone neon sign glowing in a restaurant window is a most welcome relief. When a shop or service you’ve longed for finally builds

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Analytics

John GreenOctober 14, 2016 0

Not your father’s IT Department

Today’s IT department isn’t your grandfather’s IT department. It’s not even your father’s IT department. When people talk about Information Technology Departments of the past, it's usually broken into three distinct periods: The Mainframe; PCs; the Internet/post PC. The IT department was seen as the hardware support arm of an

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Analytics | Students & Educators

Georgia MarianiOctober 11, 2016 0

ESSA – accountability, indicators and analytics to drive informed decision making

Last December, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law to ensure opportunity for all students in the United States. As part of this federal legislation, states now have the flexibility to design their own accountability systems following certain parameters outlined in ESSA. These accountability systems include academic and non-academic indicators. By

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Education

Analytics | SAS Events

Alison BolenJuly 15, 2016 0

3 ways you can compete in the collaborative economy

Powered in equal parts by data, mobility and innovation, the collaborative economy has changed the way we think about automobiles, travel accommodations, office space, living space – and so much more. When anyone can open an app to borrow money from a crowd, order a gourmet dinner from a neighbor, or rent an

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Analytics

Trent SmithMay 19, 2016 40

Study confirms: SAS most valuable career skill

A study from MONEY and Payscale.com found SAS analytics skills to be most valuable.

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Sylvie FaucillonApril 27, 2016 1

Could text analytics be the cutting-edge technology the oil and gas industry was waiting for?

Small causes can have large effects; or how a discovery in the Barnett Shale can spike some interest in the rest of the world and change the face of the industry. This article is co-written by Sylvie Jacquet-Faucillon, Senior Analytics Presales Consultant, SAS France; and David Dozoul, Senior Adviser

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Internet of Things

Norm MarksJuly 28, 2015 0

Competing and disrupting with analytics in Automotive

SAS recently held the Detroit Automotive Analytics Executive Forum to bring together leaders from the Industry. We heard from an experienced group of leaders on the future of the automotive industry, best practices for analytics success, innovative retail analytics, customer experience analytics, the connected vehicle, and competing on analytics. Following

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Data Visualization

Leo SadovyJuly 28, 2015 2

Why build models?

We are all modelers. Whenever you plan, you are building a model. Whenever you imagine, you are building a model. When you create, write, paint or speak, you first build in your head a model of what you want to accomplish, and then fill in the details with words, movements

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Analytics

Alan Saldich, VP of Marketing at Cloudera

David TishgartJuly 27, 2015 0

Analytics and Hadoop partnering for success

In a complicated, fast-paced and connected world, you don’t succeed alone. SAS and Cloudera have a successful partnership that dates back several years. Our products are complementary and provide significant quantifiable value to customers who run them on the same cluster. Add Intel to the mix and you have a trio

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