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Analytics

Alison BolenJune 10, 2015 0

How is it that some companies can come up with a big idea and implement that idea successfully in the market, while others never get past the idea phase? "In the case of innovation," says Jill Dyché, VP of SAS Best Practices, "big ideas aren't enough." It's also not enough

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Analytics

Amanda MacDowellJune 10, 2015 0

A case for real-world evidence

For health and life sciences organizations, discussions about big data include gaining value from that data in the form of real-world evidence. Consider for a moment the amount of healthcare data that exists today thanks to the adoption of electronic health records. Then think about the future with data from

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Michael ThomasJune 4, 2015 1

Let's talk about things – in the Internet of Things

The Internet has been around a long time. "Things" have been around even longer. Put the things on the Internet, aka the Internet of Things (IoT), and you get so much hype that IoT is at the top of Gartner's "Peak of Inflated Expectations" – and poised for a fall into the "Trough of

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Alan LipsonJune 3, 2015 0

Helping retailers get their unfair share

USA Today recently published an article titled 10 retailers take two-thirds of your money. The story highlights the revenue distribution among the Top 100 retailers in the S&P 1500. It was startling to see that such a small number of retail powerhouses take in such a large percentage of consumers’ income.

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Retail

Analytics | Data Visualization

Ian JonesMay 29, 2015 0

VirtualOil: volatility and the value of a hedge

This month we take a fresh analytical view of our hypothetical VirtualOil portfolio by comparing the forward price of WTI (the green line) to the prompt month price (red line). The resulting graphic (chart 1) demonstrates the relative stability of the 48-month forward price in contrast to a very active spot

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Analytics

Muhammad Asif AbbasiMay 26, 2015 0

How to prevent a failed proof of concept

A proof of concept (POC) is smartest way for customers to evaluate if a product meets the required objectives, and the best way for vendors to demonstrate why they feel they are best placed to resolve the current outstanding problems. However, not all POCs are successful. Let’s explore why. What is

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Analytics

Marnie DaveyMay 25, 2015 0

Leading Marketing Excellence with Analytics - Visa Case Study

Recently I had the privilege of hearing Nathan Falkenborg, Head of Consulting & Analytics, North Asia at Visa speak at the SAS Executive Forum in Singapore. Nathan has also spoken at SAS Premier Business Leadership Series where he talked about how the analytics guy won over the marketers at Visa.

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Analytics

Marcel LemahieuMay 22, 2015 0

Three ways to modernize and expand your analytics programs

The cottage industry was based on workers buying raw materials, bringing them home and producing hand-crafted items to sell. The system worked, but was slow, tedious and expensive, producing goods that were affordable only by the rich. The Industrial Revolution changed all that. The factory system brought machines and workers

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Analytics

Daniel AunvigMay 18, 2015 0

Avoiding the pitfalls of multi-channel customer engagement

It seems like everyone is searching for ‘best practice’ these days. We are constantly looking to learn from what is being held up as good, leading and perhaps even the best itself. While this is a valid exercise, I believe we are missing an opportunity to take a closer look

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Analytics

Marcel LemahieuMay 15, 2015 0

Three ways to improve your analytics architecture

Do you “buy and build as you go” with your analytics architecture? Most companies do, and have for decades. The result is a heterogeneous environment for analytics with a variety of hardware, software, databases and analytical applications used in silos. There’s tremendous duplication of data and inconsistency in the analytical

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