I recently had the chance to sit down with SAS CEO, Jim Goodnight, to talk about his keynote at Analytics 2013 in Orlando. We also talked about the latest in data visualization, analytics in higher education and what attendees can expect at this year’s conference. Goodnight will deliver his
The demand for SAS Certifications has never been bigger. The number of SAS Certifications awarded has doubled over the last three years and in August the program had its biggest month ever with 1,195 certifications awarded. Here’s another impressive stat. More than 59,000 SAS Certifications have been awarded since the
Robin Way will be going deeper into the discussion of model deployment during his session at Analytics 2013 in Orlando next week, but first he shares his insight as a gust blogger on The SAS Training Post. Big Data seems to be all the rage these days, and businesses
This week's SAS tip is from Michael Tuchman and his innovative book PROC DOCUMENT by Example Using SAS. Michael's book fills an important gap. For instance, in her review of the book, SAS user and senior statistical analyst Wendi Wright said: "Currently, I believe PROC DOCUMENT is a highly underused procedure and after reading
Want to know the secrets to landing a job as an analytics professional? I went straight to the source – the expert speakers of Analytics 2013 to find out. Here’s some of their advice… What advice would you give students considering a job in analytics and those already in the
Forecast Value Added (FVA) is a metric for comparing the performance of your organization’s forecasting process to “doing nothing” and using a naïve model to generate your forecasts. The idea is, if all the resources and effort we put into forecasting are not providing forecasts that are better than using
SAS and Publications are always committed to providing you with the highest quality products and services. Since this is Customer Service Week, we want to check in with you to see how we are doing. We’d love to hear from you. And here are some ways you can offer your feedback
The first week in October marks Customer Service Week, but here at SAS Education, that’s something we focus on every day. From the moment you register, during your training, and even after you’re back at work, we strive to provide you with high quality, state-of-the-art training and the highest level
Following SAS' Sanjay Matange's lead, I have recently set up a graphical (thumbnail-driven) index to my SAS/GRAPH blogs. Hopefully this will provide an easy way for you to quickly peruse my past blogs, and find the ones you might be interested in. So far, I've got 44 of my blogs
Leading up to the Analytics 2013 conference, we’re going to dive into some of the big topics in the industry. Up first, the hurdles to using analytics and big data effectively in your organization. We reached out to some of our conference speakers and sponsors to get their take on
