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Shelley Sessoms 0
A snapshot of SCSUG 2012

I’ve just returned from my third regional conference this year…SCSUG in Houston. We had great attendance; 207 folks registered for the event! And several of our authors were there: Kirk Lafler, Sanjay Matange and Cynthia Zender. SAS’ very own Paul Kent gave the keynote address on big data and high

Randy Collica 0
Understanding your customers

So this is my first blog entry relating to my book Customer Segmentation and Clustering Using SAS Enterprise Miner, Second Edition. If you’ve read or are reading my book, I sincerely hope it aids in your understanding of your customers, clients, patients, etc.  I originally wrote this book because when

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George McDaniel 0
SAS books, authors, and SESUG 2012

We wrapped up the annual SESUG conference this week. This year was special, in that the conference was held locally near SAS world headquarters in Cary, NC. In fact, the opening session on Sunday was right here in our on-campus conference center. Conferees were able to take campus tours and

Shelly Goodin 4
What SAS users are reading this fall: early book buzz

Forget the New York Times bestseller list. We’ve created our own lists for book-bound SAS and JMP users. Besides featuring the top 5 bestselling SAS books at September conferences (WUSS, JMP Discovery, and MWSUG), we’ve provided greater insight by including comments from some observant Publications representatives. WUSS 2012 Carpenter's Guide to

Kathy Council 0
Innovations continue in SAS publications

Remember my blog post last month “Help us innovate”? I asked for your ideas on ways we could improve our products and services. Thanks to those of you who sent in ideas. We combined your thoughts with those of our own Publications division staff, vetted the ideas, and then held

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Ron Cody’s next book gets early rave reviews

Ron Cody’s newest book, Cody's Collection of Popular SAS Programming Tasks and How to Tackle Them, is already getting high marks from early reviewers. Gerry Hobbs (West Virginia University), says, “This is an excellent book that deserves a place on every SAS professional’s bookcase.” Long-time SAS user Andrew T. Kuligowski

Kathy Council 0
From WUSS to MWSUG

I have returned safely from my trip to Long Beach, CA, and WUSS 2012! As always, it was a great conference. The opening session was really fun this year. Maura Stokes and Diane Hatcher from SAS gave the keynote in the form of a “presidential debate.” Maura’s platform was analytics; while

Sandy Varner 6
Do you like learning by example?

Around the country and in my neighborhood, kids everywhere have returned to school. We’ve made it through the back-to-school ads in our newspapers, social media, and on TV. Our pocket books are lighter now (and credit cards heavier) with all the spending on school supplies and the very important back-to-school

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