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Today, September 8th, is International Literacy Day! A day celebrated by UNESCO since 1967 to emphasize the importance of literacy around the world. Here at SAS, we have decided to highlight data literacy, a critical part of our evolving knowledge as data and analytics continue to dominate the way we
By 2020, 50% of organizations will lack sufficient AI and data literacy skills to achieve business value. – Gartner What is data literacy? Data literacy is the ability to read, work with, analyze, and argue with data. – Wikipedia Data literacy is the ability to derive meaningful information from data,
Editor's Note: SAS' Evan Mann contributed to this post. First came SAS' reputation as a great place to work. Next came a storytellers article series offering a glimpse of the people behind the brand. Now there's the SAS Users YouTube Channel, where tutorial videos provide a window into some of
Editor’s note: This article is a continuation of the series by Conor Hogan, a Solutions Architect at SAS, on SAS and database and storage options on cloud technologies. Access all the articles in the series here. In a previous article in this series, Accessing Databases in the Cloud – SAS
Moving Average (MA) is a common indicator in stocks, securities and futures trading in financial markets to gauge momentum and confirm trends. MA is often used to smooth out short-term fluctuations and show long-term trends. But most MA indicators have big lags in signaling a changing trend. To be faster
This article is not a tutorial on Hadoop, Spark, or big data. At the same time, no prerequisite knowledge of these technologies is required for understanding. We’ll give you enough background prior to diving into the details. In simplest terms, the Hadoop framework maintains the data and Spark controls and