Using the cloud to unlock business value and comply with IFRS 17 and LDTI
4 tips to help insurers comply with regulatory reporting requirements as they move to the cloud.
Tag: cloud computing
Modernize the risk modeling life cycle by moving to cloud
Go from gridlocked model development to accelerated innovation by moving to the cloud.
Accessing Google Cloud Storage (GCS) with SAS Viya
The story goes on to the tune of 90 percent of available data today has been created in the last two years! As SAS (and the computing world) moves to the cloud, the question of, "How do I deal with my data (Big and otherwise), which used to be on-prem,
Your recipe for unlimited capacity starts in the cloud
The first principle of analytics is about bringing the right analytics technology to the right place at the right time. Whether your data are on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edges of the network – analytics needs to be there with it. Being true to this principle means we
The future of government with SAS Analytics on Azure
Through our new strategic partnership, SAS and Microsoft are helping the public sector realize the power of analytics in the cloud. I spoke with Daniel Sumner, Worldwide Director of Smart Infrastructure at Microsoft, to explore the possibilities of more robust analytics and cloud strategies in government — and the technology
Meet Alfred Mukudu: Helping customers digitally transform with data and analytics
Meet Alfred Mukudu in this third post of the Humans of SAS Services series.
Meet Mario Weitenbacher: How our consultants aid customers in transition
Meet Mario Weitenbacher in this second post of the Humans of SAS Services series.
3 types of users who will benefit from the SAS, Microsoft partnership
Recently, we announced a strategic partnership between SAS and Microsoft that includes deep integration for SAS technologies across all three of Microsoft’s clouds: Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365. As migration of data to the cloud continues to increase, SAS is engineering our software to work in the cloud through
Digital transformation, scientific computing, and peace of mind
Remember Subconscious Musings? It was the name of the blog Radhika Kulkarni (now retired Vice President of SAS R&D) started in 2012. She wrote about trends that drove innovation and challenges that expanded the boundaries of what we thought was possible. It eventually evolved into what we now know as
Coming soon: Your SAS software, continuously updated
If you're my kids, the term, “continuous integration,” might have you thinking about how much time you’ve spent lately with the family, and “continuous delivery” is what's been happening on the front porch the past few weeks. But to a software developer, these terms mean something entirely different. Combined and
Are you ready for true cloud native computing? Meet SAS Viya 4
It’s official: NASA no longer builds spaceships. They’ve outsourced that task. According to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, "We're going with commercial partners. NASA is not purchasing, owning and operating the hardware. We're buying the service." Why? Because NASA needs to focus on exploring space, not building the transportation to get
Storage in the Cloud – SAS and Azure
Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series by Conor Hogan, a Solutions Architect at SAS, on SAS and database and storage options on cloud technologies. This article covers the SAS offerings available to connect to and interact with the various storage options available in Microsoft Azure. Access
We’ve all gone to cloud -- but what about my SAS data(base)?
Think differently about using storage in the cloud with your SAS Grid jobs, and learn about SAS Cloud Data Exchange for security/caching strategies
Accessing Databases in the Cloud – SAS Data Connectors and Microsoft Azure
Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series by Conor Hogan, a Solutions Architect at SAS, on SAS and database and storage options on cloud technologies. This article covers the SAS offerings available to connect to and interact with the various database options available in Microsoft Azure. Access
Storage in the Cloud – SAS and Amazon Web Services
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
Accessing Databases in the Cloud – SAS Data Connectors and Amazon Web Services
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a series by Conor Hogan, a Solutions Architect at SAS, on SAS and database and storage options on cloud technologies. This article covers the SAS offerings available to connect to and interact with the various database options available in Amazon Web Services.
Deploy SAS Viya on AWS - Quick Start
As a data scientist, did you ever come to the point where you felt the need for an evolved analytics platform bringing together the disparate skills of open source and commercial software? A system that can enable advanced analytic capabilities. This is now possible and easy to implement. With many
Establish the benefits of analytics before investing in a solution
Analytics can bring tremendous value to a business. However, investing in an analytics solution is often easier said than done. The key challenge is demonstrating the value of analytics without first investing in technology and resources. The solution? Take a results-based approach to establish the value of analytics by using
GraphQL and SAS Viya applications - a good match
In the article Serverless functions and SAS Viya - a good match I discussed using serverless functions to deliver SAS Viya applications. Ignoring all the buzz words, a serverless function boils down to a set of REST APIs. So, if you tried the example you are now a REST API
Script for a SAS Viya installation on Azure in just one click
At the end of my SAS Users blog post explaining how to install SAS Viya on the Azure Cloud for a SAS Hackathon in the Nordics, I promised to provide some technical background. I ended up with only one manual step by launching a shell script from a Linux machine
Zero to SAS in 60 Seconds- SAS Machine Learning on SAS Cloud
You are a data scientist, in your office, doing data scientist-y things when, your manager's, manager's, manager makes an impossible request. She wants you take a raw data set from the stem cell research team, scrub the data, create and score models, and be ready to rescore when new data
Serverless functions and SAS Viya - a good match
Also celebrating is your bank's branch manager. She was skeptical when headquarters analysts equipped branches for "Cloud-based application using SAS" , saying it would speed up loan applications. But your quick, frictionless transaction proved them right.The bank's accountants are happy too. The new pay-as-you-go mode of using SAS software in
Installing SAS Viya Azure virtual machines with a single click
I don't know about you, but when I read challenges like: Detecting hidden heart failure before it harms an individual Can SAS Viya AI help to digitalize pension management? How to recommend your next adventure based on travel data How to use advanced analytics in building a relevant next best
Does software as a service work for analytics?
PC Magazine defines the broad industry term Software as a Service (SaaS) as, “Software that is rented rather than purchased. Instead of buying applications and paying for periodic upgrades, SaaS is subscription based, and upgrades are automatic during the subscription period.” SaaS, according to the same source, is ideally suited
Technology that gets the most from the Cloud
SAS Viya is our latest extension of the SAS Platform and interoperable with SAS® 9.4. There were a number of SAS Viya presentations at SAS Global Forum 2018. In this series, we will review several of the most interesting talks. This post reviews Hadley Christoffels’ talk, A Need For Speed: Loading Data via the Cloud.
2018, el año de la economía analítica
2018, el año de la economía analítica Imaginemos que para formar una beta que crece continuamente está basada en datos generados diariamente por una organización –a partir de sus actividades productivas, transacciones y relaciones con clientes y proveedores, por ejemplo. Ese cúmulo de información no tiene ninguna valía per se;
Analytics in the Cloud gets a whole lot easier with SAS Analytics for Containers
If you’re doing data processing in the cloud or using container-enabled infrastructures to deploy your software, you’ll want to learn more about SAS Analytics for Containers. This new solution puts SAS into your existing container-enabled environment – think Docker or Kubernetes – giving data scientists and analysts the ability to
Data quality and cloud computing: What are the risks?
.@philsimon on the specific risks to data quality posed by cloud computing.
Thoughts on big data and new tools
.@philsimon with some thoughts on the panoply of available tools out there.
Managing big data, Part 1: Technical questions
With Big Data, there are far more technical questions than answers.