On May 25, we took advantage of the presence of the SAS management team at a global level in sunny Madrid to get together with our clients and partners , whom we already consider friends, to address such a fashionable topic as advanced analytics from different angles on our SAS
In summer 2020, we launched our strategic partnership with Microsoft, announcing our plan to work together to help our customers. With world-class data and analytics, we are helping them solve their most critical business challenges using SAS® Viya® on Microsoft Azure. In just three short years, we’ve made tremendous strides toward our
Durante la última década, la inteligencia artificial ha evolucionado para dar respuesta a la necesidad de gestionar volúmenes ingentes de datos que no paran de aumentar. Ahora, se ha convertido en una herramienta imprescindible para las empresas. De hecho, según nuestro estudio ‘Resiliency Rules’, el 92% de los directivos españoles
The 2023 International Congress of Actuaries (ICA2023) brought together industry leaders and actuaries worldwide to explore the challenges and opportunities for actuaries. Over the years, SAS has emerged as a variance and regression analysis software, revolutionising the actuarial field. Since then, it has evolved into SAS Viya 4.0, a cloud-native
With SAS® Viya® and Snowpark Container Services (launching in private preview), organizations can tap into the full potential of their data and use it to improve revenue, increase margins, operate more efficiently and exceed customer expectations.
Amidst the ever-evolving retail industry landscape, marked by unprecedented challenges, one burning question emerges: What does it take to be a game changer in the face of disruption? Earlier this year, I was pleased to present the SAS Customer Experience “Game Changer Award” at the Retail Week Awards in London.
AI – just like humans – can carry biases. Unchecked bias can perpetuate power imbalances and marginalize vulnerable communities. Recognizing the potential for bias is one of the first steps toward responsible innovation. Doing so allows users to include diverse needs and perspectives in building inclusive and robust products. Through
As organizations embrace AI, they often handle large volumes of data that power AI systems. Handling data appropriately includes implementing adequate privacy policies and security measures to protect it. Doing so prevents accidental exposure and ensures ethical data use. AI technology often uses sensitive data for creating, training and utilizing models.
A Fraude no setor bancário não é um tema recente, mas a pandemia e, mais tarde, a guerra tiveram impacto no setor, como aliás demonstra a quarta edição do relatório sobre a cibersegurança em Portugal do Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança (CNCS) "A mitigação progressiva da pandemia e o surgimento de uma
This year, SAS Innovate in Orlando brought executives and other industry luminaries together to inspire attendees to use analytics to outpace tomorrow. Data and analytics enables you to get to the true value of a human being. Michael Lewis, Author of Moneyball Chief Marketing Officer Jenn Chase, who hosted the event,
As AI rapidly advances over the next several years, I’ve been fortunate to have an active role in helping to guide a responsible path forward when it comes to technology’s impact on our daily lives. Currently, this role includes serving as Vice President for the SAS Data Ethics Practice, as an
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This year six teams from Benelux joined the global competition. These teams took on exciting challenges: from unlocking privacy-sensitive healthcare data with synthetic data to optimizing cheese production and much more! With access to the latest SAS software and SAS mentors, they were building innovative solutions to real-world problems. Two
The shift to cloud computing has dramatically transformed how organizations and businesses store, manage and analyze their data. The benefits of this shift are well-known: Moving to the cloud increases the potential to gain more value their data through faster access, greater scalability and cost-efficiency. All plain sailing, right? Not
"For those not knee-deep in the ModelOps process, the process may seem simple," says Ankit Sinha, Director of Product Management at Experian: "You build the model, deploy the model and reap the benefits." But the process starts to become very complex when you're using multiple database systems and data sources
SAS inventors came together on April 24 at The Umstead Hotel to celebrate something completely unique: ideas. Ideas that became patents. 54 of them, to be exact. During his remarks, CTO Bryan Harris dialed in on just how important new ideas are in our current environment. “When you think about
The term "partner" is often overused in the technology industry. We partner with cloud providers, we partner with systems integrators, we partner with our customers – and so much more. But when a genuine partnership comes together to build something complex and successful, you can't deny the importance of that
What do you get when you mix leaders from every industry, a hall-of-fame basketball coach and a best-selling author together in three days? SAS Innovate in Orlando, of course. As organizations navigate this changing economic landscape, many are turning to analytics and AI to help them stay ahead of the
In the past few years, disruption and uncertainty have become the norm. It feels like we're living through decades’ worth of change, in sometimes just a few days. And it’s not slowing down. Business priorities, though, remain unchanged: Increase revenue. Operate more efficiently. Meet customer expectations. It's increasingly clear that
A nivel global, existe una agenda común a empresas e instituciones públicas: la sostenibilidad. El consenso internacional en torno al cambio climático se está traduciendo en legislación y regulaciones. Muchas de estas están programadas para entrar en vigor en los próximos años. Sin embargo, este empuje hacia la descarbonización debe
In 2023, businesses recognize the need to be resilient. With the global disruptions we’ve faced over the last few years, and continuing disruptions and instabilities, the need for organizational resilience has never been clearer. By building resiliency, organizations can adapt to changing circumstances, maintain stability and minimize damage from unexpected events.
One of the great things about visiting SAS offices worldwide is the excellent opportunity to meet amazing colleagues, witness their work and learn from them. One of the great perks is getting reading recommendations as if you have a team of expert curators. With the vast amount of data available
In today's world, data-driven systems make significant decisions across industries. While these systems can bring many benefits, they can also foster distrust by obscuring how decisions are made. Therefore, transparency within data driven systems is critical to responsible innovation. Transparency requires clear, explainable communication. Since transparency helps people understand how
The last few years have been full of disruption. As a leader, there were days when it felt like all I did was find ways to solve the latest unprecedented problem. While things have certainly stabilized since the early days of the pandemic, business hardly feels “as usual.” The recent
Given the headlines each week, it is clear that global disruption and economic volatility are not slowing down. At the same time, information overload is far exceeding human capacity. Despite these pressures, business goals remain the same: improve revenue, increase margins, operate more efficiently and meet customer expectations. So, how do
When your company's resiliency is put to the test, how will you manage? Do you have a game plan that keeps the ball in your hands throughout the game? Or if there's a turnover, can you quickly regain control and execute a strong offense? How much of your resiliency playbook
The SAS Resiliency Rules report explores the global resiliency landscape. This report highlights country-specific findings about the ongoing market challenges, the difference between an importance in attaining resiliency versus perceived resiliency, and the principles companies need to follow to drive business resiliency. Our research defines resiliency as the ability of
Consumer goods manufacturers have faced significant challenges over the past few years due to rapidly changing demand and supply disruptions in their end-to-end supply chain. As a result, manufacturers have realized the need to strengthen their resilience and have prioritized assessing their manufacturing capacity to maximize output and automation. To
As in most other sectors, health care is changing at lightning speed. Access to data makes it possible to speed up clinical trials, develop more personalized medication, make quicker and better diagnoses, improve the quality of patient care and save lives. The pandemic has sped up digital transformation in every
SAS® Viya® has been making waves in the analytics and AI industry. SAS Viya has recently been included in G2’s annual ranking of Best Analytics and AI products for 2023, a list based partly on user feedback. So, what are SAS users and industry analysts saying about SAS Viya? Let's
