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Gloria CaberoFebruary 3, 2017 0

La analítica en el emparrillado

El próximo domingo, si los pronósticos de los expertos se cumplen, disfrutaremos de un juego espectacular: un duelo sin cuartel, entre Halcones de Atlanta y Patriotas de Nueva Inglaterra, para conseguir el mítico trofeo Vince Lombardi. En la National Football League (NFL), los equipos –y sus estructuras de negocio– ya

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Analytics

David PopeFebruary 3, 2017 0

3 attributes of an open and unified analytics environment

Having addressed the adaptability and power of an analytics environment in my last two posts, I thought I'd close out this mini-series of blogs by providing the business and technology implications of three attributes that need to define any truly open and unified analytics environment: Cohesion Business: The platform enables

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Analytics | Data Management

Torsten BeckFebruary 2, 2017 0

Data Preparation und Self-Service für Analytics, ich kann es nicht mehr hören!

„Die IT liefert nicht, der Fachbereich weiß nicht, was er heute oder morgen an Daten haben will“… Beide haben recht, ein Dilemma, das darin endet, dass Selbsthilfe betrieben wird. Der Informationshunger besteht weiterhin, und was nicht geliefert wird, besorgt man sich auf anderem Wege. Da wären: die SAP-Maske, Excel, Datenbank(en),

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

The Business Forecasting Deal Book

Mike GillilandFebruary 1, 2017 0

Automatic forecasting and FVA (Part 2 of 2)

To make it easy to identify non-value adding areas, you can build a simple application using SAS® Visual Analytics software. Such an application lets you point and click your way through the organization’s forecasting hierarchy, and at each point view performance of the Naïve, Manual, Statistical, and Automated forecasts (or

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Management

Miriam AudeloFebruary 1, 2017 0

¿Cómo enfrenta el CIO la Transformación Digital?

Definir las prioridades de negocio y gestionarlas con analítica conduce a un camino exitoso. Ante la transformación digital que viven las organizaciones de las diversas industrias del mercado, el CIO se convierte en ese agente de cambio que habilita el camino hacia la innovación y éxito de la organización. Cuestionarse

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Banking | Communications | Government | Insurance | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics

Anita LakhotiaFebruary 1, 2017 0

Analytics-as-a-Service: agiler Ansatz für mehr Flexibilität im Tagesgeschäft

2017 stehen die Themen Big Data und Analytics immer noch ganz oben auf der Agenda. Doch Gott sei Dank ist die Diskussion nun einen Schritt weiter und dreht sich um die geschäftlichen Auswirkungen der Technologie. Wie kann der Einsatz von Analytics-as-a-Service den Umsatz erhöhen, Kosten reduzieren oder einen Wettbewerbsvorteil sichern?

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

The Business Forecasting Deal Book

Mike GillilandJanuary 31, 2017 0

Automatic forecasting and FVA (Part 1 of 2)

To properly evaluate (and improve) forecasting performance, we recommend our customers use a methodology called Forecast Value Added (FVA) analysis. FVA lets you identify forecasting process waste (activities that are failing to improve the forecast, or are even making it worse). The objective is to help the organization generate forecasts

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Gloria CaberoJanuary 31, 2017 0

Dele al cliente lo que necesita: la analítica le dice cómo

A diario, las empresas compiten aguerridamente entre sí para atraer nuevos clientes, conservar los que ya tienen y asegurar su lealtad por mucho tiempo. Sin embargo, no es una tarea fácil, especialmente cuando los consumidores están más conectados e informados que nunca y su entorno es cada vez más competitivo.

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Banking | Communications | Government | Insurance | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | Data for Good

Will JonesJanuary 31, 2017 0

How can data help the most vulnerable victims of human trafficking?

Did you know that January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month in the United States? If not, you may not know that researchers estimate that human trafficking is a global industry with revenues from $51 to $99 billion annually, up from $32 billion just a few years ago. In this case,

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Analytics | Data Management

Michael Herrmann

Michael HerrmannJanuary 27, 2017 0

Analytisches Aufspüren versteckter Gefahrenfelder: die EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung

Am 28. Januar war Europäischer Datenschutztag und ab sofort gilt dann verschärftes EU-Recht – so kommt es einem zumindest vor bei Gesprächen mit Datenschutz-Experten, bei ihrem Streben, die neue EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) zu bewältigen. Was ist schutzwürdig? Alles bekannt Personenbezogene, sowieso. Mehr aber noch das Unbekannte.

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Students & Educators

Mike GillilandJanuary 26, 2017 0

Guest blogger Len Tashman previews Winter 2017 issue of Foresight

Preview of the Winter 2017 issue of Foresight Foresight begins the new year with our 44th issue since the journal began publishing in 2005, and in this Winter 2017 collection we’re showcasing a broad range of incisive and entertaining pieces. We’re looking at new research on the effectiveness of collaboration

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Analytics

David PopeJanuary 26, 2017 0

3 attributes that define a powerful analytics environment

In my last post I described "4 adaptability attributes for analytical success," and in the past I've discussed the strategic role analytics play in helping organizations succeed now and into the future. Now I'd like to discuss three attributes that define a powerful analytics environment: Speed Accuracy Scalability [NOTE: Any

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Gloria CaberoJanuary 26, 2017 0

Nuevos retos del CIO para apoyar la transformación del negocio

Actualmente es muy común escuchar conversaciones relacionadas a la necesidad de transformar el negocio para competir en el nuevo entorno digital, incluso algunas organizaciones están diseñando sus planes para llevar a cabo esta transformación. Los principales cambios que se están planteando en las organizaciones están relacionados con la necesidad de

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Banking | Communications | Energy & Utilities | Government | Insurance | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | Internet of Things

Rainer SterneckerJanuary 26, 2017 0

IoT Trends 2017: Digital Twins / Edge Analytics schon spruchreif?

Die Zeit der Jahresrückblicke ist vorbei, endlich können wir unseren Blick wieder nach vorne richten. Seit einigen Wochen werden nämlich auf sämtlichen Portalen und Plattformen alle möglichen Prognosen für das Jahr 2017 ausgetauscht. So auch für Trends im Internet of Things (IoT). Ich lese da, ehrlich gesagt, meist nur mit

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Analytics

Alyssa FarrellJanuary 25, 2017 0

4 tips for the utility data scientist

Tell me if you’ve heard this before: Your company hired (or re-titled) a talented data scientist and they have great skills and no data. Or they're marginalized by IT because they're misunderstood. They're offered “cleansed” data that will fit into the hardware provisioned. What they want is “all” relevant data

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Data Visualization | SAS Events

Robert AllisonJanuary 25, 2017 0

Something for geeks and nerds to do at Disney World!

Are you one of those people who get easily bored at amusement parks? Would you like something to do while your friends/family are waiting in line for a ride? Perhaps I have an alternate idea, to keep you busy - survey markers! When surveyors are measuring and marking areas for

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Learn SAS

Jeff ThompsonJanuary 24, 2017 0

Step into the wonderful world of SAS Enterprise Miner

Editor's note (10/25/17): You can practice what you learned in class with 15 hours of Free virtual lab time when you attend the in-person or Live Web Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner class. Register now. Are you interested in taking an advanced course on the machine learning topic of Neural Networks? Does text

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 20, 2017 0

How do teenage boys eat so much, and stay so thin?

"They'll eat you out of house & home! Their food bill will put you in the poor house! ... And they never gain an ounce!" - That's what my friends say about their teenage sons. They're probably exaggerating a little, but since it's a recurring theme, there's probably some truth

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Cornelius KimmerJanuary 20, 2017 0

Das Internet of Things wird erwachsen

Die Zeiten, in denen man von Kühlschränken, die selbstständig bestellen, oder kommunizierenden Waschmaschinen spricht, sind gefühlt lange vorbei. Heute sprechen wir von Smart Environments. Smart Home, Smart Energie oder auch Smart Phone sind Begrifflichkeiten, die jeder erklären kann. Im Folgenden ein paar Einsatzszenarien, die den Nutzen der Technologie zeigen:

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Analytics

Jennifer BellJanuary 19, 2017 0

Rural school district wields predictive analytics to open doors for first generation college students

This predictive analytics post continues a blog series that highlights education leaders sharing successes and challenges of using data to drive school improvement. Sampson County Schools is a small rural school district in southeastern North Carolina. While overall graduation rates in the county were improving, one school wanted to do

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Education | Government

Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 18, 2017 0

Where does Girl Scout cookie money go?

Here in the US, it's Girl Scout cookie season. This is when you get to spend a few bucks on cookies, break your New Year's resolution about losing weight ... and feel good about it, because the money's going to a good cause. Or is it? - Let's break down

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Analytics | Data Management

Adrián MontesJanuary 17, 2017 0

¿Dónde vive la gestión de datos?

Antes que el data management existiera como lo conocemos actualmente, la información generada en las empresas era depositada y centralizada en un solo lugar, el denominado enterprise data warehouse (EDW). Los EDW´s han sido de gran utilidad sobre todo para datos estructurados, transaccional e internally generated. Sin embargo, el big

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Banking | Communications | Energy & Utilities | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics

David PopeJanuary 17, 2017 0

4 adaptability attributes for analytical success

After reading a recent LinkedIn post by Jeff Haden, "Want to Achieve Lifelong Success? An Army Ranger Says You Need This 1 Trait the Most", (spoiler alert: It's adaptability) something occurred to me. One of the reasons I enjoy solving business problems with analytics is that analytics is all about

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 16, 2017 0

Prius isn't the highest-mpg hybrid in 2017!

For many years, the Toyota Prius was the hybrid with the best mpg - but in 2017 that's changing! Let's examine the data ... For analyses like this, I have found the fueleconomy.gov website to be a wonderful source of information. In recent years, they've even made all their data

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Analytics | Data Visualization | SAS Events

Robert AllisonJanuary 13, 2017 0

What to do in Orlando, during SAS Global Forum!

They say "a picture is worth 1000 words" - and I think it might be more like 2000 when it comes to planning out fun/interesting things to do in a new city! I'm going to the SAS Global Forum (#SASGF) conference in Orlando this year, and I was wondering where

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Analytics

Steven O'DonoghueJanuary 13, 2017 0

Lessons learned from customer modernization projects

A number of posts on SAS Voices have touched upon the theme of modernization. This is certainly a hot topic with our customers as many of them continue to be interested in taking advantage of the evolving software landscape. The thing is, modernization can be hard. I should know, I’ve been

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Robert MoreiraJanuary 12, 2017 0

Five great analytics resolutions for 2017

The holiday season is over – and you survived. You’ve made a lot of personal resolutions for 2017 - go to the gym, eat less sugar, save more money, visit Grandma more often. These are all great personal resolutions for 2017, but what about your analytics resolutions? If you are

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Analytics | SAS Events

Gloria CaberoJanuary 10, 2017 0

SGF 2017: La ruta más eficiente para llevar sus datos a la acción

El poder del conocimiento no tendrá límites en 2017 SAS Global Forum (SGF), la conferencia de usuarios de SAS, ha agrupado por más de tres décadas a la comunidad de expertos con mayor experiencia en el campo de la analítica. Esta conferencia es el escenario ideal para que los usuarios

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