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Analytics | Data Visualization

Jennifer MarchiSeptember 18, 2013 0

40-somethings love fancy sushi ... and other insights from visual analytics

At SAS, we’ve always been smart about using our own software internally to support our business goals. For an example, read Chris Hemedinger’s post about the SAS program he designed to measure blog activity - and one decision the blog team made as a result. Or, you can read several

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David PopeSeptember 3, 2013 0

How is an oil company like a farm, a bank, an insurance company or a retail manufacturer?

Perhaps I should have titled this post, "Riddle me this Batman..." Bam! Zap! etc.... now back to our regular scheduled blog post, where we explore the many lessons that can be learned from one industry to the next. Let's start with one of the easier comparisons: How is an

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Jeff AlfordSeptember 2, 2013 0

Stop the games, embrace high availability

Accessing computing resources must feel like playing Monopoly in some organizations. If you can out-game fellow analysts or have more-than-a-little luck, you get your report when you need it. If you can’t, you don’t pass Go and have to wait your next turn in the queue . . . whenever

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Robby PowellAugust 30, 2013 0

SAS 9.4: Deployment options right-sized for you

SAS 9.4, our newest platform release offers product enhancements galore, more deployment choices than ever, simplified administration and more. In this post, we take a look at SAS 9.4 deployment options. Now you can choose the best way to provide the world’s most powerful analytics to your users. Is a

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Tom MorseAugust 28, 2013 0

Behind the scenes with SAS’ Big Data Guy and the SAS Championship

As professional golfers tune up for the SAS Championship, I had the unique opportunity to sit down for a chat with Big Data. Maybe you've seen him on TV or in your corporate board room. He’s the guy with answers to many of the most complex issues faced by business

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Analytics | Data Visualization

David PopeAugust 24, 2013 0

How is analytics like magic?

Are you uncomfortable with analytics? Do you know someone who is? One reason might be that they think of predictive analytics as magic rather than science or fact based. Good magic amazes people and so do good analytic based reports and decisions. Being able to predict what product or service

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August 9, 2013 0

Big data and big fish a natural pair at Texas Parks and Wildlife

John Taylor likes computer data the way he likes big trout: here, there or anywhere. Which is perfectly natural, considering he’s the data analyst in the Inland Fisheries Department at Texas Parks and Wildlife. Taylor describes his unspoiled enthusiasm for big data and big fish in this sendup of Dr. Seuss that

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Dr. Laurie MilesAugust 8, 2013 0

Data scientists: We’re not all like Mr Spock…

There is lot of talk at the moment about data analysts or data scientists, but what do you need to be successful in these roles and what type of person do you need to be? The stereotypical view is that we’re ‘a bit nerdy’ and ‘walk around in white coats’,

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David PopeAugust 2, 2013 0

What is your perception of SAS?

Our perceptions can impact others and influence decisions. As a result, I always like to understand each customer's perception of what SAS is and what we do. There is no right or wrong answer to this question, however the response provides me with a chance to listen to our customers.

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Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization

Tapan PatelAugust 1, 2013 0

Identify your analytics strengths and weaknesses

Industry-changing dynamics like mobility, smart products, social media and embedded computing put a premium on big data and the insights you can gain from organizational data. As a result, the opportunity to be disruptive with analytics has never been greater. Yet, when it comes to making analytics work, not all organizations

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Kristine VickJuly 24, 2013 0

TUNE IN TODAY to hear about new big data research

Would you like to know how some of the largest and most successful organizations are getting value from their big data? Tune in to AllAnalytics.com today at 2 p.m. ET (US) to find out. In their recently published research report, Big Data in Big Companies, renowned analytics thought-leader Tom Davenport

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Jennifer MarchiJuly 23, 2013 0

Three more reasons to like visual analytics

We know that it is a struggle to gain insight from massive amounts of data. Businesses need the value that analytics provide and want to include analytics in day-to-day decision making in order to gain insights and improve business performance. Data visualization and reporting are like the “easy button” for businesses

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Jennifer MarchiJuly 18, 2013 0

Data visualization with a Hollywood ending

We’ve all seen those climactic movie scenes, where the hero of the story figures out how to “save the day” with only minutes to spare. Imagine a rogue CIA operative dashing into a situation room with the last-ditch information that averts nuclear war – and, as always, succeeding. Nothing says

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Laurie McCabeJuly 15, 2013 0

Getting results: How SMBs are using data and insights to get ahead

In the first two posts in this series, Seeing the Light: How SMBs are Using Data and Insights to Get Ahead, I shared the motivations that prompted three SMBs to replace spreadsheets and intuition with a more sophisticated, analytics-driven approach to run their businesses. In the second, I discussed the

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Analytics | Data Management

Leo SadovyJuly 9, 2013 0

WYSIATI – Thinking, fast, slow and analytically

I’ve got a book recommendation for you – it came recommended to me and did not disappoint. “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, by Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman. Kahneman is actually a psychologist (Professor emeritus at Princeton Univ), and his Nobel Prize winning work on decision theory will also remind

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Catherine (Cat) Truxillo

Catherine (Cat) TruxilloJuly 8, 2013 0

Five myths about unstructured data and five good reasons you should be analyzing it

“How can we begin to make sense of the unstructured data, when we still don’t make the most of our structured data?” said the exasperated senior manager from a large retail firm. One of the great pleasures of my job is the relationship with students that continues after class has

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Mary OsborneJuly 2, 2013 0

The path from standard to innovation with visual analytics

The path to innovation isn’t canned. It’s not formulaic. It involves taking calculated risks and (as much as I hate this cliché) out-of-the-box thinking. It involves creativity and the eagerness to explore ideas. Notice I didn’t say new ideas. Sometimes innovation is more about re-purposing or reworking old ideas into

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David PopeJune 21, 2013 0

Advanced analytics can help engineers think outside of the box (literally)

Engineers who implement process control can use analytics to think outside the of box. Better yet, they can use analytics to help solve the issues and risks associated with being inside the box or outside the box in the first place. Read on to learn what box I'm referring to

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Laurie McCabeJune 20, 2013 0

Key considerations: How SMBs are using data and insights to get ahead

In the first post in this series, Seeing the Light: How SMBs are Using Data and Insights to Get Ahead, I shared the motivations that prompted three SMBs (BGF Industries, Oberweis Dairy and Twiddy & Company) to replace spreadsheets and intuition with a more sophisticated, analytics-driven approach. But what factors

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Bill ColemanJune 17, 2013 0

Data integration, holistic view of municipal data can show neighborhoods in decline

Imagine a business offering a multitude of products and services that seemingly have little relationship to one another, and all are supported by different data systems. This is the plight of local governments. The products and services produced and managed by local governments range from utilities, solid waste and recycling to parks

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Anne-Lindsay BeallJune 14, 2013 0

Visualizing big data: see it in sascom magazine (now on your tablet)

Big data. It’s still the hottest topic going – and making it pay off continues to be a challenge. According to a recent IDG Research survey, organizations’ biggest big data headaches are: 1) lack of skills needed to run analysis and 2) difficulty in making data available to users for

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Jan-Ole RomannJune 11, 2013 0

Erfolgsfaktor Analytics - die neue Vielfalt erleben

Auf dem SAS Forum 2013 am 11. und 12. September in Mannheim erleben Sie Analytics live – an 2 Tagen mit mehr als 70 Beiträgen und zahlreichen Gelegenheiten zum persönlichen Austausch mit Branchenkennern, Fachspezialisten und Analytics-Experten.

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Leo SadovyJune 11, 2013 0

Value pricing – You can’t get there from “Cost-plus”

Do we ever really get pricing right? Sometimes we do, and some of those times are actually on purpose, but it takes a lot of upstream activities to go right in order for pricing to be optimal as well. Too often pricing is that last variable at our disposal when

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Analytics | Data Management

Mike NemecekJune 11, 2013 0

Big data = big value

In Amsterdam, harnessing the power of the (data) tide With more than 100 km of canals and 1,500 bridges, dikes and dams, Amsterdam has long been in tune with the tides. Today, as an economic tide tugs at Europe and many regions, organizations are coping with a flood of data

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Laurie McCabeJune 5, 2013 0

Seeing the light: How SMBs are using data and insights to get ahead

At a time when information is proliferating at an unprecedented rate, companies that can effectively gather, create and use information can gain dramatic market advantages over those that don’t. SMB Group’s 2012 Routes to Market Study shows that SMBs that have deployed business intelligence and analytics solutions are 51% more

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Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization

Kristine VickMay 29, 2013 0

Seven steps to deploying visual analytics

As a marketer interested in analyzing my campaign data visually, I recently had a chance to slow down and read this TDWI checklist report entitled “Seven Steps to Deploying Visual Analytic for Improving Actionable Insight” by Dave Stodder, Director of TDWI Research for Business Intelligence. What it helped me understand is

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Anna BrownMay 24, 2013 0

Where do you draw the line (graph)?

The Data Visualization Charting 101 seriesexplores different tools to visualize data. Check out other posts to see which data visualization is right for you. My grandmother often used the saying “as the crow flies” when giving directions, referring to a straight line being the shortest distance between two points. When

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Alison BolenMay 22, 2013 0

Big data knows, even if you don't!

What does big data know that you don't? It could be a new source of revenue, a budding consumer trend or ... something sinister! Find out what big data knows in this funny but telling video spot: Look familiar? Do you know that guy? Share this funny big data video

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