Analytics

Andy DaviesAugust 19, 2019 0

So what is a data scientist?

The concept of analysing increasingly complex data to inform decision making is very relevant to policing today. Data science can and should support modern police forces to serve their communities. But what do we mean by data science and data scientists? One dictionary definition of a data scientist is: “a

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Analytics

Leonid BatkhanAugust 18, 2019 0

Selling sand at the beach

Have you ever thought of selling sand on the beach? Neither have I. To most people the mere idea is preposterous. But isn’t it how all great discoveries, inventions and breakthroughs are made? Someone comes up with an outwardly crazy, outlandish idea, and despite all the skepticism, criticism, ostracism, ridicule

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Analytics

Steve PerksAugust 16, 2019 0

Harnessing data to deepen the relationships to your customers

In a world of fast, convenient, personalized service, customers expect businesses to go the extra mile to meet their expectations. How can organizations establish closer relationships, especially in crowded markets? With industry disruptors nipping at their heels, established companies are looking for fresh ways to strengthen relationships with new and

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Retail

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Work & Life at SAS

Andrés Mauricio TorresAugust 15, 2019 0

Analítica e Inteligencia Artificial: armas secretas para ser campeón del Tour de Francia

Por primera vez, Latinoamérica tiene un campeón del Tour de Francia. Se llama Egan Bernal, es colombiano y según los especialistas, se trata de un deportista prodigio que apenas empieza a construir una gran historia. Y es que, a sus 22 años, Egan es el cuarto ciclista más joven en

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Spanish

Sports & Entertainment

Analytics

Kelly LuAugust 15, 2019 0

The power of AI is undeniable, but can they replace call centres?

When we hear the words AI and call centres, we immediately imagine dialling a number, only to be greeted by a semirobotic voice (think Siri or Google). While it’s true that AI can be more efficient than humans (at some things), does it really mean that human call centre agents

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Analytics

Ashutosh KumarAugust 14, 2019 0

Boost your bank’s operational efficiency

Combining analytical resources and expertise from across the organisation is a prerequisite for effective, well-informed decisioning. How can your bank break down analytics silos and inspire a culture of collaboration? Organisational silos are holding banks back from driving innovation and meeting customer demands. When your customers expect convenient, personalised and

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Banking

Analytics | Internet of Things

Léonie ValenciaAugust 14, 2019 0

Das Industrial Internet of Things im produzierenden Sektor

Das Thema Internet of Things (IoT) ist im Produktionsbereich heute nicht mehr wegzudenken. Ob es nun um die Produktion selbst und eine smarte Produktionsumgebung geht oder um die Gestaltung der Produkte, die „smart“ werden sollen – nahezu in jedem Bereich gibt es immer mehr Vernetzungen, Sensoren werden eingebettet, und mehr

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German

Manufacturing

Analytics

Sandra HernandezAugust 13, 2019 0

Avances y ejemplos inspiradores en analítica, IA, innovación y transformación digital: ejes del primer SAS Forum Colombia

Este 10 de septiembre, el evento más importante de analítica en el mundo llega a Colombia. SAS Forum, nuestro evento con reconocimiento mundial en temas de Innovación, Big Data, Transformación Digital, IoT, Inteligencia Artificial, Cloud, Fraude, Ciberseguridad, Ciencia de Datos y Analítica Avanzada, se realizará por primera vez en Bogotá

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Spanish

Communications

Analytics

David AnnisAugust 13, 2019 0

Five considerations for your cloud-first strategy

Across all industries, organizations are adopting a cloud-first strategy. What does it mean to be cloud-first? Broadly speaking, cloud first means using shared infrastructure instead of building and hosting your own private storage facility, systems, etc. Benefits of adopting a cloud-first strategy include cost savings and productivity improvements. However, what

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Analytics

Caroline S PayneAugust 13, 2019 0

My personal impact of AI

Artificial intelligence has great potential to improve the lives of so many people, especially in the health sector. In Holland, for example, the Amsterdam Medical Center uses computer vision to process patient data, and particularly images. With SAS’ help, it is moving closer to a position where it can deliver

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Health Care

Analytics

Kleber WedemannAugust 12, 2019 0

¿Qué tienen en común los drones, la inteligencia artificial y la policía?

Cualquiera que haya visto películas de Iron Man sabe que su creador, Tony Stark, cuenta, y mucho, con la ayuda de Jarvis, un sistema avanzado de Inteligencia Artificial diseñado para administrar casi todo en su vida, especialmente en la lucha contra el crimen. ¿Alguna vez has imaginado que algo así

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Spanish

Government

Analytics

Georgios KapetanvasileiouAugust 12, 2019 0

Combating Insurance Fraud With Machine Learning

Most insurance companies depend on human expertise and business rules-based software to protect themselves from fraud. However, people move on. And the drive for digital transformation and process automation means data and scenarios change faster than you can update the rules. Machine learning has the potential to allow insurers to

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Insurance

Analytics

Rick WicklinAugust 12, 2019 0

The math you learned in school: Yes, it’s useful!

What is this math good for, anyway?      –Every student, everywhere I am a professional applied mathematician, yet many of the mathematical and statistical techniques that I use every day are not from advanced university courses but are based on simple ideas taught in high school or even in grade school.

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Analytics

Mike GillilandAugust 10, 2019 0

Announcing the 2019 SAS/IIF Forecasting Research Grants

The International Institute of Forecasters and SAS® announce two $10,000 grants to support research on forecasting. Per the announcement: Forecasting research has seen major changes in the theoretical ideas underpinning forecasting effectiveness over the last 30 years. However, there has been less impact on forecasting practice. We aim to put

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Analytics

Mike GillilandAugust 9, 2019 0

Visualizing a better alternative to one-number forecasting

Back in 2013 the BFD asked Is one number forecasting a new worst practice?, concluding yes. Certainly, it is important for an organization to be aligned, with different functions like sales, supply chain, and finance not going off independently in their own directions, doing whatever they want. But trying to

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Jane EslingerAugust 8, 2019 0

Summarization in CASL

Summarizing numeric data is an important step in analyzing your data. CASL provides multiple actions that generate summary statistics. This blog provides a quick overview of three of those actions: SIMPLE.SUMMARY, AGGREGATION.AGGREGATE, and DATAPREPROCESS.RUSTATS.

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Analytics

James Ochiai-BrownAugust 8, 2019 0

Reimagining the Analytics Platform

What does an analytics platform look like? We might imagine a large server with data and software used for a wide range of operational reporting, BI and data analysis. There may be development and test environments. But typically most users will be working in the same production environment, sharing the

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Analytics

Joao OliveiraAugust 7, 2019 0

From automation to autonomous and intelligent decisioning

Free will is the core of a human being. Free will implies making decisions. But how are decisions defined? Decision making is choosing an alternative from many possibilities. It is a process that results in the selection of a set of actions among several alternative scenarios. But what about business?

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence

Mauricio GonzálezAugust 6, 2019 0

¿Cuenta con la tecnología analítica adecuada para responder a las necesidades cambiantes de las nuevas generaciones digitales?

Esta nueva era digital ha impactado considerablemente a la industria financiera, sobre todo que las nuevas generaciones con alta actividad digital y que dan valor a la innovación han adoptado nuevas maneras de interactuar con los proveedores para acceder a servicios financieros. Para cubrir las distintas necesidades y objetivos financieros

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Spanish

Banking

Analytics | Internet of Things

Léonie ValenciaAugust 6, 2019 0

Wie das IoT Softwareanbieter und ihre Produktlösungen beeinflusst

Um sich bei IoT-Projekten einen gewissen Erfolg zu sichern, gewinnt die Zusammenarbeit von Unternehmen aus vielfältigen Bereichen immer mehr an Bedeutung. So müssen beispielsweise für die Implementierung einer smarten Produktionsumgebung Hardware-, Software- sowie Infrastrukturhersteller gemeinsam Know-how aufbauen und weiterentwickeln. Das E4TC am Campus der RWTH Aachen beschäftigt sich mit dieser

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German

Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Internet of Things

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunAugust 6, 2019 0

2019 상반기 글로벌 분석 전문가들의 SAS 평가 리포트를 공유합니다

SAS는 매년 IDC(International Data Corporation), 가트너(Gartner), 포레스터 리서치(Forrester Research, Inc.) 등 세계적인 분석 기관 및 시장 조사 업체로부터 SAS의 제품과 전략, 시장 경쟁성 등 여러 측면에서 평가를 받고 있습니다. 이러한 애널리스트들의 평가와 조언은 기술 구매를 고려하는 고객들은 물론 SAS의 발전과 혁신에도 큰 도움이 됩니다. 올해 상반기 SAS는 전문가들로부터 어떤 평가를

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Korean

Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization | Work & Life at SAS

Anjelica CummingsAugust 5, 2019 0

Combining the power of analytics and art

A technology company that places a high value on art. Beyond SAS’ workplace culture, benefits and leadership in the analytics market, it was the company’s emphasis and appreciation toward the arts that first caught Jessica Peter’s attention. Jessica first learned about SAS from the comfort of her living room. During

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Analytics

Andreas HeizAugust 5, 2019 0

Smart ways to improve your marketing effectiveness

As businesses see the transformative potential of targeted digital marketing initiatives, they are investing in cutting-edge analytics solutions. But are they putting this technology to its best use? As data volumes continue to grow exponentially, marketers ought to have all the data they need to engage customers in new and

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Léonie ValenciaAugust 1, 2019 0

Was Digitalisierung für Miele bedeutet

IoT-Projekte zeigen durch ihre Vielseitigkeit immer wieder, wie wichtig heutzutage die interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit und Partnerschaft zwischen Unternehmen ist. Gerade das Zusammenspiel der Bereiche Hardware, Software und Forschung muss abgestimmt sein, soll der Erfolg gesichert werden. Das E4TC am Campus der RWTH Aachen bringt genau diese Bereiche zusammen und fördert mit

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German

Manufacturing

Analytics

Silia SideriAugust 1, 2019 0

Tuning in to the voice of the customer in real time is easier than you think

For many years now, companies have been seeking to understand the views of their customers by asking them for direct feedback. Market research, in the form of interviews or focus groups, has tried to understand customers’ wants and needs. And who has not sighed as yet another recorded voice informed

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Analytics | Risk Management

Mario Alberto MuñozJuly 31, 2019 0

La Inteligencia Artificial y su impacto en el scoring crediticio

La transformación digital en el sector financiero ha llevado a que la actividad bancaria haya pasado de un mercado de demandantes a un mercado de oferentes. Esto, lo que quiere decir, es que las personas que van a las oficinas a pedir préstamos son cada vez menos; ahora los oferentes

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Banking | Government

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Andreas BecksJuly 31, 2019 0

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Um es mit Stephen Hawking zu sagen: „Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change". Das wissen vor allem auch die Digitalisierungsverantwortlichen von Versicherungen. Und wenn wir über den Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz in einer eher risikoaversen und sich langsam ändernden Branche nachdenken, dann gilt dieser Satz umso mehr. Denn

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German

Insurance

Analytics

Hassan El MajidiJuly 30, 2019 0

The Moroccan landscape for data protection

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, and there is a debate about potential convergence between Moroccan data protection law (09-08) and the GDPR standard. This means that there is a good chance that the control and verification mechanisms set up by the National

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Analytics

José Mutis O.July 29, 2019 0

¿Por qué las empresas deben evolucionar su plataforma analítica y acelerar el uso de la Inteligencia Artificial en sus negocios?

La Inteligencia Artificial está transformando las empresas y los negocios en el mundo. Según Gartner, el volumen de organizaciones que han implementado Inteligencia Artificial (IA) a nivel global ha crecido un 270% en los últimos cuatro años, y si nos remitimos solo al 2018 el crecimiento fue aún mayor. Sin

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Spanish

Banking | Communications | Retail

Analytics | Internet of Things | Programming Tips

Joe FurbeeJuly 26, 2019 0

SAS Event Stream Processing on SAS Cloud - my journey

In a previous post, Zero to SAS in 60 Seconds- SAS Machine Learning on SAS Cloud, I documented my experience with a SAS free trial on the SAS Cloud. Well, the engineers at SAS have been busy and created another free trial. The new trial covers SAS Event Stream Processing

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