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By simply logging into SAS Viya from Outlook, data visualizations can give you immediate information about key metrics and business performance through AI-powered explanations.
Las áreas de Marketing se enfrentan cada vez más a desafíos de cómo generar valor en empresas con mayor demanda de transparencia y de responsabilidad, para lograr resultados óptimos con presupuestos que cambian constantemente. La incertidumbre económica, genera presión adicional sobre los departamentos de marketing para mejorar su eficacia y
Traffic services, more specifically, unsafe driving, impact people every single day. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years, with deaths due to speeding and impaired or distracted driving on the rise. Pedestrian fatalities
Have you ever been in a meeting and heard, “We should leave that to the IT department to figure out. That’s a system thing”? I have observed this attitude among insurance professionals my whole career. It was almost as if anything that had to do with IT systems was radioactive!
SAS takes its pledge to support US veterans and military families to heart. So, when the 2022 the PACT Act expanded Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for those exposed to toxic substances, a collective team at SAS pulled together to help inform the community. Expanding Care for Our
En el último tiempo se hecho aún más evidente que la resiliencia y la analítica es una combinación clave para el liderazgo y para la obtención de buenos resultados en los negocios. Los cambios constantes en los mercados, los vientos de incertidumbre que vive la economía mundial y el impacto
The need to use less energy is becoming critical to manufacturers worldwide. The transition to a clean energy economy drives new developments in the energy sector. Manufacturers must find ways to reduce energy use to stave off growing internal production costs and remain competitive. Let’s discuss why the global energy
Using SAS for Microsoft 365, you can enhance your Excel spreadsheets with additional insights from SAS Viya via one seamless integrated experience.
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
I had the privilege of attending the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) in London and it was an incredibly enriching experience. Immersed in a gathering of like-minded professionals and experts, ODSC provided a captivating platform to delve into the latest advancements in the field of data science. From exploring the
Dit jaar deden zes teams uit de Benelux mee aan de wereldwijde SAS Hackathon competitie. Deze teams gingen spannende uitdagingen aan: van het voorspellen van verslechtering en sterfte van kankerpatiënten met synthetische data tot het optimaliseren van de kaasproductie en nog veel meer! Met hulp van de nieuwste SAS-software en
SAS, líder en analítica, invertirá US$1,000 millones de dólares durante los próximos tres años para el desarrollo de soluciones analíticas avanzadas. Así lo anunció en el marco del evento SAS Innovate 2023, donde explicó que estos fondos se enfocarán en soluciones para necesidades específicas en industrias como la banca, gobierno,
La industria financiera es de las más innovadoras y digitalizadas, pero por lo mismo es una de las que más desafíos y oportunidades suele presentar. Tener que enfrentar de manera simultánea la competencia que representan las grandes empresas de tecnología (las poderosas BigTech) y las innovadoras Fintech (con toda su
Hace 2.500 años Heráclito expresó una verdad que aún nos persigue: “Nada es permanente a excepción del cambio”. Y esto incluye a la banca. Con sus orígenes diluidos en la historia, desde la Mesopotamia hasta los egipcios, fueron los templos los que empezaron con esto, siendo usualmente utilizados para almacenar
Con un tamaño estimado de más de 619 mil millones de dólares para 2023, la computación en la nube es un mercado que cada año crece en tamaño y complejidad, pero que al mismo tiempo aumenta sus posibilidades gracias a las soluciones analíticas y de Inteligencia Artificial que ayudan a
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
After years of disruption, the insurance industry has its sights set on change – the problem is that transformation often feels out of reach, or firms don’t know where to start. From speaking to our customers, we know that many want to embrace innovative technologies but remain stuck with costly
Insurers have faced significant headwinds in the last few years. The insurtech market continues to grow, even if it’s had the wind taken out of its sails recently due to funding for start-ups drying up and following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. But another contender and digital disruptor has
I was recently asked to be on the jury for the Asia-Pacific track of the 2023 SAS Hackathon. As many of my colleagues have said before, judging the hackathon is a great experience. We were exposed to lots of innovative ideas about how to apply AI and analytics to a wide
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
Given a set of N points in k-dimensional space, can you find the location that minimizes the sum of the distances to the points? The location that minimizes the distances is called the geometric median of the points. For univariate data, the "points" are merely a set of numbers $${p_1,
In the first of this two-part blog series, we discussed why corporate sustainability is gaining momentum and explored the benefits and challenges it brings to business. Let’s dive into some practical tips on how to facilitate sustainability transformation within your organization: 1. Analyse your current situation with a future-oriented approach
El concepto de Martech ha sido ampliamente discutido en los últimos tiempos, pero su definición y enfoque pueden variar considerablemente. En mi análisis, Martech es una combinación esencial de marketing y tecnología que permite desarrollar estrategias de marketing efectivas utilizando tecnologías como análisis de datos e inteligencia artificial para mejorar
La detección y reducción de costos ocultos mediante la implementación de nuevas estrategias, procesos y tecnologías se ha vuelto fundamental en los procesos de transformación de la experiencia del cliente. ¿Qué papel desempeña la inteligencia analítica en esta tarea? En un entorno de acelerada digitalización que impulsa cambios en los
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.
While writing an article about labeling a polygon by using the centroid, I almost made a false claim about the centroid. I almost claimed that that the centroid is the point in a polygon that minimizes the sum of the distances to the vertices. It is not. The point that
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
Health care and life science organizations have always prioritized saving lives and now extend that commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. They are not merely checking boxes, but genuinely pursuing long term impact for individuals, future generations and the planet. However, they must now elevate their ESG efforts to
A colleague asked how to compute the barycentric coordinates of a point inside a triangle. Given a triangle in the plane with vertices p1, p2, and p3, every point in the triangle can be represented as a convex combination of the vertices: c1*p1 + c2*p2 + c3*p3, where c1,c2,c3 ≥
