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Data Preparation in the Analytical Life Cycle

Ivor G. MoanJanuary 18, 2019 0

Data Preparation in the Analytical Life Cycle- Preparation Trends

This post is the second in a series on data preparation based on a webinar about its role in the analytical life cycle. The first discussed how data preparation fit into the analytical life cycle. This post considers some trends in data preparation and some of the structures and processes

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Data Management

Woman frustrated with data lakes hitting laptop

Khari VillelaJanuary 17, 2019 0

Are data lakes stuck in the black and white world of the big data infomercial?

Guest blogger Khari Villela says data lakes are not a cure-all – they're just one part of a comprehensive, strategic architecture.

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Data Management

Rainer SterneckerJanuary 17, 2019 0

Self-service data preparation: The self stands for value!

Data preparation is often seen by companies as a difficult and dangerous job, one best left to IT. However, business departments often do not want to wait for their data, so thick SQL books and spreadsheet applications are booming in most offices. This does not really make sense, however you

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Customer Intelligence | Data Management

Ilanite KeijsersJanuary 16, 2019 0

Can your customer data platform facilitate the right decisions?

Data may be expanding exponentially, but this expansion in itself is not the be-all and end-all. Data is very important, but only because it enables organisations to learn more about their customers and offer them a better service. Therefore – and this is crucial – data allows organisations to make

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanJanuary 9, 2019 0

Simplify data preparation using SAS data templates

My New Year's resolution: “Unclutter your life” and I hope this post will help you do the same. Here I share with you a data preparation approach and SAS coding technique that will significantly simplify, unclutter and streamline your SAS programming life by using data templates. Dictionary.com defines template as

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Data Management

Joyce Norris-MontanariDecember 31, 2018 0

The data engineer: Jack of all trades

Joyce Norris-Montanari discusses data engineers in the second of her two-part series.

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Analytics | Data Management

Mike PflugDecember 18, 2018 0

With government data sharing, don’t be a data scrooge

Encouraging data sharing can sometimes feel like refereeing kids on Christmas morning. “Mom said you have to SHARE!” my sister bawled, grabbing at the Game Boy in my hand as I held the toy just out of her reach. I had just gotten it as a Christmas present and had

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Government

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Businesswomen studying laptop, considering value of data literacy

Phil SimonDecember 18, 2018 0

Questions on data literacy, part 2

Phil Simon raises two key questions to ask in his second post on data literacy.

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Analytics | Data Management | Learn SAS | Machine Learning

Michael HerrmannDecember 17, 2018 0

DevOps & SAS: Entwicklung und Betrieb aus einer Hand?

K(o)ennen Sie schon „DevOps“? Machen Sie SAS? Dann lohnt sich eventuell ein frischer Blick auf die Kombination! Denn immer mehr Unternehmen probieren, ihren produktiven Betrieb auch in die Hände der Software-Entwickler zu legen (2 von 3 laut Jenkins) – speziell in der Analyse, insbesondere beim agilen Modellieren und dem Veredeln

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Data Management

Leo SadovyDecember 13, 2018 0

No, data is not the new oil

By now you’ve seen the headlines and the hype proclaiming data as the new oil. The well-meaning intent of these proclamations is to cast data in the role of primary economic driver for the 21st century, just as oil was for the 20th century. As analogies go, it’s not too

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Management

John MaynardDecember 13, 2018 0

4 ways the data revolution is changing government

The data revolution is causing disruption everywhere. Even governments are feeling the effects. While the public sector may be less prepared for the impending changes, government has good reasons to embrace the data revolution. First, governments have been collecting data for years. They have lots of data. This supports programs,

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Government

Data Management

Coworkers looking at chart, using their data literacy to understand

Phil SimonDecember 6, 2018 0

Questions on data literacy, part 1

Phil Simon chimes in on the increasingly important topic of data literacy.

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Analytics | Data Management

Group of data scientists studying the data

Joyce Norris-MontanariDecember 3, 2018 0

The data scientist: Asking the right questions

Data scientists need good skills in communication, data mining, data wrangling and more. Joyce Norris-Montanari explains.

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Analytics | Data Management

Data steward is similar to a concierge (of analytics)

Jim HarrisNovember 27, 2018 0

Data steward: The concierge of analytics

Jim Harris says data stewards are essential to analytics, providing life cycle management for data across the enterprise.

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Data for Good | Data Management | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 20, 2018 0

Immunization rates in North Carolina schools

I recently read an article that said a school in Asheville, North Carolina had the worst chickenpox outbreak in the state in 2 decades. The article was interesting, and it also let me know I had a hole in my knowledge ... "What?!? - There's a chickenpox vaccine?!?" When I

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Health Care

Analytics | Data Management

Mike PflugNovember 19, 2018 0

Without data management, forget AI and machine learning in health care

Data management gets lost in the enthusiasm around Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Not surprising, when it's an algorithm that decides what search results to show you, guides the self-driving cars on the roads, and powers the anti-fraud bots that monitor every credit card transaction we make. Charles

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data Management

Michael HerrmannNovember 19, 2018 0

Data Preparation: Qualität per Self-service bei Banken

Finanzdienstleister haben aktuell massive Herausforderungen beim Management ihrer Daten: Der Kostendruck zwingt einerseits zu einem hocheffizienten Betrieb („run“). Zugleich wandeln sich andererseits die Prozesse im Business, Stichwort Digitalisierung („change“). Die drückenden Regeln der Aufsicht scheinen sich nicht vereinen zu lassen mit dem Anspruch der Kunden, flexibel, fix und doch datensparsam

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Banking

Analytics | Data Management

Businessman considering the principles of data management for analytics

Joyce Norris-MontanariNovember 12, 2018 0

5 principles of data management for analytics

Joyce Norris-Montanari cites five things she considers essential to data management for analytics.

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Analytics | Data Management

Confident data science professor knows how to make life easier for her students

Phil SimonNovember 7, 2018 0

Making life easier for your data scientists

Phil Simon chimes in with some tips on how to set these folks loose.

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Entre 2016 y 2019 la inversión en analítica de datos crecerá un 50%, ¿por qué?

Andrés Mauricio TorresNovember 2, 2018 0

Las aseguradoras se están transformando con la analítica

Los avances tecnológicos, las expectativas de los clientes y las regulaciones que redefinen el mercado, han sido puntos clave para que el sector de los seguros se enfoque en el crecimiento de sus ventas, su rentabilidad y la lealtad y el cuidado de sus clientes. ¿Qué ha pasado entonces? las

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Banking | Communications

Data Management | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 2, 2018 0

Visualizing cities as constellations in the night sky

Who says technical people can't have fun!?! Similar to Throwback Thursday / #TBT (when people post one of their old/nostalgic photos on social media), I like the tradition of Fun Friday when I use a fun data topic to test our software - a test can be just as rigorous using

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Education | Travel

Analytics | Data Management

David PopeNovember 1, 2018 0

Why SAS?

I've worked at SAS for over 27 years and have often been asked: What does SAS do? or Why should I choose SAS? It all boils down to one question: Why SAS? While there are many approaches to answering this question, I recently came up with three short, yet powerful,

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Artificial Intelligence | Data Management

Man working with robotic arm working together with data as a decision maker

Jim HarrisOctober 31, 2018 0

Data is not the only decision maker

Jim Harris says people still play a pivotal role in data-driven decision making.

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Analytics | Data Management

Frederik VandenbergheOctober 31, 2018 0

How to deploy your models with SAS Model Manager to Hadoop

How do you deploy your model so that business processes can make use of it? This post explores how SAS Viya applications can directly add models to a model repository, and specifically focuses on how to deploy them with SAS Model Manager to Hadoop.

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Analytics | Data Management

Do you have what it takes to be a data engineer ?

Jarno LindqvistOctober 30, 2018 0

Do you have what it takes to be a data engineer?

People who work with data have had a number of job titles in my time, including data admin, data specialist, ETL developer and data integrator. The rise of the term data scientist as the de facto job market term for an analyst, however, left us data people a bit high

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Javier Alexander RengifoOctober 26, 2018 0

La ciencia de datos como eje de la formación gerencial del futuro

El universo de los datos es una realidad que está evolucionando más rápido de lo que muchos esperaban. Su impacto en los negocios ha sido tal, que la gran mayoría de las empresas están implementando o pensando en implementar soluciones de analítica que les permitan consolidar toda la información que

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