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Clemens Knobloch

Clemens KnoblochMarch 20, 2019 0

Calling SAS Decision Manager Rulesets in Event Stream Processing

SAS Decision Manager enables you to build and test decisions to use in batch processes, real-time web applications or with SAS Event Stream Processing. In this blog, I explain how to use Rulesets in an Event Stream Process project. If you are streaming data using SAS Event Stream Processing and

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Data Management

Rein MertensMarch 19, 2019 0

Privacy legislation need not inhibit AI-driven innovation

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers many opportunities for innovation. It already allows us to improve traffic flows, safely manage large crowds of people at events, analyze automated MRI scans for particular diseases and disorders, and check the effectiveness of treatment. However, new privacy legislation – such as the European General Data

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Management | SAS Events

Heather Hallett

Heather HallettMarch 14, 2019 0

Puzzle obsession ... piecing together a 360-degree view of a patient.

I am obsessed with jigsaw puzzles. Specifically, 1000-piece mystery puzzles, entertaining not just for their pictorial humor, but also for the challenge. Unlike traditional puzzles, you don't know what you are putting together because the completed puzzle isn't pictured on the box. Mystery puzzles are constructed so that you must

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Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Reece CliffordMarch 12, 2019 0

Unlocking analytics for multi-sport events

The reach of sports analytics is growing by the day. Increasingly, fans expect access to additional information when viewing their favourite sport. The Premier League has started to provide information about distance run, completed passes and penalty placement history. The Australian Football League shows—on live TV—the heart rate of a

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Sports & Entertainment

Artificial Intelligence | Data Management

Data steward assures data quality to help AI efforts succeed

Jim HarrisMarch 12, 2019 0

Data stewardship for artificial intelligence

Jim Harris says curating AI’s curriculum is the responsibility of data stewards.

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Data Management

Jason Simon from the University of North Texas

Georgia MarianiMarch 6, 2019 0

The importance of data governance: An interview with UNT

Learn why Jason Simon from UNT calls data governance critical.

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Artificial Intelligence | Data Management

Businessman contemplates which data sources may be retired due to AI

Phil SimonFebruary 27, 2019 0

Why organizations' AI efforts will require retiring data sources

There's a chasm in today's business world between "can" and "should." Let's hope that gap closes soon.

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Data Management

Unsung data steward hero working at laptop

Joyce Norris-MontanariFebruary 11, 2019 0

Data stewards – Why they’re the unsung heroes of the business

Expect to lose time if you don't include a data steward in your project until you're reviewing the data model.

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanFebruary 6, 2019 0

How to split a raw file or a data set into many external raw files

Recently, I worked on a cybersecurity project that entailed processing a staggering number of raw text files about web traffic. Millions of rows had to be read and parsed to extract variable values. The problem was complicated by the varying records composition. Each external raw file was a collection of

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Data Management

Mark FrankishFebruary 4, 2019 0

The National Health Service's data challenge

New technologies promise to achieve what no politician has yet managed in the 70-year history of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS): improving patient care while simultaneously saving money. In the government’s 10-year-plan announcement this month, far-reaching new technological measures were announced. They demonstrate just how key digital transformation will

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Advanced Analytics | Data Management

Boy playing football (photo compliments of Pexels)

Todd WrightFebruary 1, 2019 0

Questions from CDOs and CAOs: Getting harder as the game evolves

Todd Wright says questions from the C-suite morph as the complex data and analytics landscape evolves.

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Data Management

Ivor G. MoanJanuary 22, 2019 0

Data Preparation in the Analytical Life Cycle- governance, quality and preparation

Recently, as a result of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other regulations, new governance requirements for data management have emerged. These have had some interesting effects on the data preparation process. This post is the third in a series on data preparation (Data preparation in the Analytical

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Data Management

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 Keijsers

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

Data engineer reflects on his work

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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Data Management

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 Herrmann

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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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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