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Four things clients say could go wrong when you're working to become a data-driven business.
Blend, cleanse and prepare data for analytics, reporting or data modernization efforts
Four things clients say could go wrong when you're working to become a data-driven business.
David Loshin describes four key traits of fully data-driven businesses.
Data Preparation wird von Unternehmen bislang oft als Fleißaufgabe gesehen, die man gerne der IT überlässt. Doch weil die Fachabteilungen oftmals nicht lange auf ihre Daten warten wollen, haben dicke SQL-Bücher und Spreadsheet-Anwendungen immer noch Hochkonjunktur in den meisten Büros. Ist das sinnvoll? Nein, das ist nicht sinnvoll. Denn die
Behavioral health information technology (HIT) adoption efforts have struggled and are still plagued by a number of challenges. Since 2011, the federal government has incentivized the industry to the tune of $37 billion. However, according to US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) “psychologists, community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, and others
What's stopping you from being a data-driven business? Phil Simon points to four common stumbling blocks.
Der Datensee wird immer voller. Aus allen Himmelsrichtugen fließen die Daten ein, nicht nur aus Exceltabellen oder aus Datenbanken, sondern zu großen Teilen aus operativen Systemen wie SAP ERP oder SAP HANA. Aber nicht genug: Sie kommen natürlich auch aus dem Internet in unseren See. Mobilen Endgeräten oder auch Sensoren an Maschinen
SAS Data Preparation 2.1 is now available and it includes the ability to perform data quality transformations on your data using the definitions from the SAS Quality Knowledge Base (QKB). The SAS Quality Knowledge Base is a collection of files which store data and logic that define data quality operations
Jim Harris says a data-driven business can make decisions faster, using better data, with more transparency about results.
Joyce Norris-Montanari defines data-driven design and asks if it's more about technology, processes or mindset.
The primary obstacle to becoming a data-driven business is that data is not readily available, leaving valuable insights unused in data silos. To overcome this hurdle, today’s companies are creating a new role: Chief Data Officers (CDO). Responsible for unlocking insights hidden in data silos, the CDO is tasked with
With SAS Data Management, you can setup SAS Data Remediation to manage and correct data issues. SAS Data Remediation allows user- or role-based access to data exceptions. Last time I talked about how to register and use a Data Remediation service. This time we will look at how to use
Finding a pattern like a phone number or national ID number embedded in text can be difficult and time consuming.
A steady drumbeat of news coverage makes one thing clear: Opioid abuse is rising and has reached epidemic levels throughout our country. Overdoses from the diversion and abuse of prescription opioids are one cause of the surge in deaths. Overdoses from heroin and other illicit synthetic opioids (such as heroin,
데이터 매니지먼트가 중요한 이유 우리는 지금 데이터가 사회와 경제를 움직이는 ‘데이터 이코노미’ 시대에서 살고 있다. 시장조사업체 IDC는 전 세계 데이터 양은 매년 약 30% 증가해 2025년에는 현재보다 10배 늘어난 163제타바이트(ZB)에 이를 것으로 전망했다. 이처럼 폭증하는 빅데이터를 가트너(Gartner)에서는 ‘21세기 원유’로 규정하기까지 했다. 하지만 이제는 빅데이터를 단순한 ‘콘텐츠’가 아닌 ‘프로세스’와 ‘인프라’ 관점에서
Hier kommen neue Tipps zum Maskieren: Denn die EU-Datenschutzgrundverordnung DSGVO fordert Sie und Ihr Unternehmen auf, alle (Zitat) erforderlichen technischen und organisatorischen Maßnahmen zu ergreifen und die zum Zeitpunkt der Verarbeitung verfügbare Technologie und technologischen Entwicklungen zu berücksichtigen. Wie können Sie diesem Anspruch in der Praxis gerecht werden? Im ersten Teil
David Loshin explains what it means to be a data-driven business by describing three different models.
Sie arbeiten mit Daten. Diese stammen vom Kunden. Vermutlich kann jener später indirekt identifiziert werden mit Ihren Daten. Ab Mai gilt neues Datenschutzrecht: Sie werden nachweisen müssen, welche „Maßnahmen der Technikgestaltung“ konkret getroffen wurden, um das zu verhindern. Knifflig, wobei eigentlich ist ja alles „pseudonymisiert“ oder „anonym“ oder so …
Many SAS users have inquired about SAS Cloud Analytic Services’ (CAS) Distributed Network File System (DNFS) of late, so let’s look at it further in this blog post. (Learn more about CAS.) The “NFS” in “DNFS” Let’s start at the beginning. The “NFS” in DNFS stands for “Network File System”
Improper payments continue to plague the federal government, though many actions are in motion to help turn the tide. The Trump Administration’s Building a Better America: A Plan for Fiscal Responsibility, released in July 2017, emphasizes reducing improper payments, currently estimated by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to total
It's easier said than done to be a data-driven business, but the squeeze is worth the juice.
I wish this were a blog about a new super-affordable airline, but instead capital flight is the illegal movement of money from its country of origin, transit or destination. This movement of money through facilitators is creating a hyper-breed of criminal enterprise using the regulations of the world’s financial systems
Jim Harris shows how data-driven businesses incorporate three aspects of data governance to guide their decisions.
Once you have a data strategy for omnichannel, what's next? Kim Kaluba explains.
Joyce Norris-Montanari says IT and business need to work together when giving business users self-service data preparation tools.
David Loshin describes some steps you can take to ensure that self-service data preparation improves collaboration.
Es claro que este año que está por finalizar ha traído grandes cambios para todo el mundo en cuanto a transformación digital se trata, se estructuraron cambios en las industrias, la economía e incluso las formas de comunicación con sus clientes. Pero la tecnología no se detiene y cada día
Es claro que este año que está por finalizar ha traído grandes cambios para todo el mundo en cuanto a transformación digital se trata, se estructuraron cambios en las industrias, la economía e incluso las formas de comunicación con sus clientes. Pero la tecnología no se detiene y cada día que pasa
Kim Kaluba says start the journey toward ominchannel with a data strategy based on governance.
The goal of this article is to describe the steps needed to configure the bridge that allows SAS Data Integration 4.902, based on SAS 9.4M4, to load data directly into CAS on SAS Viya 3.2. Of course, SAS 9.4M5 simplifies this process, as a SAS/CONNECT communication will no longer be required, enabled
To get full value from analytics programs, Todd Wright says be sure you can first access, integrate, cleanse and govern your data.