Internet of Things

Binod JhaJanuary 9, 2015 0

Internet of Things: A game changer for insurance

~ This article is co-authored by Binod Jha, Global Product Manager for Insurance Solutions at SAS, and Amol Kokane, Senior Development Manager for Insurance & Risk Management Solutions at SAS ~ How might insurance policies change if sensor data could be automatically transmitted and analyzed from your car, your home and even your

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Frédéric CombaneyreDecember 13, 2014 0

Sensors, those amazing (very) little things!

The first sensors appeared many decades ago, and have been around for quite some time in various forms, even though they’ve really only entered the popular vocabulary over the past few years thanks to the Internet of Things. How do sensors work? A sensor detects events, or changes in quantities, and

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Manufacturing

Internet of Things

Tom MorseDecember 2, 2014 0

An IoT-connected Christmas

As 2014 slowly winds down it’s time to gear up for the holiday shopping rush. As in recent years the Consumer Electronics Association reports tech gifts will again be high on everyone’s list this holiday shopping season. A new addition to the list this year are numerous Internet of Things

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Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Suzanne ClaytonNovember 6, 2014 0

Big data without analytics is just data

Data has value IF you can analyze it, said participants at a big data analytics roundtable at the Premier Business Leadership Series in Las Vegas. In attendance were executives from some of the largest Communications companies in the world including from the US, Canada, Turkey, Japan, Australia and the Philippines as well

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Mike HitmarOctober 24, 2014 0

It’s not just ANNY award for Ford

Perhaps the greatest legacy that Ford Motor Company’s former chief executive, Alan Mulally, left behind is a culture of analytics. Ford began using analytics in the late 1990’s, but it wasn’t until their financial woes in the 2000’s and Mulally’s arrival in 2006, that analytics started to be used regularly for

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Chris HartmannOctober 23, 2014 0

Hadoop and connected cars: Why automotive execs should care about data

Did you know: For 13 percent of car buyers a new vehicle without internet access is a no-go? Obviously, no-go means no-buy. Thirteen percent! If I have ever seen a market demand, it is this. For sure, the industry will respond to that. The management consulting company Bain even expects

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Fraud & Security Intelligence | Internet of Things

Leo SadovyOctober 21, 2014 0

CaaS – Crime-as-a-Service: Murder on the Internet of Things

Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, in its recently released 2014 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA), cited a report by U.S. security firm IID that predicts that the first “online murder” will occur by year end, based on the number of computer security system flaws discovered

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John FarrellyOctober 15, 2014 0

Tom Davenport on Hadoop, Big Data and the Internet of Things

I recently caught up with Dr. Tom Davenport, analytics thought-leader and author of Big Data @ Work, in Dublin, where we talked about big data, the Internet of Things and Hadoop. I'll be sharing the conversation here with you in two parts. You'll find part one below, and you can check

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Anne-Lindsay BeallOctober 9, 2014 0

Coming soon: The Internet of Cars

Today’s self-parking cars are a marvel, but that’s nothing compared to what’s just around the corner: Autonomous vehicles that can taxi you efficiently around a city, onboard navigation systems that warn of bad drivers or traffic jams nearby and offer safer, quicker alternative routes; trucks that haul commerce safely and

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Internet of Things

David PopeOctober 7, 2014 0

Is the SAS Embedded Process a secret sauce for Hadoop?

SAS has been developing "secret sauce" technology for more than 38 years.  Whether it has to do with being platform independent, processing in-database, running across a grid, or analyzing data in-memory like our SAS LASR Analytic Server or our High Performance Analytics offerings, secret sauce makes everything taste or, in

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Internet of Things

Mark TorrOctober 6, 2014 0

Hadoop market growth: Breaking out of the Silicon Valley bubble

In the first installment of this series on Hadoop, I shared a little of Hadoop's genesis, framing it within four phases of connectivity that we are moving through. I also stated my belief that Hadoop has already arrived in the mainstream, and we are currently moving from phases three of connecting people to phase four

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Internet of Things

Chris HartmannSeptember 23, 2014 0

Why Captain Kirk is a role model for the Internet of Things

The rumors, flying for many moons now, have turned out to be true. Followed by U2's new album release, Apple announced the launch of the Apple Watch for early 2015. Apple has finally unveiled its first foray into wearable technology. The Apple Watch (yep, not the iWatch), is an Apple

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Internet of Things

Chris HartmannSeptember 18, 2014 0

A day in the life with my connected car

  In the morning at 6am my iPhone buzzes. But it is not the alarm clock, rather it's important information from an app. What is this, I think to myself and look sleepily at the screen: "Danger of black ice! Already 15 km traffic jam on the A3 towards Cologne!

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Dr. Laurie MilesSeptember 9, 2014 0

We built this city on analytics

I’m sure, like me, you've been annoyed at being stuck in a traffic jam in a city centre somewhere, or been frustrated at your kids leaving lights on, or annoyed with the heating coming on when the weather’s warmed up and you've not got round to adjusting the thermostat. Now,

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Chris HartmannSeptember 8, 2014 0

Formula One benefits from fast data and big data

Imagine you are the race director for a Formula One car. Decisions must be made within seconds, sometimes in the blink of an eye. When speed is of utmost importance, it is necessary for race engineers to have all relevant race data at their fingertips.  Instead of having a couple of

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Manufacturing

Internet of Things

Michael ThomasAugust 6, 2014 0

The sights and sounds of IoT data streams

The Amazon River starts as a small glacial stream, pictured at right, on a mountain called Nevado Mismi in the Peruvian Andes. This, and many other small streams, lead to over 1,000 named tributaries of the largest drainage basin in the world -- and the greatest diversity of life on

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Internet of Things

Anne BelderJuly 30, 2014 0

Why we need digital banks

We often hear from retail bank customers that they aren't satisfied with the revenue captured through digital channels. It was therefore with great interest that I embarked on the mission to understand Chris Skinner’s book Digital Bank. Why we need digital banks The book starts by painting the landscape of

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Michael ThomasJuly 11, 2014 0

Solving the scholastic chess facilitation puzzle

Young digital natives are learning chess at an unprecedented rate. Three-year-olds learn chess from the tablet and quickly become more knowledgeable than their parents. But unlike most tablet games, chess is a gateway to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. We grown-ups must optimize the chess-to-STEM pipeline, but how? Consider this

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