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SAS BI Dashboard Rocks My Google Analytics Data Analysis

February 1, 2012 by Tricia Aanderud
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I have to say I’m in love with the new SAS BI Dashboard and it’s many features. It really brings the Google Analytics to life and helps me understand how the Website traffic changed over time along with the key influences. The following figure gives you an idea of how you can integrate dashboard indicators for an interactive user experience. [read more]

Analytics Valley: Big Data, Data Scientists and SAS Programmers

September 14, 2011 by Jiangtang Hu
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Big data analytics in Silicon Valley and a sensible approach to learning to program SAS [read more]

Update on Predictive Analytics in the Cloud

September 3, 2011 by James Taylor
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"Our Predictive Analytics in the Cloud research is moving forward. We announced this multi-stage, multi-client project a week ago and are busy developing the survey (plan is to launch this mid-September) and the initial position paper. I’ve had some great interviews with our sponsors (Clario Analytics, FICO, Opera Solutions, Predixion Software, SAS, Teradata, and Toovio) and I think we are going to get some really interesting results." [read more]

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Predictive Analytics in the Cloud Research on SmartData Collective

August 31, 2011 by James Taylor
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"SmartData Collective and Decision Management Solutions are partnering to bring some exciting new research to the SmartData Collective community. A week ago we announced a multi-stage, multi-client project to study Predictive Analytics in the Cloud." [read more]

First Look – SAS In-Database Analytics

April 12, 2010 by James Taylor
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SAS has been rolling out its in-database and in-warehouse analytics over the last few months and I thought it was time to get an update. SAS sees its in-database strategy as one way to address some of the challenges in putting analytics to work, especially in high-volume operational environments. In-database analytics can reduce the... [read more]

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Why Do Once Successful Companies Fail?

March 17, 2010 by Gary Cokins
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How can one explain why seemingly successful companies, like Wang Labs and Digital Equipment, go bankrupt or fall from a successful leadership position? I continue to be intrigued by the fact that almost half of the roughly 25 companies that passed the rigorous tests to be listed in the once famous book by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman, In Search of Excellence, today either no longer exist, are in bankruptcy, or have performed poorly. What happened in the 25 years since the book was published? Ponder this question, “How many of the original Standard and Poors (S&P) 500 list originally created in 1957 are on that list today?” Answer: 74, just 15% according to CFO.com. And of those 74, only 12 have outperformed the S&P index average. Pretty grim. My belief is when it comes to considering whether to implement and integrate the various component methodologies that constitute Performance Management, there are actually two choices. To do it or not to do it... [read more]

NYT: SAS facing stiff competition

November 23, 2009 by David Smith
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In a front-page article in Sunday's business section, the New York Times takes a look at SAS and how it is increasingly facing competition from both proprietary and open-source alternatives. On the commercial side, more and more vendors are moving into the predictive analytics market eyeing SAS's enviable recurring subscription revenues... [read more]

Some interesting SAS-Teradata news

October 27, 2009 by James Taylor
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Copyright © 2009 James Taylor. Visit the original article at Some interesting SAS-Teradata news.Syndicated from BeyeNetwork I am spending some time with SAS this week and I was struck by a couple of announcements related to the ongoing SAS/Teradata partnership. First, the two companies have partnered with Elder Research to create a... [read more]

Enterprise Software: Is there any one left to buy?

September 24, 2009 by Rick Sherman
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The high tech Titans - IBM (IBM), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Oracle (ORCL), Microsoft (MSFT), SAP (SAP) and EMC (EMC) – have been buying software firms at an amazing pace over the last half decade. According to BusinessWeek the tally is: Oracle $30 billion for 56 companies, Microsoft 79 companies, IBM 60 companies, EMC 40, and HPQ 34.... [read more]

Better customer service, better results with predictive analytics

September 15, 2009 by James Taylor
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I recently hosted a webcast for Smart Data Collective titled “Putting Customer Value to Work: What Predictive Analytics Can Do for Your Bottom Line”. With Korhan Yunak of Vodaphone Group, Anne Milley of SAS Institute and Mike Rote of Teradata Corporation on the panel we discussed how predictive analytics can provide the knowledge you... [read more]

SAS for Data Mining

May 19, 2009 by Sandro Saitta
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After having used Matlab and R for data mining, I am now using the SAS (Statistical Analysis System) solution. The software was chosen according to our client internal uses. SAS was already used in the company (a telecomunication company in Switzerland) and there were no reason to change. The first surprise with SAS is when you install... [read more]

How is Performance Management like Multi-wavelength Astronomy?

April 30, 2009 by Gary Cokins
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In a magazine article about astronomy and cosmology I was struck by the similarities between performance management practitioners and multi-wavelength astronomers. Of course, you may be asking what is a multi-wavelength astronomer. These are researchers who analyze mountains of data about stars and star formation in our universe. One... [read more]

Report: 6th Annual SAS HLS Executive Conference

April 24, 2009 by Jason Burke
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Wow, what a great event we just had.  The 6th Annual SAS Health and Life Sciences Executive Conference wrapped up last night, and it was certainly one of the best we've had.  The event, which was sponsored by HP, focused on the theme "Welcome to a New Dawn of Healthcare: Patient-Driven.  Technology-Enabled."  I... [read more]

Behavioral Targeting in Online Advertising

April 18, 2009 by Sandro Saitta
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In my new job as a data mining consultant at FinScore, I’m currently working on behavioral targeting for online advertising. The client is a telecom company in Switzerland. The main idea behind the project is to show ads, on the company’s website, that are dependent on the profile of the visitor. In theory, online advertising is much... [read more]

SAS commits $70 million to Cloud Computing

April 12, 2009 by AjayOhri
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From the official SAS website http://www.sas.com/news/preleases/CCF2009.html SAS to build $70 million cloud computing facility New cloud computing facility will support needed data-intensive customer solutions CARY, NC  (Mar. 19, 2009)  –  SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, announces... [read more]

"The term BI has been stretched and widened to encapsulate a lot of different techniques, tools and..."

April 8, 2009 by Jack Mason
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“The term BI has been stretched and widened to encapsulate a lot of different techniques, tools and technologies since it was first coined decades ago. Essentially, BI has always been about information delivery, be it in static rows and columns, graphical representations of information, or the modern and hyper-interactive dashboard... [read more]