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Saul vanBeurde

Advice for CIOs: Information is the new oil

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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

How can a CIO best help his or her organization be more successful? According to ING CIO Saul van Beudern, CIOs must put aside their technology-focused view, and instead look at interactions from the customers’ point of view.

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Orlando Magic CEO on the benefits of big data

By Anna Brown, Editor | Published: April 25, 2012
Alex Martins, Orlando Magic

“Approximately 67 percent of analytics professionals say analytics are game-changing,” explains  Scott Vaughan, CMO for TechWeb today at the SAS Global Forum Executive Conference, “But only 42 percent believe their companies see it that way.”

Is big data over hyped?

By Jim Davis, SVP & CMO, SAS | Published: February 9, 2012
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“Only predictive analytics like forecasting and optimization will bring you out of the past and into the future,” says Jim Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for SAS. He talks more about the “big data” hype cycle in this article.

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What the C-suite should know about analytics

By Anna Brown, Editor | Published: February 8, 2012
What the C-suite should know about analytics

Kishore S. Swaminathan of Accenture explores five key areas to consider when introducing analytics to your organization, and how to prevent analysis paralysis.

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How will analytics rock your world in 2012?

By Malene Haxholdt, SAS | Published: January 19, 2012
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It’s true. “Big data” can be a problem and an opportunity. Many organizations have struggled to manage, much less profit from, the deluge.

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Six perspectives on big data

By Anna Brown, Editor | Published: January 12, 2012
Six perspectives on big data

I recently asked six industry experts their opinions on higher-performing technologies now available to make the most of big data. Read the perspective of SAS’ Mark Troester and watch other views from Expedia.com, Teradata, Elder Research and e-Metrics Optimization Summit in these video clips.

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Analytics in the insurance world: four essential strategies

By John Knowles, Allianz Insurance plc. | Published: January 3, 2012
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Allianz CIO John Knowles discusses winning the data ‘arms race’ with leadership and collaboration saying, “My role as the CIO is to build a collaborative relationship with the business units, insuring that the units have what they need when they need it.”

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Top 10 IT considerations for analytics in 2012

By Mark Troester, SAS | Published: December 27, 2011
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You can find topics like analytics, cloud, big data, mobile, social networking, virtualization, open source on most technology 2012 prediction lists. SAS’ Mark Troester comments on analytic trends from an IT perspective in this top 10 list.

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12 steps to IT serenity

By Renee Nocker, SAS | Published: December 19, 2011
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Many organizations have to overcome challenges to bridge the gap between IT and business when embarking on an enterprise analytics initiative. SAS’ Renee Nocker gives tips on effective ways for the groups to work together – to enjoy mutually beneficial results.

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Three tips for CIOs handling Big Data Analytics

By Anna Brown, Editor | Published: November 23, 2011
Three Things CIOs Must Know

In this “Big Data Era,” CIOs are dealing with issues like the cloud, analytical appliance and enterprise architecture. Read IDC’s take on each, including business problems that Big Data analytics can solve.

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Don’t fear big data, says author Thornton May. Embrace it.

By Thornton May, IT Leadership Academy | Published: October 27, 2011
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Author Thornton May encourages enterprises to embrace big data in a series of video clips. Understand why unstructured data is so important and how big data plays a role in helping an enterprise predict what customers want.

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