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Third Quarter 2012

COVER STORY

Not-so-risky business at Chartis

Head of Science John Savage on how the insurer used analytics to plot 100 percent low-risk growth - and avoided $75 million in losses. More

 
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Features

How will big data revolutionize retail?
Imagine figuring out how to get the most profitable items into shoppers' carts daily.  And that's just the beginning.
Fighting terrorist financing with analytics
Former US Treasury Special Agent John Cassara on an effective fix for trade-based money-laundering.
Sweet improvements to demand forecasts
Nestlé accurately predicts consumer demand, keeping its inventory flat - and fresh.
Reducing churn in deregulated markets
How can utilties fight growing churn?  In Spain, Endesa uses analytics to build customer loyalty.

Columns

Emerging Trends
Unlocking big data
SAS CTO Keith Collins on the most exciting thing in the industry right now, and it's not big data.
Tech highlight
Tips for harnessing Hadoop the right way
There are strong reasons to use Hadoop for data storage - and limitations you need to consider.
Industry spotlight
Can a country’s online ‘mood’ predict unemployment spikes?
SAS and the UN discover that social media chatter can provide advanced warning of unemployment increases and more.
Risk insights
Eight new risk management trends
Organizations are beginning to tie risk management to tangible savings, say experts from Accenture.
Best of blogs
How does the VP of Big Data spend his time?
SAS VP Paul Kent is ready to take on the biggest, baddest data problems you've got.
Editor's note
Welcome to the C-suite: The Chief Science Officer
Editor-in-Chief Anne-Lindsay Beall on how industries are asking hard questions and using advanced analytics to find answers.

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