INNOVATION
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We take big ideas that shape the future and make them bigger.
SAS doesn't settle for ordinary innovation. We put thought and research into ideas that matter – and then create analytics solutions that improve your business.
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Artificial Intelligence
AI applies machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing and other technologies to bring learning and automation to machines.
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The Internet of Things
Everyday objects – from industrial machines to wearable devices – use built-in sensors to gather data and take action on it. SAS Analytics helps glean knowledge from that data for instant insights.
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ModelOps
A holistic approach for rapidly and iteratively moving models through the analytics life cycle so they are deployed faster and deliver expected business value.
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Beefutures & SAS
Beefutures uses visual analytics and machine learning to help protect and support healthy bee populations.
Lockheed Martin & SAS
Artificial intelligence and IoT analytics keep aircraft operational for crucial missions.
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The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)AIoT, the Artificial Intelligence of Things, currently helps business owners with operational decisions and planning-related decisions. It can help businesses get ahead of the competition and to become pioneers in their field.
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The big effects of big dataHow is big data affecting consumers? Is it making positive change in the public sector? What do younger generations think of big data? Find the answers in this interview with author and professor Bart Baesens.
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Real-world techniques for analyzing big dataWhat are the top two analytics techniques you should know for big data? And how are businesses modernizing for big data analytics? Find out in this interview with author and professor Bart Baesens.
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Interview
Is open data the next step in digitization?Norwegian Tax Director Hans Christian Holte has seen how the state benefits from opening data sources to public analysis. How could it benefit you?
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How does a center of excellence really work?At the Cincinnati Insurance Companies, analytics is bridging the gulf between IT and business units and leading by example to form common measures and objectives.
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Article
A police force of our timeLike many countries, the crime and threats
that Denmark faces are developing at a
rapid pace. The police have to do more
with fewer resources, just like the rest of
the public sector. The police’s strong
professional culture, which focuses on
team spirit and on acting in dangerous
situations, must be supplemented with
new competences.
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5 lessons learnt from 5 real-world AI deploymentsThis session provides practical real-world applications of AI solutions detailing the lessons learned and the pitfalls to avoid.
Understand the critical factors that will make your AI strategies successful and see what AI could deliver within your organisation.
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Uncover procurement risks early using machine learning and AIJoin our webinar to understand how to enable internal audit with productivity tools and how internal auditors can use advanced analytics to run continuous controls.
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Using Machine Learning to Predict Stent FailureIn this webinar we will be going over the application of Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning using SAS Viya, as well as exploring open source integration like R/Python to cover the full analytics life cycle. We will also be discussing other use cases of AI in the healthcare industry.
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Make a big leap in demand forecasting with Machine LearningThis webinar explores how retailers have overcome common challenges when looking to optimise their inventory and demand forecasting, and how they have complemented and supercharged existing infrastructure and existing systems with Machine Learning technology.
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Revolutionise your consumer banking experience with AI and Machine LearningDuring this live webinar, Tiffany Carpenter will talk about how decisions driven by AI and machine learning lead to real-time NBAs, higher revenues and reduced risk.
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Webinar
SAS® Viya® and the cloud: How SAS is changing the game it inventedJoin this webinar to learn how to make the most of cloud migration with SAS Viya.
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Calculating risk at the segment of one - the future of insuranceArtificial intelligence and Machine Learning are being widely adopted across the financial services sector, but for many organisations, innovation is limited to the lab.
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The Power of AI for Credit ScoringMachine learning is transforming the way conventional scoring methods work, with the potential to revolutionise how creditworthiness is measured.
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Getting Started With Advanced AnalyticsIf you’ve been curious about whether your small to midsize business could benefit from implementing advanced analytics, but weren’t sure where to start, this webinar is for you! In this webinar we’ll discuss the advantages of data exploration and predictive modelling. We’ll also show you how to fine-tune the accuracy and precision of those analytic models, so you can make critical decisions with confidence.
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Webinar
How Do I Migrate SAS® Event Stream Processing Workloads to Microsoft Azure?Learn how SAS and Microsoft work together to seamlessly migrate SAS Event Stream Processing workloads to Microsoft Azure.
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Automating Analytics With Artificial IntelligenceIntel and SAS experts explore the computing advances behind AI and how organizations advance business using both machine and human intelligence
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The promise of data fabrics for analytics and better decisionsDiscover how to make analytically driven decisions and realize the value of data assets.
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Get Started With Predictive AnalyticsMany businesses have found themselves entrenched in in a world of never ending spreadsheets. As your business grows, data size limitations and the need for greater predictive analytical capabilities have probably left you wanting more from your applications. Join us to learn how users of all skill levels can harness the power of SAS predictive analytics from the Microsoft Office environment. Get ready to take your Office analytics from good to great!
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Edge Analytics: The Future of IoTAchieve the scale and agility IoT demands as data processing moves to devices at the edge, and machine learning models generate faster insights.
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The Art of the Practical: Making AI realThere are many different definitions as to what constitutes a system as artificially intelligent, but simply put AI is the science of training systems to emulate human tasks through learning and automation. This webinar provides real world examples of AI in action, dispelling the myths and focusing on the value it can drive.
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How to harness the power of AI to deliver highly personalised customer experiencesDuring this webinar we will share insights on how you can where to start when using AI to enhance your customers’ experiences, how you can get a powerful recommendation system up and running within hours whilst building trust and loyalty with your customers.
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How to use customer data to drive a test and learn cultureDuring this webinar we will share insights on how you can start your journey to become a testing & learning organisation, and start turning opinion in to fact.
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Artificial Intelligence in Banking - Marketforce webinarWatch our debate between experts at SAS, Barclays, Starling, and Monzo Bank to discover how they’re combining AI with embedded processes to help customers make the most of their finances.
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How to deliver on the AI promiseIn an interview survey conducted across a wide range of industries and sectors across EMEA we gained insights into enterprise readiness for AI. Our findings show, that organisation-specific opportunities as well as challenges will loom large.
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Is AI the Future of Customer ExperienceArtificial intelligence (AI) may be the next big opportunity, but what does it really mean for customer experience? Where does automation stop and AI begin? And how should you plan for it in your objectives?
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How to understand customer needs across multiple channels without drowning in information!During this webinar we share insights on how you can interpret your customer data easily, enable true predictive marketing, and drive a more personalised experience for your customers.
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What Should AI Mean to Public Sector Organisations?The imperative to do more with less will remain a key focus for public sector in 2019.
With that in mind, investing in AI could be the answer to generate value for money in achieving internal departmental objectives and their central duty of providing services to citizens and organisations alike. But, how and where do we start?
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Webinar
Five AI Insights – And How Executives Can Use Them for Their AdvantageLearn insights, tips and proven practices from top leaders on the very front lines of the AI revolution.
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Accelerate your AI Projects in the CloudIf you know that you need to get an AI project off the ground quickly, whether it’s due to competitive pressures, to be able to move with greater agility and speed or for testing out different AI scenarios for customer experiences – then deploying the solution via Cloud technologies is probably for you.
In this Webinar we’ll have a discussion about the opportunities that you can unlock when deploying SAS AI technology in the Cloud and touch on some of the practical consideration when starting out on your AI journey in the Cloud.
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The power of AI in customer experienceArtificial intelligence may be the next big opportunity in marketing, but only for brands that have updated their customer journeys for the modern age. Watch the on-demand webinar where we take a look under the hood at some real-life use cases of how leading-edge companies are already reaping benefits from AI applications in customer experience and gaining competitive advantage.
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Overcoming the challenges of a computer vision projectDuring this webinar we will share insights on what it takes to really capitalize on advancements in AI.
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What’s Your (Computer) Vision of AI?During this webinar we shared insights on how applications of computer vision reinforce the interplay between man and machine.
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How to Unlock Business Value with Computer Visions (and Deep Learning)During this webinar we will share insights on how to detect defects in products from images using a novel neural network architecture combined with classical machine learning techniques.
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Artificial Intelligence in ActionOrganisations across a spectrum of industries are utilising the latest capability that technology provides in the area of Artificial Intelligence. This webinar will look to separate the hype from reality and highlight examples of where SAS is delivering value now in automating the decisions that organisations make.
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How to guide your customers to where they want to goDuring this webinar we will share insights on how you can guide your customers on a journey, by delivering dynamic messages and content, that adapts in real time, allowing you to tailor the experience to their needs and help predict behaviour
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How Would You Provide Clarity to Your Image Data?Computer vision relies on pattern recognition and deep learning to recognise what is in a picture or video. Learn more about how machines can;
- process, analyse and understand images
- capture images or videos in real time
- interpret their surroundings.
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Ethical and Fair Artificial intelligence in Government Join Chief Privacy Strategist and Data Scientist from SAS to discuss how you can ensure your projects are delivering with ethical and fairness mindset. They will share their thoughts and experience.
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Getting Started with AnalyticsMany small to midsize organizations have the potential to benefit from analytics but are not sure where to begin. Across industries, analytics continues to be identified as a key competitive differentiator. Analytics enables better decision making by uncovering meaningful information and trends from data.
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Nationwide's fight against financial fraudLearn how Nationwide implemented a new strategy within their analytics team that led to a 75% reduction in losses within 3 years.
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Analytics in Policing: Informing decision making, identifying risk, automating processes and improving performance.During this webinar we will share insights on: Informed decision making, identifying risk, automating processes and improving performance
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Using Modern Analytics to Foster Old-Fashioned Loyalty in Tar Heel Sports FansLearn how UNC Athletics and The Rams Club are using analytics to deepen existing relationships and broaden a long-standing tradition of loyalty.
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Analytics in PolicingDuring this webinar we will share insights on: Informed decision making, identifying risk, automating processes and improving performanceanalytical capabilities have probably left you wanting more from your applications. Join us to learn how users of all skill levels can harness the power of SAS predictive analytics from the Microsoft Office environment. Get ready to take your Office analytics from good to great!
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Webinar
Have Your Cake and Eat It Too – With R, Python + SASJoin us for a webinar and demo and learn how SAS works with R and Python to easily scale your data science efforts for enterprise analytics deployment.
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Trends in Analytics: Intro to AI and Image AnalysisLearn more about the basics of AI and image analysis as they relate to SAS® software. Find out what these technologies could mean for your organization.
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Disruption, disturbance or distraction: predicting banking trends in 2018This webinar considers the PESTEL factors influencing the sector's growth; explains the trends which emerged in 2017; highlights the developments which will characterize 2018.
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Real-Time Decision Manager Join us for this complimentary webinar exploring the challenges that marketers face today building a customer experience (CX) strategy that can adapt in real time to meet customers’ needs.
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Bring AI Capabilities to Life with Natural Language Processing and Text AnalyticsAs AI evolves, adopting architectures and processes to support natural language processing (NLP) and text analytics has become an important step to realise its promise.
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Webinar
Analytics Value Training - A FrameworkJoin this webinar to learn about Analytics Value Training and if it’s a worthwhile investment of your time and company’s resources.
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Five Imperatives for the Analytic ExecutiveLearn what it takes to capitalize on the analytics economy and generate substantial business value.
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White Paper
TDWI Checklist Report | Six Best Practices to Ignite the Customer Experience with IoTThe IoT extends digital customer experience to physical customer experience and customer journeys for ultimate brand distinction. This TDWI Checklist Report, sponsored by SAS, outlines six best practices for data professionals and practitioners when using IoT to improve customer experience.
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White Paper
The Autonomous Grid in the Age of the Artificial Intelligence of ThingsExplore how AI and IoT work together to deliver everything from improved threat detection to better customer engagement for utilities.
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E-Book
Operationalizing AnalyticsExplore how to overcome difficulties related to data and operationalizing analytics. We’ll also look at how one industry – banking – has been able to realize the full benefit of its analytics investment.
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E-Book
Mastering Model Lifecycle OrchestrationThis interactive guide describes the stages of the model life cycle and explains why organizations should embrace different programming languages, tools, techniques and run-time environments when developing and deploying models.
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E-Book
The new analytics ecosystemMany organizations are struggling to evolve their current analytics ecosystem, with disparate groups working across multiple technologies and tools. We surveyed more than 1,000 organizations to determine their level of adoption of technology to evolve their analytics ecosystem. In this e-book, you’ll learn the results of our survey and the three approaches to analytics that deserve your attention
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White Paper
Data Analytics at the Edge451 Research explores the value of diverse IoT data that is processed and analyzed at the edge in environments like T&D facilities, oil fields and manufacturing shop floors.
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E-Book
Streaming analytics: Life happens fast. Are your analytics keeping up?Download this free e-book to find out what streaming analytics is, the unique opportunities it can address and five key success factors for planning your streaming analytics program.
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White Paper
ModelOps: Maximizing Value Across the Analytics Life CycleLearn how “ModelOps,” an emerging analytics methodology, can help organizations operationalize the full analytics life cycle at scale.
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White Paper
TDWI Pulse Report | Operationalizing Analytics for Business ValueReport on deploying analytics into production
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White Paper
TDWI Best Practices Report | Faster Insights from Faster Dataresearch report on improving speed to insight
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E-Book
Formidable ForecastsWith artificial intelligence capabilities and traditional forecasting processes, it’s possible to create efficiencies by automating the production of large-scale time-series analyses and hierarchical forecasts.
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E-Book
Make every voice heard with natural language processingNatural language processing: The communication link between human and machine intelligence.
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White Paper
Accelerate Open Source Forecasting With SAS®By running open source forecast models with SAS, organizations can build upon their existing open source strategies in an agile, efficient and highly scalable way.
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E-Book
Accelerate and improve business outcomes with AIoTOrganizations across multiple industries are using AIoT to improve quality, maximize equipment performance, improve efficiencies and more. Download this e-book to find out how you can reap the same benefits.
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White Paper
AIOT: How IoT Leaders Are Breaking Away (IDC Market Report / AIoT Survey 2019)Read the results of a global study conducted by IDC, which revealed that AI and the IoT are having a bigger-than-expected impact – and leaders report that the AIoT is becoming the key to competing effectively.
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Industrial Transformation. Architecture and Analytics Just the BeginningCompanies undertake industrial transformation for a variety of reasons, like a shift in product or service offering, a new operating model, cost structures or even the ability to stay relevant in a highly competitive market. Regardless of the strategic opportunity, transformation requires unified processes, technologies and people.
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White Paper
Artificial Intelligence in Banking and Risk ManagementGlobal Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and SAS survey drew more than 2,000 responses from across the financial services industry to answer questions about the current and future state of AI in risk.
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White Paper
Data, Analytics & AI: How Trust Delivers ValueThe annual Data and Analytics Global Executive Study with MIT Sloan Management Review looks at how 2,400 global business leaders make decisions based on analytics insights.
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White Paper
How AI Changes the RulesReaping the benefits of AI will require changes in workplace structures, technology strategies and technology governance. Read on to learn more about the changes that leaders must prepare for to successfully implement trusted AI.
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E-Book
Getting started with ModelOpsDeployment – the infamous "last mile" of analytics – is a challenge, with many development projects never being deployed at all. Explore how ModelOps can help by redefining how you deploy models.
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White Paper
What You Need to Know About Data & Digital TransformationCompanies need to know how to use data to meet client needs, hire the right talent, measure performance and communicate their brand’s promise. This collection will cover how to adopt and analyze data and use it as part of your digital transformation.
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E-Book
Four Winning Strategies to Kick-Start the Next Chapter of your Digital TransformationDiscover how successful organizations build a coherent analytics and AI strategy to differentiate themselves and seize a competitive advantage.
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White Paper
Building the Data-Intelligent Enterprise: Tap the Power of Technology and PartnersThe value of an intelligent enterprise is clear, but operationalizing analytics can be a long and complex journey. There is no magic bullet or singular solution. Rather, it takes the support of strategic partnerships to create a cohesive strategy and deployment road map that will accelerate deployment and maximize value from analytics investments.
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E-Book
Internet of Things: Understanding the JourneyWhether your focus is business outcomes or technology challenges, this guide provides the insights to accelerate your IoT journey.
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White Paper
Analytics That Matter: A New WorldThis much-anticipated study examines industrial companies’ progress in analytics over the past two years, including the recent impact of COVID-19. The report is based on an LNS Research survey of nearly 6,200 plants.
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White Paper
Computer vision for product qualityExplore how manufacturers can address product quality challenges with the latest advances in computer vision by using analytics-driven intelligence wherever it’s needed – from the edge to the cloud.
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E-Book
Boosting Production Quality with Advanced AnalyticsThe relationship between production quality and profitability is clear, and modern technology provides more, and better, data for understanding and optimizing that relationship. Ventana Research explores the types of analytics possible on today’s higher volumes of production data.
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Combining Robotic Process Automation and Machine LearningWant to know how to make robotic process automation (RPA) smart? Add machine learning to it. While both technologies are components of artificial intelligence (AI), we tend to view them separately. Each adds business value on its own, but their combination is particularly useful.
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White Paper
AI for the CIO: 10 Tips for SuccessThis paper offers 10 tips for the CIO who is knee-deep in digital transformation projects that require deploying AI models at an enterprise scale.
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E-Book
Fearless Decision? The most successful banks of the future will be those who can see their customers as individuals, appreciate their unique journeys and make decisions accordingly — across all associated business functions.
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E-Book
Transformational decision?Governments can incorporate AI-driven decisioning into existing business processes to take advantage of digital transformation benefits. Through automated processes, deeper insights and the ability to act quickly, governments can innovate service delivery, drive efficiency and help build a better future.
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E-Book
How to Take AI Projects From Start to WinThe four pillars of starting a successful AI program and examples of how other organizations have taken their AI projects from start to finish.
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White Paper
AI Momentum, Maturity & Models for Success: Focus on SingaporeAdvances in data and analytics have enabled early adopters of AI to grow beyond experiments and quick hits and provide examples for paths to success with AI.
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E-Book
Powering Health Innovation with AIThere is no doubt: AI has the potential to transform health care. The most recent SAS Hackathon showcased how the transformative power of analytics can spark health care innovation. The Hackathon was entirely conducted on a Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure to facilitate the agile analysis and visualization of big data.
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White Paper
The secret to IT success? Enabling choice and control SAS can support an organziation's journey toward becoming a data- and analytics-driven organization. We can help unlock the value by enabling with choices that make sense. Plus, we can show organizations how to get the most out of technology investments.
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White Paper
Data, analytics and machine learning: The new frontier of fraud preventionThe Economist explores how global financial institutions are using advanced technologies such as machine learning to support fraud and security intelligence.
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White Paper
Seven trends that will transform bankingAdvanced analytics and big data are enabling smarter decisions and more efficient processes, from credit to compliance and risk management.
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E-Book
Building your data and analytics strategyLaunch successful data analytics projects, improve data prep and go beyond conventional data governance. Read on to help your organization become truly
data-driven.
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E-Book
How to Maximize the Impact of your AnalyticsFind out the results of our latest research, which revealed that the use of analytics is continuing to evolve in most organizations and that many organizations are on the path to using analytics strategically.
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E-Book
Innovation: From data to businessReport on findings from a global expert interview study on the topic of analytics driven innovation; Peer insights to help navigate the journey from data to innovation.
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White Paper
How the first mile of consumer goods can fight climate changeInnovation via digital transformation in agriculture and consumer packaged goods presents a unique opportunity to capture sustainability and move toward scalable, market-driven improvements in the air, soil and water.
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E-Book
Governments leading through changeIn this e-book, SAS has collected the wisdom and stories of the government agencies that are rising to the challenges of our times and applying analytics to drive evidence-based decision making. These stories are pulled from every sector of government and are relevant across all sectors because they each share innovative new ways to respond to a changing landscape.
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E-Book
Resilience: The best way to beat coronavirusTo be truly resilient means proactively seeking ways to ensure operational and financial stability no matter the circumstances. In this e-book, we explore digital transformation’s role in reimagining the world beyond COVID-19; how operational agility builds resilience; the five pillars of organizational resilience and more.
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White Paper
Field Experience in Embedded AnalyticsFast-track selected analytics into the could by leveraging expertise, using the latest methods, and focusing on the end state. Find ways to create more business value with analytics in the cloud – and ways to get there faster.
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White Paper
Making the Case: The ROI of Demand ManagementThis paper shows how to determine the value of improving the credibility of the demand plan. Several templates are included to help in quantifying and documenting the return on investment.
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White Paper
Using a Hybrid Open Source and Commercial Analytics EcosystemAs more companies make the move to advanced analytics such as machine learning, they will need to decide whether to use open source, commercial products, or a combination of the two. An analysis in this TDWI report shows there are benefits to utilizing both.
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White Paper
TDWI Checklist Report | Analytics for Everyone: Seven Tips for Promoting Analytics AdoptionChecklist Report on democratizing analytics
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E-Book
Government and education: Leading through changeExplore the collected wisdom and stories of government and education leaders who are rising to the challenges of our times and applying analytics to drive evidence-based decision making.
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E-Book
What's Next for Life Sciences?The unique challenges of the coronavirus pandemic forced life sciences companies to respond to change more rapidly than ever before. Only the companies that are nimble, innovative and able to act quickly – while maintaining regulatory and scientific standards – will succeed in addressing the immediate needs of the crisis and beyond.
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White Paper
Four Elements of Sustainability AnalyticsDirectors at consumer-packaged goods manufacturers who embrace sustainability grow their revenue while improving lives and environmental outcomes.
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Customer Story
Protecting Endangered Species with AI SolutionsCan artificial intelligence protect endangered species from extinction? The answer may lie in their footprints. WildTrack researchers are exploring the possibilities of using AI to augment the process of animal tracking used by indigenous tribes and redefine what conservation efforts look like in the future.
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Double the processing speed and greater analytic depthWith new SAS infrastructure, German bank doubles the speed of its analytics and simplifies its processes.
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Case Study SAS helps Royal Bank of Scotland to become the number one bank for customer service, trust and advocacy by 2020.Data driven decisions help Royal Bank of Scotland transform its organisational processes, improve employee engagement and deliver excellent customer service.
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Customer Story
Project Odyssey Uses SAS® Data Mining Software to Investigate European Gun CrimeProject Odyssey, a EU-funded research and development project, uses SAS to build a ballistic crime data sharing system.
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Building a decision support systemSAS Business Analytics helps DES generate and analyze key statistical reports, saving time and leading to more effective socioeconomic decision making.
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DUNSRight™ gets scoring rightDun & Bradstreet can now prepare and analyze data for more than 3 million Czech and Slovak companies locally and in near-real time.
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Customer Story
Helping employees make smarter business decisions This major manufacturer in Japan reports cost savings and an uptick in business quality using SAS to unify various business intelligence systems.
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Customer Story
Can you run marketing campaigns cheaper, better and faster?Using advanced analytics that are now available through a point-and-click environment, Česká spořitelna's campaign managers can now perform the entire campaign process.
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The right inventory at the right timeDirect-selling giant improves replenishment time by 20 percent while customer satisfaction soars to 97 percent.
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Large metro county improves indigent adult services; supports policy changes and protects privacy with SASWith SAS, a large metropolitan county measures the costs and benefits of providing services and avoids duplicating services without compromising privacy.
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Transforming banking with near-real time risk calculationsUnited Overseas Bank CRO explains interplay between risk classes and better risk controls through high-performance computing.
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North Carolina gets tougher on crimeLaw enforcement and criminal justice officials in North Carolina improved data access with an annual savings of $12 million.
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Customer Story
Q&A: Achieving big financial gains - quicklyInsurance companies uses SAS to help business partners generate revenue increases and maintain competitive edge.
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A better way to measure student achievementUsing SAS, school district exceeds achievement and growth benchmarks, with many schools in 90th percentile for academic performance.
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A skillful career moveThe University of Missouri is offering SAS Certification and MBA-level analytics courses to help meet the market's growing demand for skilled SAS users.
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GE Healthcare treats patient safety data with SAS® AnalyticsSAS Business Analytics store, analyze and deliver patient safety information to member hospitals to help address common, preventable medical events. SAS hosts the event data in the SAS Solutions OnDemand Cloud Computing Center.
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The wild side of analyticsStatewide government agency enhanced the effectiveness of its conversation programs and activities using SAS.
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Customer Story
Leaving nothing to chance with SAS® AnalyticsAsia's leading gaming and entertainment resort increased response rate and decreased time spent creating reports from 166.5 hours per month to just 16 hours.
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Reduce report generation from weeks to secondsWith reporting times reduced to seconds, the bank keeps credit risk exposure at a minimum.
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Understand the propensity of your customers to defectSAS® Analytics helps EDF Energy know who will churn and why. The insights help this energy giant implement a highly successful marketing strategy to reduce churn.
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Building a more searchable librarySRA re-indexed collection in hours rather than months or years, categorized accurately 90 percent of the time versus 75 percent for human indexers.
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Analyzing online brand image improves marketingMajor European food and beverage manufacturer monitors online brand sentiment to gain useful consumer insights with help from SAS.
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Winning hearts and mindsSobeys, a national grocer operating in Canada, uses grocery analytics to take a local neighborhood approach to customer service.
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Meeting customer expectationsChubb Group increased marketing lift and gained a better understanding of which insurance niches to target by using SAS.
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Painting a national portrait with analyticsUsing analytics and business intelligence solutions, a government agency for a newly emerging country was able to process and analyze data to gain a more complete picture of the nation.
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Customer Story
Ensuring immediate, unhindered access to dataEurope's leading insurer gets a step ahead of competitors in Greece amidst significant change and reorganization.
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Building customer satisfaction with better network monitoringSAS Analytics helps a major telecom organization analyze traffic, anticipate problems and improve customer service.
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Manage municipal budgets with greater transparency, efficiencyBack to the future: The City of Wiesbaden, Germany, gets forward-looking budget management with SAS.
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Getting analysts up to speedWith this IT consultant's on-boarding plan, new SAS analysts complete their first live projects within three weeks and have a map for long-term success.
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Data visualization: Pathway to better customer insightUsing visual analytics, a major retail group pinpoints key trends in customer data to boost merchandizing and loyalty efforts.
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Customer Story
How to arm graduate students with real-world skillsSAS aids Oklahoma State University in educating the business analysts of the future.
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SAS Visual Analytics motivates Euramax Coated Products to explore data for new insights.Euramax employees have instant access to critical data anytime, anywhere with SAS Visual Analytics.
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Providing free access to valuable census dataGovernment agency in Abu Dhabi streamlines census collection and increases availability.
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Customer Story
Turn unstructured content into business valueCreditreform uses text analytics to turn unstructured content into valuable business insights.
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Get more precision and detail on costs and business processesCESCE uses SAS® Activity-Based Management for greater precision and detail on costs and business processes.
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Customer Story
ERGO Insurance Group centralizes CRM with SAS for campaign management.Marketing from a customer perspective using SAS for campaign management.
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Big Data in Big CompaniesAnalytics thought-leader Tom Davenport and Jill Dyché from SAS conducted an independent research study in early 2013 on Big Data Analytics Strategies for big companies. Their research (via multiple interviews) examined and described the big data analytics strategies of large SAS organizations that are early adopters of big data within their industries. During their 4 month study, Tom and Jill interviewed 20 companies which span across multiple industries.
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Customer Story
Knowing the who, informs the whatThe New Zealand Ministry of Health established the Virtual Data Registry to more accurately identify diabetes sufferers and citizens likely to contract diabetes. They'll use the database to inform policy and spending decisions that will ensure better care for those patients.
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UPS loves logistics and analyticsEver thought about what backs the intricate sorting, delivery and route process behind your receipt of a UPS package? See how the package delivery company moves from descriptive to predictive to prescriptive analytics in this video.
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Supercharging capital markets with real-time data and visualizationBy performing deeper analyses on data captured in-stream, and then injecting the results back into the business in real time, firms can better manage market risk, liquidity and counterparty credit risk during the trading day.
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Data visualization: A wise investment in your big data futureData visualization: A wise investment in the future of big data. See how big data can show customer behaviour. Learn more.
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Self-service reporting, better decision making Analytics provide faster, easier way to use data for everyday decision making.
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Educating informed “intuitants"Today’s knowledge worker and future senior leader should be an “informed intuitant,” says Dr. Jay Liebowitz of the University of Maryland University College. Read more about a skill set that combines analytics and intuition – and how you can better develop it.
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How to create your own organizational think tank Analytics today is about looking to the future for answers. Two retail analytics leaders share their ideas for creating a smart team of diverse experts to shape your strategic focus.
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Article
The role for big data in health care’s triple aimIndustry consultant Carolina Wallenius explains the future of health care and the role of analytics.
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White Paper
Text Analytics in GovernmentHow can federal, state and local government agencies capture, manage, and use the massive volumes of unstructured text data available to them? This paper explores how agencies can invest in technologies such as text analysis to help them unlock insights hidden in their "big data."
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Heavy Reading: Advanced Predictive Network AnalyticsHeavy Reading reveals how predictive analytics gives service providers real-time visibility into their networks – boosting revenue potential and ensuring more satisfied customers, better targeted marketing, fine-tuned capacity planning and top-notch service assurance.
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Eight Considerations for Utilizing Big Data Analytics with HadoopThis paper focuses on eight considerations when it comes to applying big data analytics to extract value from Hadoop. Readers will learn about the importance of in-memory analytics, how to optimize the data preparation processes and the skill sets needed to derive benefits from Hadoop.
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Understanding data in motionLearn how to analyze fast-moving data streams on the fly with event stream processing.
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Amplify your data career with analyticsIf you're interested in a career in analytics, you'll need to consider if you have the temperament to match. Discover the questions you need to ask yourself, the first steps to set you on the right path and obstacles to avoid.
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Demand ShapingDemand shaping is commonly thought of in terms of demand manipulation. This paper provides an extended version of demand shaping that helps organizations understand the dynamics of both supply and demand.
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Skip the fire drillsStop reinventing the wheel each time someone in your organization rings an alarm bell. Think people, process, technology and culture if you want to create repeatable models.
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The advanatges of an analytics cultureGen. Colin Powell and SAS experts focus on the topic of culture and how to change an organization’s DNA to meet the challenges of this brave, new analytics world.
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What coaching a new driver and developing an analytics culture have in commonEight lessons that apply equally to nurturing an organization's analytics culture and instructing a young driver how to safely navigate the open road.
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10 tips for analytics successDo some crystal-ball gazing with Thornton May, a futurist with some bright ideas on how you and your organization can succeed in all your analytics endeavors.
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Components of an information management strategyBefore starting a data management strategy for your business, you need to understand each component. Data expert David Loshin breaks them down.
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How police forces can use data to prevent crimePolice need to be given better access to data that will drive actionable intelligence and free up time to concentrate on investigating crime on the front line rather than dealing with time-consuming administrative tasks behind the scenes
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Big Data at Work This Harvard Business Review Key Learning Summary explains how to capitalize on the data you already have and how to integrate big data into everyday business operations.
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Situational awareness – ‘seeing’ your security gapsIn the past, financial services organizations and government agencies have looked at cybersecurity as an IT problem. Today we know that we have to look at it as a risk management problem. Situational awareness should be part of the broader risk management strategy because cybersecurity isn’t just an IT problem.
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Why your brain needs data visualizationData visualization software gives you fast answers to your toughest question. In just minutes or seconds. On the fly. Find out how.
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Fighting cyberwars with cyberanalyticsMike McConnell, former US Director of National Intelligence, told the US Senate, “If the United States were at cyberwar, it would lose.” If that is even remotely true, cyberdefenders need to be outfitted with the most effective weapon for winning the war – analytics.
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The Analytics MandateBased on interviews with more than 90 executives, this research paper examines how organizations can step up their analytics game by rethinking their organizational culture. Readers will learn how leading companies have improved their decision making with analytics, as well as actions they can take to develop a stronger analytics-based culture.
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From lab to lifeOnce you've created your analytical model, you need to put it to use. Here are tips from finance industry experts to get your models in the hands of users.
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Eight Steps for Using Analytics to Gain Value from Text and Unstructured ContentThis TDWI Checklist Report discusses the relevance of text analytics for improving user experiences with the semi-structured and unstructured textual big data now at their disposal.
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Big Data, Analytics and HadoopSAS and Hadoop are natural partners. Hadoop provides distributed storage and processing power. SAS treats Hadoop as just another data source and complements it with data management, data discovery and advanced analytics. This conclusions paper highlights two ways you can work with Hadoop data from within a familiar and interactive SAS Analytics environment – either with the graphical user interface of SAS® Visual Statistics or streamlined programming via SAS In-Memory Statistics for Hadoop.
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Using Hadoop as an Analytics CatalystLearn how to get the most out of Hadoop by developing a sound strategy for analyzing data in this new storage environment.
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Getting There From Here: Moving Data Science Into the BoardroomStudy after study confirms the obvious: Companies that invest in big data analytics perform at a higher level and are more profitable than their not-so-data-driven counterparts. What data scientists can do to help instill a data-driven culture at the top leadership ranks of the company.
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Fast and Furious: Big Data Analytics Meets HadoopConclusions paper from a presentation at the 2014 Strata Santa Clara big data conference, in which two SAS data experts demonstrated new ways of gaining insights from big data at speeds that will redefine how organizations solve complex problems.
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Analytics at the edgeStreaming data from automobiles, medical devices, location apps and other "things" lives at the edge of the network, where it can be used to monitor existing conditions and evaluate future scenarios. Learn how organizations in multiple industries are finding opportunity in analyzing this data from the Internet of Things.
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Lessons from the trackDoes your organization have an analytics DNA? Here's a baker's dozen of tips for building a healthy, happy data-driven enterprise that can go the distance.
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Choosing New Slots? Here’s a Game-Changer.This conclusions paper presents highlights of a SAS webinar showing how a unique combination of data profiling, statistical forecasting and optimization can improve slot floor performance, utilization and patron satisfaction.
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From Data to ActionThis Harvard Business Review Insight Center report examines what your data may or may not be telling you. Featuring 30 articles from researchers and practitioners in data science, marketing, and other fields, the report offer guidelines on making good use of information and turning it into profitable behaviors.
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SAS Analytics and Open SourceExplore how organizations balance open source solutions along with commercial software to meet the requirements for statistical analysis, both within their organizations and externally with regulatory bodies.
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Text Analytics 2014: User Perspectives on Solutions and ProvidersThis report looks at why and how text analytics has found success in industries such as consumer-facing businesses, public administration and government, life sciences and scientific research. It also shares the findings of a comprehensive market study focused on user experiences with the technology.
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Inside Sports Analytics10 lessons that Thomas H. Davenport, Independent Senior Advisor for Deloitte Analytics, uncovered in research conducted on more than 25 professional teams effectively using analytics to improve performance and decision-making.
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Unleashing the Power of Text Analytics for HotelsDiscover how text analytics can improve the way your hotel runs its business – from marketing to operations to revenue management.
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Watching out for Worst PracticesBased on results from an IDG Research Services study, this paper explores how organizations are leveraging unstructured data – and what they must avoid.
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The Analytic EnterpriseMaking sense of enterprise data takes the right people with the right skills - and a solid strategy. This paper outlines what successful organizations do to make data work for them.
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Unleashing the Power of Text Analytics for Travel Discover how text analytics can improve the way your travel organization runs its business – from marketing to operations to revenue management.
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SAS® Grid Computing – What They Didn’t Tell YouJoin Austria’s Erste Group Bank on their journey from a monolithic SAS processing environment to a more flexible infrastructure using SAS Grid Manager software.
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Discovering What You Want: Using Custom Entities in Text MiningDiscovering the value from data can be complex – and that’s even more complicated when you focus on documents and other text information. While text analytics is an emerging field, applying advanced analytics technique to text data is a powerful means to uncover information concealed in document collections.
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Getting Value From Your Data ScientistsSimply hiring expensive data scientists isn’t enough. To create real business value with data scientists, top management must learn how to manage them effectively.
Based on a survey of more than 300 analytics professionals (of which about one-third were self-described data scientists) working in different types of US companies, this report describes:
· Why data scientists differ from other types of analysts.
· Seven steps to managing data scientists for business value.
· How analysts and data scientists view their work and their place in the organization.
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Are you ready for your smart car?The Internet of Things presents a multitude of opportunities for the smart, connected car. And it has changed personal transportation forever.
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Five steps you can take to beef up cybersecurityAnyone with Internet access and programming skills can invade a country or bring down a corporation. Cybersecurity expert Ray Boisvert shares five actions organizations can take to defend against cyberattack.
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Let Your Data Do The TalkingThis article provides insight into how technology can help bridge the gap created by the impending retirement of large numbers of experienced personnel in the oil and gas industry. Find out the differences between the generations (X, Y and baby boomers) and their perceptions and expectations of technology. The authors explain the opportunities and challenges those expectations create for the industry as a whole.
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Prepare Your Organization to Capitalize on Predictive AnalyticsHigh-performing organizations take advantage of the power of analytics by channeling their efforts in four areas: focus, adopt, adapt and activate. This Harvard Business Review paper describes how to succeed in those areas, and overcome the barriers that get in the way of an ROI in analytics.
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Using Next-Generation Advanced Analytics to Harness Big DataDiscover why Heavy Reading recommends using advanced analytics from proven vendors to obtain real-time intelligence from all your big data.
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Predictive Analytics: Revolutionizing Business Decision MakingThis TDWI e-book explores predictive analytics from several perspectives. First, it offers Q and A on the value, use and requirements of predictive analytics. Then, it explores three safeguards to help you avoid model-building problems.
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The Art and Science of ReinsuranceThis white paper explains how reinsurers can gain a competitive advantage by turning to technology for catastrophe modeling, data analytics and geospatial information systems (GIS) to better understand the data and their risk exposure.
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Structured, Large-Scale Statistical Forecasting Using SAS® Forecast ServerAs forecast accuracy continues to be a key focus area in organizations today. SAS Forecast Server is designed to automatically deliver high-quality statistical forecasts quickly and efficiently. However, in some cases the size and complexity of the business problem requires some tweaking of the settings available in SAS Forecast Server to cater for the specific characteristics of different parts of the data. This paper presents a structured approach to statistical forecasting that is both flexible and uses the full power of SAS® Forecast Server without compromising user friendliness and manageability.
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The Use of Open Source is Growing. So Why Do Organizations Still Turn to SAS?This conclusions paper summarizes a session at the 2014 Hadoop Summit presented by Brian Garrett, Principal Solutions Architect at SAS Institute Inc. titled, “With the Rise of Open Source, Why Organizations Still Turn to SAS.” In it, he explains why corporate analytics requirements are best served when companies run both SAS enterprise-class analytics solutions and open source solutions together. Garrett explains how these technologies meet different needs and co-exist well. He also highlights recent SAS software enhancements that allow analysts to incorporate R algorithms into analytic processes as part of a comprehensive, enterprise-class SAS analytics platform.
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Closing the OODA Loop: Using Big Data and Analytics to Improve Decision MakingCompress decision cycles and operate proactively by assessing and clearly defining goals and timelines before applying analytics to your most valuable data.
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Trial, not errorClinical trials contribute heavily to the cost of bringing new medicines to market. INC Research is helping its customers control those costs by using analytics to forecast patient enrollment in trials.
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Looking Inside SAS® Forecast StudioOrganizations depend on statistical forecasting to provide a solid foundation for many important planning and decision-making processes. SAS Forecast Server, which comprises a graphical user interface (SAS Forecast Studio) and the statistical forecasting engine (SAS Forecast Server Procedures), facilitates and speeds the forecasting process by providing a convenient, user-friendly interface to the large-scale automatic forecasting, model building and time series exploration capabilities available in SAS.
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Recommendation SystemsIn this paper, Wayne Thompson, PhD, Manager of Data Sciences Technologies at SAS answers common questions about the types of recommendation systems used today, who uses them and why, and the advantages of using them for businesses today. He also delves into how the underlying technology typically works, with a special focus on SAS capabilities and benefits.
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Next-Generation Analytics and PlatformsWhat if you could move from data visualization to big data visualization? From slicing and dicing data to using analytics to predict outcomes? From using more than just structured data for analysis? This TDWI Best Practices Report focuses on how organizations use next-generation analytics to achieve this and more.
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Making sense of streaming data in the Internet of ThingsThe Internet of Things has changed our lives forever. Read about how streaming data in IoT works, and why it has caused such a shift in the analytics world.
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Big data and the Internet of Things: Two sides of the same coin?Big data and the Internet of Things are converging. Tamara Dull explains the relationship between the two terms and how they differ.
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Predictive Analytics in PracticeThis Harvard Business Review Insight Center report features 25 articles focusing on how to use predictive analytics in decision making and planning. Look at emerging best practices in the field, as well as examples of companies that use analytics in particularly innovative ways.
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In-Memory Analytics: Get Faster, Better Insights from Big DataThis QA with Tapan Patel, Global Product Marketing Manager at SAS, provides a great overview of in-memory analytics.
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TDWI Checklist Report: Seven Steps for Executing a Successful Data Science StrategyThis TDWI Checklist Report describes seven steps to get started on the path to a successful data science strategy. Data science is a hot topic among business and IT leaders. However, excitement about its potential benefits is tempered by the difficulty of finding, hiring and training data science personnel – not to mention defining the term within the context of your organization
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The Analytics Mandate: The Best Products Are Made With InsightsTo be successful, CPG companies must work with their retailer partners to maximize online awareness while minimizing its impact on other channels. As global consumption increases, investments must be managed in emerging markets while maintaining market share in mature markets. For CPG companies, it’s a constant balancing act and more than ever analytics is needed to gain business advantage.
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The Analytics Mandate: Tapping into the energy industry's rich data resourcesEnergy companies are looking for ways to change consumption patterns by better understanding consumers. The answers are in the data. And the solution is developing a sustainable analytics strategy.
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How To Use Analytics to Create Health Care Value: An Executive Primer US health care reform has digitized health care. Analytics holds promise in creating value from the growing stores of health care data but what are the critical executive considerations for applying analytics strategically? This paper presents how to tap into the great potential to use analytics to fish for insight from your growing data lakes.
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Intelligence for actionFind out how three different government agencies are using analytics to deter threats, combat crime and protect the public.
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Intelligence for actionFind out how three different government agencies are using analytics to deter threats, combat crime and protect the public.
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Meet the data scientist: Alex HerringtonAlex Herrington decided he wanted a career in data because he liked the idea of using numbers to figure out things. Now he’s a data scientist at a US retailer.
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How to get the most value from your data scientistsHiring data scientists isn’t enough. This excerpt from an MIT Sloan report offers advice on how to best manage these analytic professionals.
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Forecast Value Added Analysis: Step-by-StepThis paper discusses how the forecast value added (FVA) metric can be used to identify waste in forecasting processes and expose factors that diminish accuracy. The author provides detailed instruction on using FVA: from gathering data, to conducting analysis, to effectively reporting the results to management. He also discusses the real-world results of FVA analysis at companies from a variety of industries.
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The Analytics Mandate: Path to Innovation in the Hospitality, Travel and Transportation IndustryWhile price is certainly a critical factor in the consumer’s buying decision, pricing alone does not guarantee purchase. Other factors such as convenience, past experiences, amenities, social media comments (ratings and reviews), and loyalty and reward points play a part. For continued success, the industry needs to expand analytic usage for a deeper understanding of customers, preferences, brand perception and digital behavior.
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The Analytics Mandate: Helping Retailers EvolveFind out why 77 percent of retailers who participated in an MIT Sloan survey believe analytics provides a competitive advantage compared with 64 percent of respondents from other industries.
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Meet the data scientist: Manuel David GarciaWhile he did study statistics, operations research and relational marketing, Data Scientist Manuel-David Garcia's "real school" came from on-the-job-training.
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Empty shelves: The retail analytical talent deficitIf you already have an analytics team, you know how hard it is to attract and retain top talent. If you're trying to build a team, here are some ways to find (and keep) the analytical experts you need.
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Demystifying AnalyticsTo educate and inform insurance companies about how they can move toward becoming an “analytic insurer” – one that embeds analytics into daily operations to make better decisions that reduce costs, improve pricing and more.
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Preparing a new generation for leadership in a big data worldWords of wisdom from university leader Dr. Michael Rappa on the role data scientists play, tips for hiring them and how to make the most of this career path.
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Analytics and the Modern IT OrganizationLearn how forward-thinking CIOs and other C-level executives are planning to create a more modern IT designed to take advantage of big data.
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9 questions on in-memory analyticsWith in-memory analytics, data is stored on the disk but read into memory for faster analytical processing. What does this mean for your business? And how can you benefit? Find out the answers to these and other questions.
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The OODA LoopApplying the military’s OODA Loop (observation, orientation, decision and action) to data helps organizations decide and act more quickly. That equals victory in today’s business wars.
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Getting the price rightSAS advanced analytics helps RSA Canada price premiums for profitability and identify new growth opportunities.
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The Talent DividendToday’s organizations understand the value of competing with analytics. But this understanding has triggered a demand for analytics talent that far exceeds supply. Many companies are struggling to attract and retain the talent needed to build competitive advantage. This research report explores the success factors of data-oriented companies who are cashing in on their talent dividends. Discover the hallmarks of analytical maturity and see how your plan for developing, cultivating and retaining analytical talent stacks up.
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7 steps for executing a successful data science strategyGet tips from TDWI for making your foray into data science a success.
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The Analytics Mandate: Generating profits in difficult economic and regulatory timesLearn how and why banks need to apply more analytics for real-time decision making and multichannel marketing as consumers continue to migrate to digital channels and generate more data.
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Meet the data scientist: Victor FangLike many in Silicon Valley, Victor Fang has been a data scientist since before the title was coined. Read this analytical professional's Q&A.
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How Streaming Data Analytics Enables Real-Time DecisionsLearn how SAS provides extremely high-throughput, low-latency technology to meet whatever streaming analytics your company might want to pursue.
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Same processes, significantly better yieldWith analytics, Murata Manufacturing obtains one view of data from across multiple sensors, components and factories, improving production yield.
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Sensing a disturbance in the dataAs IoT data unites with event stream processing (ESP), these combined forces will automatically sense data pattern deviations and trigger immediate response.
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Center of Analytics: What It Is and Why It MattersDesign a center of analytics that overcomes roadblocks and makes analytics integral to operations.
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Analytical Execution for Today's Mid-Sized EnterpriseAnalytics & Business Intelligence
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Hiring? We have the data scientist interview questions you needUse these data scientist interview questions to recruit someone with a range technology skills and a knack for communicating complex subjects to a variety of audiences.
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The New Approach to Big, Complex and Always-On DataOrganizations struggling with bigger, more complicated data are finding new ways to turn this information into results. This paper provides a framework to embrace the technological and cultural shifts driving the way we consume and use information.
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The intersection of modern IT and advanced analyticsThornton May explains how IT groups are helping the business use analytics to adapt to the C-suite's need for a modern, agile and results-focused IT function.
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Businesses seek students with an analytics edgeAfter NMIMS introduces predictive analytics into the curriculum, postgraduate students become better prepared for career opportunities.
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Child support agency uses analytics to provide better options for parentsCalifornia’s Orange County Child Support Services uses analytics from SAS to empower caseworkers to help parents make decisions that benefit their children.
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The Connected Vehicle. Big Data, Big OpportunitiesThe opportunities for the automotive industry are enormous as the number of connected vehicles is projected to outpace global population growth for the next 10 years. The data collected from these vehicles, up to 30 terabytes each day, will have wide-reaching implications for drivers and manufacturers alike.
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Forecasting crime to save moneyCAP Index uses SAS Analytics to help companies and agencies choose the right amount of security.
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Creating value for customers via data-driven marketingWith analytics at the center of its marketing, Turkcell Superonline enhanced its competitive edge, and improved customer retention and loyalty.
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Why you should care about episode analyticsThe future of value-based health care requires a better understanding of how patients are treated for thousands of conditions. Only episode analytics can uncover the insights payers and providers need.
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Meet the data scientist: Steve EinbenderFind out how Steve Einbender lobbied his analytics skills into a data scientist gig at Home Depot and launched the company’s Advanced Analytics Center of Excellence.
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3 things you need to know about event stream processingAs more data is generated from the Internet of Things, more of it will be analyzed as it is streaming. Learn how to analyze streaming data – and how it differs from traditional analysis.
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Tracking down answers to your questions about data scientistsDo you need a data scientist? Want to be a data scientist, or improve the skills you already have? Check out our Insights series.
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Combating energy theft with analyticsCemig saves US$420,000 a month by identifying commercial losses related to the misuse of power and technical failures.
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Why pharmaceutical firms are investing in real-world evidenceTo get a compound or device to market – bench to bedside – may be an eight- ,12- or even 15-year process. Real-world evidence has a critical role at every step, particularly in the clinical trials process.
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Municipality puts wireless water meter-reading data to workTown of Cary, North Carolina uses SAS Analytics to analyze data from wireless water meters, assess demand, detect problems and engage customers.
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Customer-centricity makes sense to drive sales With SAS Campaign Management in place, UniCredit Bank Serbia boosted marketing campaign conversion rates and increased sales by 53 percent.
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How does one of the largest cities in the world use data for social good? From data privacy to data quality, what are the challenges in using data for social good, and how does one large organization in New York City address them? Hear from a research scientist at the Center for Innovation through Data Intelligence about the data they have, the questions they ask of it, and the data they’d like to see in the future.
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IoT Analytics in PracticeIoT, Analytics
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Customer Story Uncovering social service fraud saves millions, reinforces public trustLos Angeles County DPSS uses SAS to detect fraud, resulting in fewer losses, lower investigative costs and greater confidence from citizens.
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Top 10 best practices for next-gen analytics TDWI's Fern Halper shares 10 ways to graduate from reports and dashboards and advance to big data visualization and predictive analytics.
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Forecasting helps Wescom Credit Union save millions of dollarsFinancial institution increases lending decision accuracy by at least 50 percent.
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Introduction to machine learning: Five things the quants wish we knewMachine learning is gaining momentum thanks to bigger, more complex data sets. How does it work? Kimberly Nevala from SAS Best Practices explains what it is by focusing on what it isn't.
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Visual analytics helps energy supplier make better connectionsElectrabel uses interactive reporting and data exploration to develop customer insight, competitiveness and operational efficiency.
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What Makes a Data Scientist Great?A collection of interviews with top data scientists, who talk about problem solving, creative approaches to data, tenacity and the surprising importance of relationships.
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Turning the analytical talent gap into an analytical talent dividendHow important is analytical talent to your organization? If you’re aiming to become data-driven and turn data into insights, make it a top priority.
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Optimize Your Launch Sequence StrategiesThis white paper explores how the SAS® solution for launch revenue optimization enables global pricing teams to simulate and optimize launch timing and pricing decisions based on the predicted effect on global revenue.
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Minding the Analytics GapThis MIT Sloan Management Review explores the gap between an organization’s capacity to produce analytical results and its ability to apply them effectively to business issues. The research highlights how managers can become more comfortable making decisions based on complex analytical insights that they do not yet fully understand.
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Fighting fraud in near real timeHungary’s OTP Bank gains competitive advantage via data visualization, fraud detection and social network analysis from SAS.
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10 ways analytics can make your city smarter From child welfare to transportation, read 10 examples of analytics being used to solve problems or simplify tasks for government organizations.
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Unlocking the real value of the IoTWhen you hear Internet of Things, you think connected cars and wearable devices -- but the IoT's greatest impact will likely come on the factory floor. Shahram Mehraban, a Director in Intel's Internet of Things group explains.
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Streaming data: The ins and outs of this technology buzzwordLearn what streaming data is, why it matters to your business and how it relates to big data, event stream processing, data management and the IoT.
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Using data to control unruly hotel pricingKelly McGuire of SAS has packaged everything hoteliers need to optimize pricing and maximize revenue into one neat book.
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Holiday shopping secrets: Prices matter and pets are importantAttention retailers! It's time to celebrate. According to SAS Analytics, the holiday shopping season is shaping up to be a jolly one.
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Data Mining From A to ZThis paper shows how you can use predictive analytics and data mining to reveal new insights from data, as well as get all the pieces and parts moving together for maximum value.
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Tips for hiring and managing data scientistsIs it time to hire a data scientist? What skills should you look for? John Taylor leads a team of data scientists and shares his top tips in this short video.
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Conservation efforts take flight with analyticsThe Royal Society for the Protection of Birds uses SAS to help safeguard wildlife.
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3 Internet of Things examples from 3 industriesRead detailed Internet of Things examples from a manufacturer, a government agency, and an oil and gas company. You’ll learn how much data is being streamed and find out the documented ROI for each application.
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A framework for analytics governanceFind out why governance is the critical last mile for analytics – and learn what you can do to make sure all your analytics projects are accurate, aligned and worthwhile.
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Using Hadoop and SAS for network analytics to build a customer-centric telecom serviceOTE Cosmote analyzes vast amounts of data to enhance customer experience, service and loyalty.
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Better reporting yields better understanding of risk managementSAS Visual Analytics helps Erste Bank Croatia tackle diverse data for accurate analysis.
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Your personal data scientistImagine pushing a button on your desk and asking for the latest sales forecasts the same way you might ask Siri for the weather forecast. Find out what else is possible with a combination of natural language processing and machine learning.
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Applying machine learning to IoT dataLet’s move beyond theoretical discussions about machine learning and the Internet of Things – and talk about practical business applications instead.
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How Walmart makes data work for its customersTips from the world's largest retailer on building an infrastructure that makes data work for its 240 million customers a week.
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The Democratization of AnalyticsInternational Institute for Analytics summarizes key questions and answers about grass-roots analytics and the business opportunities and challenges that go with this phenomenon.
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How to find and equip the citizen data scientists in your midstCitizen data scientists are challenging the status quo and looking at data in new ways. Learn how to recognize, reward and train these analytical minds to benefit the business.
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Data drives destinyUS community colleges need to train 11 million more skilled workers by 2025. Karen Stout, CEO, Achieving the Dream, explains how data can make it happen.
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Data drives destinyUS community colleges need to train 11 million more skilled workers by 2025. Karen Stout, CEO, Achieving the Dream, explains how data can make it happen.
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Data drives destinyUS community colleges need to train 11 million more skilled workers by 2025. Karen Stout, CEO, Achieving the Dream, explains how data can make it happen.
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Operationalizing and Embedding Analytics for ActionOperationalizing and Embedding Analytics
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How Hadoop Helps Realize Big Data ValueLeveraging a big-picture approach to Hadoop opens up a world of
data-fueled opportunities.
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Generating power – and more value for customersODEC accurately forecasts energy needs, keeps rates low for members with SAS Energy Forecasting.
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Stop guessing and try data-driven business decisions insteadHere's some advice from TWDI's David Stodder on how to use visual analytics for data-driven business decisions.
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The future of embedded analyticsYou can find embedded analytics in fraud detection systems, cybersecurity solutions and many other areas. Learn how the use of embedded analytics is evolving.
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Beyond the Hype: The Hard Work Behind Analytics SuccessWhy competitive advantage from analytics is declining and what to do about it
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Establishing a roadmap for government data analytics takes less time than you think Public sector groups need a strategy before taking on government data analytics. Learn how to get the most from your data.
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Internet of things applications across multiple industriesLearn about existing Internet of Things applications in five industries, and get advice on how to develop your own Internet of Things applications.
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Advancing student success through better data analysisDes Moines Area Community College uses analytics and data visualization to help students prosper in the classroom and beyond.
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Stopping the Zika virus: The potential of big data, analyticsHow do you stop global outbreaks? The answer may be in the data about the disease and how it spreads.
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Achieve Business Agility and Realize Big Data Value with Cloud AnalyticsWhen coupled with a solid strategy, cloud analytics can play an
instrumental role in helping organizations realize big returns on big
data investments.
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Five ways to approach analytics differentlyGo beyond the conventional, the insane and the dabbling. Here are 5 ways to rethink how you do analytics.
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The Autonomous Grid: Machine Learning and IoT for UtilitiesMachine learning and the IoT have the power to create an increasingly autonomous grid that can eventually handle billions of endpoints on utility networks. But is the industry truly maximizing the benefits of either technology? Find out in this report.
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A brave new world of analyticsMike Frost from SAS explains how a modern analytics platform can help make sense of the new, complex data reality.
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IoT in Retail: Engaging the Connected Customer How do you make your brick-and-mortar stores as smart as your website so when customers walk in the door, you recognize them and cater to their individual tastes? Learn the key to making in-store shopping as frictionless for your customer as online shopping.
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Analytics. Fighting cancer for more than 40 years. Thanks partly to analytics, cancer survival rates are higher, treatments are more personalized and cancer research continues to expand.
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The Evolution of AnalyticsLearn about modern applications for machine learning, including recommendation systems, streaming analytics, deep learning and cognitive computing. And learn from the experiences of two companies that have successfully navigated organizational and technological challenges to adopt machine learning and embark on their own analytics evolution.
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A culture of evidenceTransforming US community colleges starts with analyzing the data that you have. Learn how leading schools are building an analytics ecosystem.
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Exploring the sun with big dataResearchers working for NASA are using automatic, exploratory and visual analysis of big data to help understand the mysteries of our universe.
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Become a strategic business partner using analytics in financeCollecting, validating and reporting information is no longer enough for finance professionals – it’s time to transform your role using analytics in finance.
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Your guide to bridging the analytics skills gap This e-book pulls together five customer interviews to explain where analytics skills are needed in different industries (from journalism to insurance to government). The customers explain how to provide training and cultural changes to support analytics careers.
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Could APIs provide advanced analytics for the masses?Find out how APIs could make advanced analytics more prevalent and open up entire new markets to using the predictive capabilities of analytics.
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Four Use Cases Show Real-World Impact of IoT This TDWI e-book explores in detail what IoT means and how different industries are taking advantage of it.
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Coming soon: The Industrial Internet and IoT standardsFrom smart farms to connected water meters, the IIoT party is happening – with consensus around IoT standards playing host.
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Broken promises? Avoid IoT traps with an analytics platformHow can you realize the promise of the Internet of Thing? By using an analytics platform to sense, understand and act on streaming data.
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Smart cities, smart energy solutions – thanks to the IoTFind out how Envision America and CPS Energy are using the IoT and analytics to make cities smarter and transform energy programs.
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Women in analytics: Susan Thomas, GM FinancialWhen Susan Thomas graduated with a technical degree in the 80s, everyone assumed she'd teach. Instead, she became a coder and programmer.
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A modern cybersecurity strategy: Building a cybersecurity planThe main considerations of a foundational component of a cyber strategy: the cybersecurity plan.
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Stronger Cybersecurity Starts with Data ManagementCybersecurity professionals are changing their focus from prevention to detection. This paper describes how security analytics and proper data management help organizations quickly identify and investigate abnormal network behavior.
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An executive’s guide to cognitive computingCognitive computing is the latest buzzworthy term that everyone seems to be talking about in the technology industry. But can machines really think?
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See IoT industry examples in actionHow can analytics unlock the limitless possibilities in the Internet of Things?
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5 IoT applications retailers are using today The Internet of Things can bring big benefits, but what is IoT and how are retailers taking advantage of it?
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Analytics for all, all in one placeFrom Python to R and SAS to Spark, bring all of your analytics packages together with one trusted platform for analytics governance.
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Connected consumers, IoT and what retailers need to do nowThe IoT is impacting retail, with more to come. Experts from Cisco, Intel and SAS discuss what's happening now, and what retailers need to do next.
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Better alignment of incentives: Helping cure data analytics in health careHealth care organizations are beginning to use analytics to make better decisions. Learn how better incentives can make the process work faster.
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Innovation driven by strategyFrom curing diseases to studying the sun, innovative uses of analytics are changing the world. Download this e-book to see where tomorrow’s technologies are happening today. You’ll find out how analytics technologies are being used for cybersecurity, machine learning, the Internet of Things and more. If you’re looking for inspiration, see where this e-book takes you.
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Analytics for prescription drug monitoring: How to better identify opioid abusePrescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are a great start in combating abuse of prescription drugs, but they could be doing much more. Better data and analytics can inform better treatment protocols, provider education and policy decisions – and save lives.
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IoT: The next best thing to reading your customer’s mindConstant streams of data from myriad devices and sensors is what IoT is all about. But how are organizations using it to better customer experiences?
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Use of data visualization and analytics in education is growingEducators use analytics for education to make better decisions on programs, student outcomes and more. Learn how you can, too.
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Text Analytics: Unlocking the Value of Unstructured Data This research brief from the International Institute for Analytics and SAS outlines the challenges of implementing text analytics solutions and explores what makes this technology unique and exciting.
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Evolving your institutional insightBig data in education can help administrators understand college applicants and students – including which ones will struggle and why.
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Data management for cybersecurity: Know the essentialsSecurity teams tend to underestimate the importance of data management for cybersecurity. See the seven key reasons data management has been so difficult and five steps to getting it right.
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Lessons learned, looking forwardHow can community colleges train the next generation of skilled workers? Karen Stout, CEO, Achieving the Dream, discusses the role of analytics.
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Women in Analytics: Susan Weidner, IntrinsiQ Specialty SolutionsPractical advice for women interested in pursuing a career in analytics. Mentors were key for Weidner, now a Senior VP at IntrinsiQ Specialty Solutions.
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Equifax uses trended data to better qualify loan applicantsMachine learning for credit scoring has helped Equifax analyze consumer data over time to determine which borrowers are trending in a positive direction and develop a more accurate measure than credit scores.
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When One Size No Longer Fits All - Electric Load Forecasting with a Geographic HierarchyIllustrate step-by-step how utilities forecasters can take advantage of hourly or sub-hourly data from millions of smart meters by using new types of forecasting methodologies
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Analytics in the driver’s seat at Ford Ford Chief Data and Analytics Officer Paul Ballew on how Ford is using analytics for everything from sales and marketing to mobility and connected cars.
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Workforce AnalyticsThis paper explores how government HR functions can use advanced analytics, machine learning and AI to develop effective plans to meet hiring, retention and performance goals.
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#Data4Good: Treating cancer, one patient at a timeDrawing on her experience as a cancer patient, Susan Weidner devotes her career to helping oncologists identify personalized treatments based on massive amounts of data.
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5 Challenges for IoT in the insurance industryIoT promises to substantially reduce losses in the insurance industry, but adoption is low. That will change when the industry overcomes these five challenges.
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Banco Galicia launches an analytical journey: Five steps to transforming an organizationBanco Galicia needed to upgrade analytics program to respond to a new business landscape. Learn how SAS helped deliver a strategy to make it work.
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Improve Customer Experience with Actionable Artificial Intelligence While more marketers turn to artificial intelligence technologies, this new territory also raises more questions. This paper offers a detailed look into how AI works, and explores the opportunities and challenges it presents.
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Keeping the lights on and power grids stable in BelgiumEandis turns to SAS Visual Analytics for a self-service BI environment enabling advanced smart grid analytics.
