When I started working at SAS in 2005, one of the most popular ways to use SAS software was the SAS Analytics Pro bundle on SAS®9. And why not? It provided all the analytics power of trusty SAS Display Manager coupled with the elegance and ease of use of SAS®
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People who work with data have had a number of job titles in my time, including data admin, data specialist, ETL developer and data integrator. The rise of the term data scientist as the de facto job market term for an analyst, however, left us data people a bit high
In case you still haven’t noticed, the GDPR is approaching as sure as spring. Despite the anticipation, most organisations are quite comfortably waiting for the day to arrive. The consultant-forecasted GDPR panic never arrived, at least not in the way that we in the industry were expecting. I regularly meet
A few months ago, we were moving to a new house. That meant, of course, that we needed to empty everything out of the old house. The basement, the loft, the garage, the summer house. Everything. Although that sounded daunting, it also gave us the opportunity to clean up, catalogue
What does keeping your pants clean and IoT have in common you may ask? Read on, there is a connection! IoT also known as the Internet of Things has been the hottest IT industry buzzword for the past couple of years. Also, it has been slated as the primary source
It has been a few weeks since SAS Global Forum in Las Vegas - however the buzz is still on! At this yearly Flagship event by SAS Institute, we experienced several interesting things and sessions, with many must-see presentations daily. Amongst the highlight was the launch of SAS® Viya and
“Are you serious? You REALLY want run your queries in our operational patient system first thing in the morning? That is when we have most patients admitted and their data being updated. I mean, analytics is great, but you will kill our service levels because of your daily queries!”, raged the
Nykypäivän kuluttaja on totutettu palvelemaan itseään, oli kyse sitten pankkiasioiden hoitamisesta, lomamatkan varaamisesta tai jopa viranomaisasioinnista. Taakka on siirretty osaavalta asiakaspalvelijalta meille amatööreille – röyhkeimmät jopa veloittavat siitä, että saamme palvella itseämme. Kolikon kirkkaampi kääntöpuoli on tietysti tekemisen nopeus ja joustavuus. Kun olemme oman onnemme seppiä, voimme hoitaa asioitamme juuri