One of the most notable features of v9.4 wasn’t mentioned in the SAS Global Forum Technology Connection but I caught a paper by Bryan Wolfe on the subject. SAS v9.4 will remove SAS’s most notable “single point of failure” – the metadata ser…
Tag: Architecture
NOTE: ODBC Performance
SAS is great at getting data from a huge variety of sources. With its SAS/ACCESS connectors, SAS can get data from these sources in an optimised fashion, i.e. using the native capabilities of the source data provider. In these days of increasingly larg…
NOTE: Documenting Your SAS Environment
If you’re a new starter, or somebody just gave you extra SAS administration responsibilities, you may be struggling to find your way around the new SAS environment. Brian Varney presented an insightful paper at this year’s South East SAS Users Group (S…
NOTE: Keep Your WORK Library Working
Steve Overton recently posted a tip on the excellent BI-Notes blog about maintaining space within your WORK library. The WORK library is a key resource and is typically shared by all SAS users, so its smooth operation is crucial for maintaining …
NOTE: A Big Data Announcement (Hadoop)
There was a time when SAS practitioners merely needed to have knowledge of SAS DATA Step and PROC syntax plus a smattering of good data practices and IT practices. Over the years, SAS/ACCESS products gave access to data in other systems without the S…
NOTE: IBM to Acquire Platform Computing
There’s interesting news coming out of IBM this afternoon with their announcement that they are to acquire Platform Computing. This is of relevance to SAS customers because Platform Computing supplies key parts of some SAS solutions (such as the L…
NOTE: IBM to Acquire Platform Computing
There’s interesting news coming out of IBM this afternoon with their announcement that they are to acquire Platform Computing. This is of relevance to SAS customers because Platform Computing supplies key parts of some SAS solutions (such as the L…
NOTE: IBM to Acquire Platform Computing
There’s interesting news coming out of IBM this afternoon with their announcement that they are to acquire Platform Computing. This is of relevance to SAS customers because Platform Computing supplies key parts of some SAS solutions (such as the L…