This week is going to feel strange. “London 2012” will revert to simply being a reference to London in the year 2012 BC. Since the 2012 Olympics were awarded to London on 6th July 2005, the phrase “London 2012” has held special meaning and anticipati…
Tag: BI
New Book: The 50 Keys to Learning SAS Stored Processes
At the SAS® Global Forum 2012 last month I picked up a copy of “The 50 Keys to Learning SAS Stored Processes“, the latest book from the dynamic writing duo, Tricia Aanderud & Angela Hall. As it happens, my partner Michelle also wo…
NOTE: A Big Analytics Announcement (Visual Analytics)
Following March 6th’s announcement of SAS support for Hadoop (for massively parallel access to massive volumes of data) came March 22nd’s announcement of SAS Visual Analytics, a new, in-memory tool with a highly visual interface.
The Visual Analytics …
New SAS BI Book: a good read for Platform Administrators too
I’ve just added a link to the new Building Business Intelligence Using SAS: Content Development Examples book by Tricia Aanderud and Angela Hall to my reading list of information resources I find useful for SAS® platform administration. Thei…
NOTE: Business Intelligence Notes
Tricia Aanderud (@TAanderud) commented on my post about the late Dennis Ritchie. Her observation that she frequently finds herself creating elaborate SAS programs to avoid using the dreaded command line rang true with me. Big time!
Tricia and Ang…
NOTE: Business Intelligence Notes
Tricia Aanderud (@TAanderud) commented on my post about the late Dennis Ritchie. Her observation that she frequently finds herself creating elaborate SAS programs to avoid using the dreaded command line rang true with me. Big time!
Tricia and Ang…
NOTE: Business Intelligence Notes
Tricia Aanderud (@TAanderud) commented on my post about the late Dennis Ritchie. Her observation that she frequently finds herself creating elaborate SAS programs to avoid using the dreaded command line rang true with me. Big time!
Tricia and Ang…
BBC, on SAS
The BBC’s Technology of Business site featured an interview with SAS’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Keith Collins this week. The interview is themed on “big data” and it includes Keith’s thoughts on the accelerating interest in understanding one’s cu…