SAS Visual Statistics is designed to make the statistically fluent even more productive. Crucially, this is a class that includes business analysts, power users, and other non-traditional "statisticians."
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - October 14, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Predictive analytics can be used on social media data to better understand and react to customer behavior.  Combining it with in-house data can yield deeper insights.
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
 - October 14, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Apps for Android and iOS launched, support for HTML5-only browsers enhanced.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Flagship data warehouse service delivers streamlined analytics.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BI specialists and generalists can help each other make the most of what they bring to the table, but fulfilling experiences come more often to those who take time to differentiate themselves with specializations.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Everyone is blaming Silicon Valley for the lack of women in IT when the blame lies squarely with females, including, author Cindi Howson explains, herself.
                    
			            - By Cindi  Howson
 - October 7, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Agile isn't a methodology or a toolset or even a state of mind, Forrester's report argues.  If anything, it's a platform play -- just don't call it an enterprise BI platform play.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - October 7, 2014