Software vendor SAS is targeting the mid-market with its new Visual Analytics solutions. The visual data exploration software combines business intelligence with analytics and graphical display options. It can be used to create
A study by research firm IDC Canada warns Canadian businesses are at risk of falling behind their international competitors when it comes to big data. Coincidentally, SAS Institute, which sponsored the study, has
By Lori Bieda, Executive Lead, Customer Intelligence, SAS Americas There was a time when customer intelligence would have seemed like an unattainable concept. In the era of bricks and mortar, traditional retail was
SAS is teaming up with Info-Tech Research Group on a new business intelligence portal for Canada's small and medium sized businesses.The Canada's Smartest IT site features over 200 pieces of originalInfo-Tech research and
Although companies have been urged to adopt "Web 2.0" and social technologies for years now, the truth is that relatively few have done so internally in any serious way -- and use inside
Canada's mid-sized organizations are more likely than larger businesses to think that social media has no impact on their business and is a “waste of time”, a new survey shows. Analytics software vendor
Daily corporate correspondence, e-mail, voicemail, SMS messages, online video, business stats and graphs -- the typical Canadian executive is deluged by a sea of information, according to recent survey.Quite often this avalanche of
Call it the great northern seniors migration. Those aren't the words of Chris Sambol, but they epitomize a trend he describes: the composition of Sault Sainte Marie, Ont.'s population is quickly changing as
Jerome Lengkeek feels the pressure growing. Like many companies these days, Coast Capital Savings is looking to get the most out of its budget in the least amount of time, and with as
Why should a prominent florist establishment be so interested in business analytics?Ask the folk at 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. and they would give you many good reasons.Better customer relations, lower costs and increased profits –
Some call it "findability" – the art or science of making content in an organization "findable."And many big businesses haven't figured how to do that yet.Their employees often can't locate the information they
A dose of predictive analytics could be part of the prescription to stop a deadly bacterium in its tracks, according to a staff member at a Burlington, Ont.-based hospital.Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital recently
When a recent outbreak of C. difficile – a common intestinal bacteria caused by the use of antibiotics – cropped up at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington, Ont. they had a new
