How often have we looked at a game and wondered ‘how did he miss that?’. Well, with expected goals (xG) we can now really see if our frustration is justified, and perhaps use that to predict future results. By Haidar Altaie, Data Scientist at SAS

Procurement fraud is widespread in the UK and the country lags behind many countries in its detection capabilities, new research from SAS reveals. British companies, on average, lose significantly more money to procurement fraud, and the country is far more reliant on ineffective manual detection techniques than other nations.

Data may be expanding exponentially, but this expansion in itself is not the be-all and end-all. Data is very important, but only because it enables organisations to learn more about their customers and offer them a better service. Therefore – and this is crucial – data allows organisations to make much better decisions. But can the data platform companies are currently using facilitate the right decisions? A recent discussion address...

  Here Lonnie Miller, Principal Automotive Industry Consultant, at SAS shares his thoughts on the direction connected vehicles will take in this new year.

  Dan Mitchell, global director of retail and CPG, SAS, has offered his insights on the direction of tech retail in 2019, including how the connected car may become a shopping platform, conversational interfaces will replace search, and AI and IoT in retail will lead to more analytics.

With the recent implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the European Union (EU) and a steady stream of news about data privacy, it’s no surprise that a SAS survey found that US consumers are increasingly concerned about their personal data. Of 525 US adult consumers surveyed, almost three-fourths (73%) said their concern over the privacy of personal data has increased in the past few years.

According to the IDC report, Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Software 2017 Market Shares: Healthy Growth Across the Board, SAS has again surpassed all predictive and advanced analytics suppliers. SAS led with a 30.8% market share in 2017 in the advanced and predictive analytics category, more than twice that of the next-closest competitor. SAS has led in the predictive and advanced analytics category since IDC started tracking the market in 1997...

A new study shows that business leaders are taking steps to ensure responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) within their organisations. Most AI adopters – which now account for 72% of organisations globally – conduct ethics training for their technologists (70%) and have ethics committees in place to review the use of AI (63%). This is typically more prevalent in the UK, with 80% of British companies saying that they condu...

  According to Forrester Research’s evaluation, SAS is one of two vendors that ‘lead(s) the pack’ of enterprise fraud management (EFM) providers, and as a result SAS has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Fraud Management, Q3 2018.

As more and more organisations embrace advanced analytics, we are starting to see several very successful implementations emerging, on both a small and large scale. At the same time, however, many organisations are not getting value from their expensive investments in analytics systems.  By Caroline Hermon, Senior Account Executive, SAS

Sky and Space Global (SAS) works to provide affordable communications to the world's equatorial regions, and has recently announced it is stepping up its efforts to bring nano-satellite based communications to the Caribbean. In order to target the Caribbean, SAS is holding discussions with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) about the use of its novel nano-satellite technology, following a successful demonstration of the company’s ...

Today's A-Level results show a significant increase in the uptake of STEM subjects. In response to the news, Charles Senabulya, Vice President and Country Manager of SAS UKI, commented: "The uptake in STEM grades demonstrates that students are aware of the potential these skills will have in securing a career in our data-driven economy. Today, we must capture this enthusiasm and build a solid foundation for the future in areas...