Why cloud for analytics is the future of data collection and analysis
One of the biggest concerns most businesses have when it comes to adopting analytics platforms is the cost and scale often needed to make full use of the platforms. While these concerns are understandable, there are no longer the stifling limitations they used to be because of cloud for analytics. Cloud-based analytics platforms have become […]
Breaking down barriers with SAS cloud solutions
The future of data and analytics is in the cloud, according to Gartner Research. It predicts that by 2022, public cloud services will be essential for 90 per cent of data and analytics innovation. This acceleration to the cloud is evident with analytics solutions: Thirty-four per cent of organisations use cloud-based solutions, but 71% of […]
How to optimise cloud storage for SAS analytics
Why is optimising cloud storage important? It might seem counterintuitive to talk about optimising cloud storage. After all, the cloud was built to host large amounts of data, why spend time and effort optimising storage on the cloud? But as the capacity of big data expands, servers will be pushed to their limits, and this […]
Optimising your SAS cloud environment
When my kids were young, they had an interesting habit. Every day, they would take one particular car toy and clean it. It was the same one every day, they would wipe it down with a wet tissue napkin, inspect the tires, open the bonnet and check the engine, before putting it back on the […]
What could discourage organisations from adopting an analytics cloud platform?
An analytics cloud platform is a vital asset for any business. With the world forced indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations need to find ways to meet their data analytics needs, and many analytics providers have stepped up to the plate. For example, SAS uses deployment patterns like containers and Kubernetes to orchestrate and […]
