Explore expert insights from the Selerity team — including articles on platform optimisation, cloud deployment, licensing updates, and analytics best practices. Whether you’re managing a SAS environment or evaluating modernisation options, our blog is here to help you stay informed and make confident decisions.
The “Castle and Moat” era is over. Here is how modern analytics defends itself. 1. The Orchestrator of Modern Analytics “Kubernetes” (K8s) is often thrown around as IT jargon, but for the modern enterprise, it is the engine room of agility. Think of Kubernetes as an invisible, automated operations team. Rather than managing software on […]
22/12/2025
The Firefighter Fallacy A common misconception in IT and platform administration is that the most effective support teams are the “firefighters”—the heroes celebrated for fixing critical, middle-of-the-night outages. While we certainly have the skills to put out fires, at Selerity, the actual goal should be to prevent the spark from ever catching. We prefer to […]
21/12/2025
For many data leaders, the push to modernise analytics platforms often stirs hesitation. While the industry buzzes about the flexibility of open-source tools like Python and the power of cloud-native platforms, the reality on the ground when implementing SAS Viya & Python integration involves dealing with genuine concerns: data sovereignty, runaway cloud costs, and the […]
08/12/2025
The “Castle and Moat” era is over. Here is how modern analytics defends itself. 1. The Orchestrator of Modern Analytics “Kubernetes” (K8s) is often thrown around as IT jargon, but for the modern enterprise, it is the engine room of agility. Think of Kubernetes as an invisible, automated operations team. Rather than managing software on […]
Dec 22, 2025
The Firefighter Fallacy A common misconception in IT and platform administration is that the most effective support teams are the “firefighters”—the heroes celebrated for fixing critical, middle-of-the-night outages. While we certainly have the skills to put out fires, at Selerity, the actual goal should be to prevent the spark from ever catching. We prefer to […]
Dec 21, 2025
For many data leaders, the push to modernise analytics platforms often stirs hesitation. While the industry buzzes about the flexibility of open-source tools like Python and the power of cloud-native platforms, the reality on the ground when implementing SAS Viya & Python integration involves dealing with genuine concerns: data sovereignty, runaway cloud costs, and the […]
Dec 08, 2025
AI tools have become essential daily utilities, significantly boosting productivity across industries – from writing emails to troubleshooting code. However, this rise in “miracle tools” presents a growing problem for IT teams: the phenomenon of Shadow AI. While your team is busy innovating, they may inadvertently bypass governance frameworks. They might install unapproved software and […]
Dec 14, 2025
What is SAS Clinical Acceleration and Why Does it Matter? SAS® Clinical Acceleration represents a paradigm shift in how life sciences organisations handle their most critical asset: data. It is a modern, cloud-native statistical compute environment (SCE) built on the powerful SAS® Viya® platform. Unlike legacy systems that rely on disjointed tools, this system accelerates […]
Nov 28, 2025
On November 18th, SAS is hosting a key webinar on “Meeting Regulatory Demands with SAS-Powered Analytics.” For any Australian Life Sciences organisation, pharma company, or CRO, this is an essential topic. The pressure to maintain data integrity, security, and governance for regulatory demands is non-negotiable. However, the webinar also brings a critical strategic question to […]
Nov 09, 2025