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 enterprise landscape is shifting rapidly. Currently, 79% of organisations have implemented autonomous agents, yet fewer than 25% have operationalised the necessary controls to manage them. This discrepancy creates a massive operational vulnerability known as the “Agentic AI Governance Gap”. As businesses move beyond experimental phases, deploying AI without robust, enterprise-grade governance introduces severe commercial, […]
23/03/2026
Welcome to the final chapter of our deep dive into SAS Viya formats. In Part 1, we exposed the “architectural dichotomy” that causes formats to vanish between the Compute Server and CAS. In Part 2, we gave you the tactical tools (PROC CPORT, FMTC2ITM, and the CLI) to migrate your legacy catalogs. Now, we face […]
20/01/2026
In Part 1, we diagnosed the “Split-Brain” condition affecting many SAS Viya environments: the architectural disconnect between the legacy Compute Server (which relies on disk-based catalogs) and the modern CAS engine (which demands in-memory libraries). Diagnosing the problem is one thing; fixing it is another. If you try to simply copy-paste your old .sas7bcat files […]
19/01/2026
Data science and analytics is changing the food industry for the better. Whether this includes securing supplies to a city or ensuring food quality meets standards, the food industry has a lot of responsibilities. Food is especially important for Australia, where over 65% of the produce is exported abroad. So, it makes sense to look […]
Jul 30, 2019
Big data is growing at an astronomical pace. By 2020, the world will produce 40 trillion gigabytes of data each year. The growth of data combined with the adoption of multiple cloud environments is opening up new opportunities and challenges for organisations. For example, how does one get a comprehensive view of data when it […]
Jul 24, 2019
Customer analytics is the key to transforming from product-centric marketing and customer-centric marketing. Customers are no longer making purchasing decisions based on a product, they are making them based on their purchasing experience. Research shows that 72% of millennial customers do not spend money on products, they spend money on experiences. Hence, it is important […]
Jul 23, 2019
Advanced analytics is changing the investment industry. We associate the multibillion-dollar industry with formal suits, complex rules and the 2008 recession. However, data analytics is changing the way the industry does its business because of its capacity to process billions of transactions in real-time. The sheer capability of big data opens new avenues for companies […]
Jul 18, 2019
To leverage analytics is difficult to accomplish. Even though we talk about the benefits of data analytics, we have not mentioned that all organisations have to go through a grace period where they must adopt a data analytics platform. We are not just talking about technical aspects to incorporate – organisations must also address managerial […]
Jul 16, 2019
We frequently talk about the benefits of data analytics and one of its key benefits: insights. However, we have neglected to mention one crucial factor needed for data insights, which is data storytelling. Storytelling in data is a fascinating concept and important for companies. Without it, it is impossible for companies to make sense of […]
Jul 10, 2019