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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
Today, we see vehicles that are now capable of producing and collecting vast amounts of raw data for automated analytics. Most cars contain at least 50 sensors that are designed to collect detailed information such as speed, emissions, distance, resource usage, driving behaviour, and fuel consumption. When combined with a sophisticated data analytics software, data […]
Nov 14, 2018
The amount of data we produce every day is truly astounding. There are 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day at current rates and that pace is only accelerating with the rapid advancement of technology. The future of big data is illuminated with promising trends set to take over businesses and, in turn, our […]
Nov 11, 2018
The healthcare industry is among the most information-intensive industries out there. Medical information, knowledge, and clinical data mining keep growing on a daily basis. The sheer volume of healthcare data is growing at an astronomical rate. It’s estimated that 153 exabytes (one exabyte = one billion gigabytes) were produced in 2013 and an estimated 2,314 […]
Nov 05, 2018
Over the years technology and analytics giant, SAS, has supported and catered to the various needs of organisations across multiple industries. From aviation to insurance to education, and healthcare, SAS services have delivered game-changing insights to many. Data and analytics for any organisation across any segment, irrespective of size, have proven to be a vital […]
May 17, 2018
Fraud and money laundering, unfortunately, have evolved into very common and pressing issues. In reaction to this, many governments and regulatory bodies have had no choice but to enforce strict regulations on organisations to mitigate the existence of illicit and illegal activities. Manual operations and inferior software solutions are insufficient to keep up with these […]
May 16, 2018
When it comes to modern-day analytics, visual insights are key. Businesses and organisations are increasingly relying on data, however, they are also increasingly left with significantly less time to analyse and make decisions with this data. As competitors expedite their processes, failing to keep up can set an organisation back years, which is why many […]
May 14, 2018