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Smile, you are being scored!

We are gradually getting used to the idea that our data are being analyzed whenever we go to the bank to apply for a new loan or whenever we try to buy a more expensive item such as a car. But the...

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The business of cybercrime

Cybercrime is a beast of many forms, so we learned in Georges Ataya’s presentation at the SAS Forum earlier this year. And what’s more: cybercrime is getting organized more and more professionally...

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What’s that poison? Analytics to the rescue

Sometimes the difference between life and death (or illness with severe consequences) can be a matter of the right advice at the right moment. In case of poisoning, for instance, you may be saved by...

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How data-driven Uber is driving change & challenging regulations

What Airbnb is doing to the hotel industry, Uber is doing to the taxi industry: disrupting it! A good thing for consumers but a tough time for the now - all of a sudden - traditional industries.

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Dutch soccer league teams up with SAS Analytics

The KNVB (Royal Netherlands Football Association) has added analytics leader SAS to its roster. Under a new four-year agreement, the Dutch soccer league will use SAS to expand KNVB’s ability to...

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Digital Belgium: a startup within the government

This year’s SAS Forum was kicked off by Alexander De Croo, Minister of (a.o.) Digital Agenda, and his advisor Laurent Hublet. The digitalization is not only apparent in the business world:...

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Developers to save the world

The Hadoop Summit that was hosted a couple of months ago in Brussels, had one presentation that definitely stood out: the one by futurist and commentator Ben Hammersley. 

"We won. Now we have a...

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Advanced Analytics in a Big Data World

How come so many organizations do not use their customer data to the maximum? And what’s the most important recent development in customer intelligence? Professor and author Bart Baesens discusses...

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Building smart cities

This year’s SAS Forum was, as usual, a real treat for everybody who is even remotely involved with analytics. From government initiatives around ICT to a guru showing our digital future: the variety...

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