SAS Global Forum 2016
This was my first global conference of this kind. I have attended academic conferences but those were not in this scale. I feel proud to be a part of such a large community. SAS has opened itself to open source technologies by adopting new architecture called SAS Viya. My takeaways from the conference are 1. Open and Cloud ready SAS Viya architecture is designed for varied skillsets to solve all types of business problems. Initial offerings come with point and click interface and programming features. This means I need to add more skillsets quicker than others to keep myself valuable. For more details, click http://www.sas.com/en_us/news/press-releases/2016/april/sas-viya-sgf16.html and http://www.sas.com/en_us/software/viya.html . Personally, I am excited about this as I think new architecture opens the door for more innovation. There are lot to learn about this to be able to use it efficiently. 2. ...