Introduction To Databricks and PySpark For SAS Developers

by Ian J. Ghent | Dec 7, 2021 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Customer Experience, Python, SAS

  This is a collaborative post between Databricks and WiseWithData. We thank Founder and President Ian J. Ghent, Head of Pre-Sales Solutions R &D Bryan Chuinkam, and Head of Migration Solutions R&D Ban (Mike) Sun of WiseWithData for their contributions....

Will The SAS Language Be Regulated Out Of Existence?

by Ian J. Ghent | Jun 7, 2021 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Python, SAS

The majority of the revenue derived from the SAS language comes from three highly regulated industries, Financial Services, Insurance, and Health & Life Sciences (HLS). In fact, its dominance in those industries, comes in part from regulators historical...

Technology Alliances: The Customer Value

by Terry Swaren | Apr 28, 2021 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Customer Experience, SAS, Uncategorized

As we announce our strategic technology alliance with Databricks I can’t help but to think how customers see these types of announcements. Partnerships are announced everyday, it is not uncommon to see a large enterprise hardware vendor announce a partnership with a...

Moving your SAS libraries into a Lake House architecture using Apache Spark, Parquet and Delta

by Ian J. Ghent | Jan 25, 2021 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Python, SAS

SAS Libraries SAS supports a wide array of different library engines that provide a semantic layer between the underlying data source and SAS. The engine provides an abstraction between SAS code and the physical location of the data. In addition to the native SAS...

WiseWithData Sparked my interest

by Terry Swaren | Dec 24, 2020 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, SAS

We’ve all been faced with the job search in our careers at one point, like many this is where I found myself in the later part of 2020. The good news, opportunity is abundant. As much doom and gloom 2020 has brought us, it has also brought a lot of greatness. I...

Is SAS Still Relevant (2020 Edition)

by Ian J. Ghent | Oct 26, 2020 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Python, SAS

Back in 2016, I wrote a blog article posing an interesting question; given the rise of Apache Spark as the defacto analytics platform, is SAS still relevant? The answer back then was a definitive yes. Well a lot has changed in the past 4 years! While we are reflecting...