Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 39 | Page 23

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TRENDING SAS SURVEY FINDS ANALYTICS MAKES ORGANISATIONS MORE INNOVATIVE There is no doubt analytics are changing the way companies do business but are enterprises making the most of the information at their disposal? A new survey from SAS says 72% of organisations recognise the benefits of analytics but only 39% use them to inform strategy. N early three-quarters of organisations (72%) claim that analytics help them generate valuable insight and 60% say their analytics resources have made them more innovative, according to research commissioned by SAS, a leader in analytics. That is despite only four in 10 (39%) saying that analytics is core to their business strategy. A third of respondents (35%) report that www.intelligentcio.com it is used for tactical projects only. Despite acknowledged value – and most (65%) can quantify this – businesses are not getting the most out of their analytics investments. However, they are now pursuing rapid analytical insight as a priority as they push into emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of things (IoT). “ ANALYTICS IS CHANGING THE WAY COMPANIES DO BUSINESS. INTELLIGENTCIO 23