Industry Perspectives
"The Master of Science in Analytics at Northwestern University is a powerful new entrant into this field. Programs like Northwestern’s are critical to developing the next wave of analytics professionals and graduates will find themselves well-positioned to launch their careers."
Bill Franks, Teradata Chief Analytics Officer, Global Alliance Programs, and author, 'Taming the Big Data Tidal Wave"
"The ability to predict future business trends with reasonable accuracy using advanced analytics will be one of the crucial competitive advantages of this new decade. For SAS Institute, it is the bread and butter of what we do; it has been part of the DNA of the SAS culture for more than 35 years."
Dr. Radhika Kulkarni, SAS Vice President, Advanced Analytics
"Data analytics drives value for our customers and Teradata. We view analytics as an integral part of our business strategy."
Darryl McDonald, Teradata Executive Vice President, Business Development and Marketing
"[Analytics] is huge ... for the first time, information technology is going to do real things to make our lives better. The data is out there. Now it's just a matter of maximizing the utlization of that data, organizing and analyzing it so businesses can make better decisions.
Former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano
