SAS Voices

SAS Championship: Then and now

Caroline Kinlaw — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:54:10 +0000

We took a trip around SAS Championship, revisiting some familiar locations with photos from the tournament's first year. As SAS celebrates 50 years, we’ve looked back at the people, places and moments that have shaped our story. This time, we took a trip around SAS Championship with a few photos [...]

SAS Championship: Then and now was published on SAS Voices by Caroline Kinlaw

More than a game: How SAS HBCU Career Day and Invitational connects golf to what's next

Caslee Sims — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:26:18 +0000

For college golfers, it's easy to measure progress. Scores improve, rankings change and tournaments offer a pretty clear picture of where you stand. Figuring out what comes after college isn't always so straightforward. That's part of what makes the SAS Championship HBCU Career Day and Invitational interesting. Student-athletes arrive with [...]

More than a game: How SAS HBCU Career Day and Invitational connects golf to what's next was published on SAS Voices by Caslee Sims

How can organizations close the AI decision gap?

Lindsey Coombs — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:00:36 +0000

Organizations that report successful AI initiatives invest up to 4 times more (as a percentage of revenue) in foundational areas, such as data quality, governance, AI-ready people, and change management, compared with those that experience poor AI outcomes, according to Gartner. These organizations recognize that an accurate model, useful prediction [...]

How can organizations close the AI decision gap? was published on SAS Voices by Lindsey Coombs

Vijay Singh wins the 2026 SAS Championship

Dan Starbuck — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:49:47 +0000

Consistency carried Vijay Singh to the top of the leaderboard at the 2026 SAS Championship. The 63-year-old World Golf Hall of Fame member posted matching rounds of 3-under 69 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, finishing at 9-under 207 to win by two strokes over Ernie Els at Prestonwood Country Club [...]

Vijay Singh wins the 2026 SAS Championship was published on SAS Voices by Dan Starbuck

From the fairway to SAS: How one HBCU golfer turned opportunity into a career

Caslee Sims — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:00:03 +0000

The first time I met Jalen Brown, he was a North Carolina Central University golfer attending the SAS HBCU Career Day in 2024. We talked about golf, technology and how the discipline required to improve at one could translate to the other. Two years later, Jalen and I are talking about [...]

From the fairway to SAS: How one HBCU golfer turned opportunity into a career was published on SAS Voices by Caslee Sims

A “favorable cancer”

Kate Thompson — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:38 +0000

I recently had lunch with another SAS employee and mentioned that I was headed to the oncologist. “Oh, right. You're in remission.” I nodded. It’s complicated. It’s true that I had cancer. It’s also true that I no longer have it. But my cancer was so early, so treatable, the [...]

A “favorable cancer” was published on SAS Voices by Kate Thompson

Luck didn't get you here: What three women leaders know about success

Ally Miller — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:36 +0000

We tend to call people lucky when we see where they ended up, not everything it took to get there. For some, success begins with taking a chance on an idea. For others, it means stepping away from a familiar path or preparing for a future that looks nothing like [...]

Luck didn't get you here: What three women leaders know about success was published on SAS Voices by Ally Miller

How to make consumption-based AI work at enterprise scale

Gordon Robinson — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:44 +0000

Consumption-based AI makes experimentation easy. A team can access powerful models, launch a pilot and pay only for what it uses. The initial bill may look manageable and the path to scale may appear straightforward. But the unit being metered is rarely the unit of business value. Organizations may pay [...]

How to make consumption-based AI work at enterprise scale was published on SAS Voices by Gordon Robinson

AI explainability is a bottom-line issue

Reggie Townsend — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:43:26 +0000

For years, the AI conversation has focused on what systems can automate, predict, and now, generate. As organizations increase their investments in AI, many are finding that the business value increasingly depends on whether people understand the reasoning behind automation, predictions and generation well enough to trust it. In early [...]

AI explainability is a bottom-line issue was published on SAS Voices by Reggie Townsend

The real test of digital sovereignty: Can government organizations change course?

John Balla — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:00:54 +0000

Governments rely on technology providers to deliver essential services, protect public resources and make complex decisions. That isn’t the problem. The problem starts when those relationships limit a government’s ability to act. What happens when a regulation changes, a provider changes its terms or a critical workload needs to move? [...]

The real test of digital sovereignty: Can government organizations change course? was published on SAS Voices by John Balla