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Aberdeen Group

Aberdeen Group
Aberdeen Group, May 2008

This Aberdeen report finds that while a number of service and warranty management executives are still struggling with customer service issues and escalating warranty costs, best-in-class companies are leveraging warranty analytics technology to reduce warranty claims processing time and reducing warranty claims costs as a percentage of annual revenues to improve customer satisfaction.

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Aberdeen Group, Aug. 2007

This benchmark study shows that forward-thinking companies have taken strategic actions to achieve service excellence by accurately forecasting service demand and effectively planning and provisioning service resources to meet that demand. Such strategic initiatives have yielded 22% increase in first-time fix rate, 18% higher SLA compliance rate, 27% improvement in workforce utilization, and 14% lower overtime costs.

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AMR Research

AMR Research
by Mike Griswold, AMR Research Alert, AMR Research, Sep. 2008

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Analytics

Forrester
Forrester, Feb. 2010

SAS has been named a leader among nine vendors in The Forrester Wave: Predictive Analytics and Data Mining Solutions, Q1 2010. SAS earned top overall ranking in all three categories – current offering, strategy and market presence – including perfect scores for functionality, professional services, licensing and cost, direction, and company financials criteria.

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Gartner
Case Study: Cisco Improves Demand Forecast Accuracy With Advanced Analytics, Domain Expertise and a Consensus Process
Gartner, Inc., Bill Hostmann, Oct. 2009

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Forecasting

Aberdeen Group
Aberdeen Group, Aug. 2007

This benchmark study shows that forward-thinking companies have taken strategic actions to achieve service excellence by accurately forecasting service demand and effectively planning and provisioning service resources to meet that demand. Such strategic initiatives have yielded 22% increase in first-time fix rate, 18% higher SLA compliance rate, 27% improvement in workforce utilization, and 14% lower overtime costs.

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Bloor Research

Bloor Research
Market Update, Bloor Research, May 2009

Bloor Research, an independent analyst company, has named DataFlux as a data "champion" in its latest Market Update report.

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Market Update, Bloor Research, May 2009

Bloor Research, an independent analyst company, has named DataFlux as a data "champion" in its latest Market Update report.

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Market Update, Bloor Research, Feb. 2009

Bloor Research, an independent analyst company, has named DataFlux as a data "champion" in its latest Market Update report.

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Market Update, Bloor Research, Feb. 2009

Bloor Research, an independent analyst company, has named DataFlux as a data "champion" in its latest Market Update report.

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Business Intelligence

Datamonitor
Vuk Trifkovic and Tim Gower, Datamonitor, Apr. 2007

"SAS is the clear market leader as it leads technology assessment, dominates user sentiment and exerts considerable market impact. SAS offers a great portfolio of both basic and advanced functionality, backed up by a dependable support capability. Its stable financial footing, superb vision and lead in advanced analytics all imply that SAS is well placed to continue as the Business Intelligence market leader."

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Forrester
The Forrester Wave™, Forrester, Jul. 2008

SAS was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its 2008 Forrester Wave report, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2008. In this evaluation, SAS was cited as a leader in Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms.

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Gartner
Gartner positions SAS in the Leaders' Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms.

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Query & Analysis

Butler Group

Butler Group
Butler Group, Sep. 2007

"SAS® for Customer Experience Analytics combines dynamic real-time on-line data collection from speed-trap, with SAS' customer intelligence and analytics capabilities. The combination enables organisations that operate in a multi-channel world to understand precisely what customers are doing on-line, and apply that insight across all other customer touch points. SAS for Customer Experience Analytics does away with the need for tagging, network packet sniffers, and Web log analysers, therefore removing some of the expensive pain points of Web analytics." 

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Celent

Celent
Mike Fitzgerald, Celent, Jan. 2010

Two SAS customers are selected by Celent for their annual Model Insurance Carrier awards. Farmers Insurance for their use of SAS to drive distribution strategy and tactics and ATAVA for using SAS within the TIA technology solution for business intelligence.

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Chartis Research

Chartis Research
Nov. 2009

User-driven survey has deemed SAS as the leader in risk management software

 

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Chartis Research, Jul. 2009

Chartis Research positions SAS as a leader in the Credit Risk Management Systems 2009 Competitive Landscape.

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Chartis Research, Jun. 2009

Chartis Research positions SAS as the leader in the Operational Risk Management Systems 2009 Competitive Landscape.

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Feb. 2009

Chartis Research positions SAS in top three on the Financial Crime Risk Management Software Vendors Competitive Landscape.

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Data Integration

Bloor Research
Market Update, Bloor Research, May 2009

Bloor Research, an independent analyst company, has named DataFlux as a data "champion" in its latest Market Update report.

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Market Update, Bloor Research, May 2009

Bloor Research, an independent analyst company, has named DataFlux as a data "champion" in its latest Market Update report.

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Market Update, Bloor Research, Feb. 2009

Bloor Research, an independent analyst company, has named DataFlux as a data "champion" in its latest Market Update report.

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Market Update, Bloor Research, Feb. 2009

Bloor Research, an independent analyst company, has named DataFlux as a data "champion" in its latest Market Update report.

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Gartner
Gartner positions SAS in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools.

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Gartner positions DataFlux in the Leaders' Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools.

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Yphise
Yphise, Oct. 2008

DataFlux qMDM is a certified solution by Yphise. It received the "Yphise AWARD" certificate (valid until October 31, 2009). The "Yphise AWARD" certifies that DataFlux qMDM is the best-ranked solution in comparison with the competition. It demonstrates that the solution has the strengths required by large companies and represents a sound investment.

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Datamonitor

Datamonitor
Datamonitor, Sep. 2009

Using SAS® Social Network Analysis to identify suspicious entities in banking.

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Vuk Trifkovic and Tim Gower, Datamonitor, Apr. 2007

"SAS is the clear market leader as it leads technology assessment, dominates user sentiment and exerts considerable market impact. SAS offers a great portfolio of both basic and advanced functionality, backed up by a dependable support capability. Its stable financial footing, superb vision and lead in advanced analytics all imply that SAS is well placed to continue as the Business Intelligence market leader."

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Forrester

Forrester
Forrester, Feb. 2010

SAS has been named a leader among nine vendors in The Forrester Wave: Predictive Analytics and Data Mining Solutions, Q1 2010. SAS earned top overall ranking in all three categories – current offering, strategy and market presence – including perfect scores for functionality, professional services, licensing and cost, direction, and company financials criteria.

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The Forrester Wave™, Forrester, Dec. 2009

SAS was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its 2009 Forrester Wave report, The Forrester Wave: Cross Channel Campaign Management, Q4 2009. In this evaluation, SAS was cited as a leader in Cross-Channel Campaign Management.

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Forrester, Nov. 2009

Excerpted from “The Forrester Wave: Business Performance Management Solutions, Q4 2009,” Forrester Research, Inc., November 19, 2009

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Paul D. Hamerman with Kyle McNabb and Meghan Donnelly, Forrester, Jan. 2009

SAS is highlighted as one of six vendors that dominate the performance management market and is the only business intelligence vendor with a comprehensive offering.

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The Forrester Wave™, Forrester, Jul. 2008

SAS was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its 2008 Forrester Wave report, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2008. In this evaluation, SAS was cited as a leader in Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms.

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"SAS offers a strong, analytically driven solution for relationship marketing."
The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Marketing Platforms, Q1 2008, Forrester, Jan. 2008

"SAS’s platform offers best-in-class data mining and customer analytics capabilities. Customer references we spoke with were complimentary about the performance of the current version of Marketing Automation and Optimization."

Gartner

Gartner
Gartner positions SAS in the Leaders' Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms.

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Gartner positions SAS in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools.

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Case Study: Cisco Improves Demand Forecast Accuracy With Advanced Analytics, Domain Expertise and a Consensus Process
Gartner, Inc., Bill Hostmann, Oct. 2009

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Gartner positions SAS in the Leaders' Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Operational Risk Management Software for Financial Services.

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Gartner positions SAS in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Marketing Management.

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Gartner positions DataFlux in the Leaders' Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools.

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Gartner positions SAS in the Leaders’ Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for CRM Multichannel Campaign Management.

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Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for Marketing Resource Management" by Kimberly Collins, Feb. 9, 2009

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Mercator Advisory Group

Mercator Advisory Group
Mercator Advisory Group, Dec. 2008

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Retail Systems Research

Retail Systems Research
Retail Systems Research

Download a complimentary copy of this report to learn how the best retailers are continuing their emphasis on pricing capabilities as a key to their top-line recovery in 2010.

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Retail Systems Research

Download a complimentary copy of this report to find out how the best retailers are finding ways to prioritize Loss Prevention initiatives in their organizations to justify further investments.

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Retail Systems Research

This report examines the business challenges and opportunities of today's customer programs, as well as the buying intentions of retailers in these tough economic times.

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Yphise

Yphise
Yphise, Oct. 2008

DataFlux qMDM is a certified solution by Yphise. It received the "Yphise AWARD" certificate (valid until October 31, 2009). The "Yphise AWARD" certifies that DataFlux qMDM is the best-ranked solution in comparison with the competition. It demonstrates that the solution has the strengths required by large companies and represents a sound investment.

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