SAS® Business Report April 2008 support.sas.com | Subscribe | Unsubscribe Print entire newsletter Leaders from top organizations are seeing the power of analytics firsthand at the 2008 Competing on Analytics events, a landmark series sponsored by SAS and Intel. SAS BI expert Gaurav Verma attended the Apply It forum in Washington, DC, and reports back with what surprised him at the event - and key takeaways. Also in this issue, a free business intelligence assessment and five simple steps to optimizing your company's resources.   SAS News How to Compete on Analytics: Apply it » Only a handful of organizations are using analytics to outthink and outexecute the competition. The SAS and Intel 2008 Competing on Analytics series is helping change that. In this blog post, Gaurav Verma, Global Marketing Manager for BI at SAS, shares key takeaways from the Apply It forum in Washington, DC. SAS® Platform Pathfinder » Ready to take the next step in taming your data? Find your direction with this innovative Web site offering a free Business Intelligence Assessment and personalized resource kits. Five steps to resource optimization » This new white paper provides a visual model of the five steps to resource optimization along with real-world examples showing how business leaders successfully allocate resources in alignment with business objectives. SAS® predictive analytics help Healthways curb healthcare costs » Healthways relies on SAS to help identify people who would benefit from their preventive care services and achieve improved health outcomes. The company uses SAS to predict hidden relationships in millions of member records to determine patient risk levels and develop more targeted intervention and prevention plans. Carnival Cruise Lines bring SAS® on board for marketing automation » Find out how Carnival Cruise Lines, part of the largest cruise vacation group in the world, will use SAS predictive analytics to improve customer communications, strengthen relationships and increase first-time cruiser bookings. SAS retains leadership position in operational risk management report » For the fourth consecutive year, SAS is ranked as the leader in operational risk management by Chartis Research in its Operational Risk Management Systems 2008 report. Since 2005, Chartis has positioned SAS OpRisk Management in the top spot for "completeness of offering" and "market share potential." SAS leads "a handful of software vendors [who] have established themselves as clear leaders and form the 'premier league.'"   Events K-12 Executive Conference » May 13 - 15 Cary, NC F2008 Business Forecasting Conference » June 2 - 3 Cary, NC   Multimedia PM interactive tour » Take a tour of SAS for Performance Management. Check out our blog! » Join the conversation at sascom® voices.   Quick Clicks Customer Successes » SAS Resource Center » Products and Solutions » Industries »   Support Technical Support E-newsletter Archives » E-newsletter FAQ » Technical Problems » Don't miss important updates from SAS! Please add sas.com as a domain in your safe sender list. Your Subscription We hope that you enjoyed reading this e-newsletter. However, if you would rather not receive SAS e-newsletters in the future, return to our e-newsletter subscriptions site to log in and edit the subscription options in your profile.   SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. ® indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright © 2008 SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved Tech Support | Privacy Statement