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Dear Readers, I learned to look for silver linings by watching my grandmother handle crises. She was the kind of woman who talked to God from the front pew twice every Sunday and again on Wednesdays. And no matter what storm blew her way, she always found a bright spot. I didn’t inherit vast sums of money, but I’ve managed to find plenty of silver.
Take, for instance, our current economic turmoil. I’ll agree that it looks pretty grim, but during last week’s SAS Global Forum I heard a presentation outlining ideas that organizations can use to survive, compete, innovate and grow using the economic stimulus funds earmarked for technology. Ben Zenick, Vice President of Consulting Services and Co-Founder of Zencos, and Jonathan Hornsby, Director of Worldwide Marketing at SAS, were speaking to government and public services organizations, but the information could be meaningful for all. You can read more about this silver lining here.
Waynette Tubbs
Editor, SAS Business Report
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SAS Offers New Fraud Framework Featuring SAS® Social Network Analysis »
To fight fraud effectively, organizations must continually improve customer behavior monitoring across multiple accounts and systems. This new framework includes components that support detection and alert generation, alert management and case management, and includes the new SAS Social Network Analysis solution.
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Bad Times or Good, SAS® Business Analytics Vital to Competitiveness »
Executives are aware of what has happened and what is happening—from tight credit and relentless pricing pressure to the perils of unforeseen risk. With SAS, they’re gaining a clearer view of what will happen, so they can move quickly and confidently when the economic pendulum swings the other way.
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The Role of Information Technology in the High Performance Organization »
Ever increasing demands force organizations to adapt faster to growing international competition and to compete simultaneously on the basis of price, quality, flexibility, delivery times and after-sales support. This author has outlined 13 characteristics of a high performance organization that should be positively influenced by IT.
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“Credit Risk Assessment” Advocates New Lending
System »
Clark Abrahams, a 30-year banking veteran and Mingyuan Zhang, senior SAS solution architect, have reunited and defined a comprehensive framework for lending that explains how the current economic crisis began and how to avoid another. Preview the ideas in Abrahams’ blog or this sample chapter.
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Begin at the Beginning »
Ericka Wilcher, Americas Marketing, says that some get excited about the promise of fact-based decisions and rush past the data quality issues it's all hinged upon. There’s a fine line to be drawn between urgency and haste.
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SaaS Evolution »
Layman’s terms? It’s my air conditioner, but I buy electricity; my phone, but I buy minutes. Cut backs in staffing and IT budgets, and worsening consumer sentiment requires companies to reduce costs to stay competitive - SaaS.
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Let's Connect »
In order to give SAS Global Forum 2009 attendees - and non-attendees - a full conference experience, we pulled together a bunch of forums where people were talking about the conference, built a few more and mashed that together. If you take time for nothing else, read the blog and watch the videos.
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