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SAS Achieves Record Revenue: $2.26 Billion in 2008 »
SAS’ strongest growth was in analytics, data mining and solutions that help organizations keep current customers and win new ones, manage risk and optimize processes. CEO Jim Goodnight said, “In tough times, companies focus on optimizing their businesses.”
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Beyond Spreadsheets: The Value of BI and Analytics »
In a recent survey by the Aberdeen Group, 4500 companies were surveyed and ranked as performers within the top 20 percent of performance, middle 50 percent and bottom 30 percent. Thirty-two percent of the top performers reported a direct impact to revenue when they increased the number of people with business intelligence skills. The bottom 30 percent remain “reliant on the use of spreadsheets.”
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Alternatives to Panic »
The batch-mode mindset of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly reports hit a real-time speed bump during 2008, revealing its shortcomings. This Webcast summary offers ways to move your business to the real-time status necessary when risk and volatility are standard operating conditions; when the extraordinary is now the ordinary.
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Wall Street Searches for Transparency »
Paul Devlin, Director of Capital Markets for SAS, says corporate data standards and a sharper focus on analytics could have prevented some of the Wall Street meltdown.
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Davos Response: Meltdown in the Lending Freeze? »
Keeping assets simple may not be the perfect answer, says Ellen Joyner, Global Financial Services Marketing Manager for SAS. She says having good “analytics and risk practices in place to effectively weigh risk and reward might be the most intelligent approach. Risk-based pricing can be in favor of both the lender and the borrower, bringing mutual reward.”
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Stuart Rose and Bart Patrick use Analytics to Optimize the Insurer »
Like any business in a difficult economic environment, insurers are seeking to reduce expenses. To that end, Rose and Patrick say, insurers need to embrace holistic strategies that will increase their operational efficiency while minimizing losses and maximizing profits.
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As Deposit War Heats Up Smart Pricing Is Vital »
Ellen Joyner, Global Financial Services Marketing Manager for SAS says now is the time for rethinking pricing strategy and getting a foundation in place that allows for more profitable tactics, including pricing and profitability optimization solutions.
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SAS Training Paths »
Get the most from your training and SAS investment by mapping your training strategy by job role or solution category.
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