SAS® Financial Services News Second Quarter 2009 www.sas.com  |  subscribe  |  unsubscribe Dun & Bradstreet strengthens its competitiveness with SAS  » With SAS, D&B improved its price-to-performance ratio by increasing data analysis speed, and enhanced its competitiveness by offering the first generic scoring in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and providing forecasting services for the entire Czech and Slovak region. NEWS sascom® second quarter 2009 » This issue formally introduces the SAS Business Analytics Framework, highlighting the benefits of starting with components that solve your most pressing business problems and building from there. For this story and many more, read sas com online. SAS CEO Jim Goodnight to Speak at Milken Institute Global Conference » Goodnight, passionate global advocate for education, will lead a panel discussion on using technology in classrooms to engage students and prepare them for life and careers in the 21st century. He will also participate in a panel on the economy, moderated by Forbes Inc. CEO Steve Forbes. E-Trade Turns to Agile Response Team for Rapid Risk Analysis » E-Trade Financial Corp. eliminated the time-consuming and frustrating process of business executives asking analysts and technologists for data. E-Trade integrated the IT and business teams into one unified team responsible for risk analysis. TRAINING Career Transition Offer from SAS » Today, we're all trying to work smarter and that includes job searching. In 2009, learn an economy-proof skill from SAS Education for 50% off. Introduction to Applied Econometrics » Through hands-on exercises, participants gain knowledge of the practical elements of applied econometric analysis. Advanced Analytics for Customer Intelligence Using SAS® » Adopt state-of-the-art data mining techniques for complex customer intelligence applications to optimize strategic business decisions. RESOURCES Best Practices for Leveraging Business Analytics in Insurance » Learn how leading insurers are using business analytics to reduce reaction times while under competitive pressure, respond more efficiently to market changes, improve precision and efficacy of operational decisions and increase effectiveness of business managers. Unpacking the Financial Crisis » Read this sample chapter from Credit Risk Assessment: The New Lending System for Borrowers, Lenders, and Investors.  “The most impressive attribute of the new system is its commonsense return to the basics of traditional underwriting, combined with factors based on expert judgment and statistics and forward-looking attributes, all of which can be updated as markets change," said Dean Schultz, President and CEO of Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. WEBCASTS Lessons from the Last 12 Months On Demand A Business Analytics Research Model On Demand Making Customer Data Work for You May 12 TALKING POINTS Four Essential Focuses of Performance Management » Gary Cokins, Global Product Marketing Manager for Performance Management at SAS, says that performance management refers to an organization’s leverage of its assets to achieve short-, medium- and long-term strategic goals. SAS® Helps Meet Recovery Program Requirements » The US Department of the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the recently announced Financial Stability Plan include many new requirements, which SAS can help you you meet. Rethink Economic Stimulus » Clark Abrahams, Chief Financial Architect at SAS, says that our economic recovery hinges on more than recovery funding. His ‘new-old’ way of thinking includes rethinking financial responsibilities and expectations of borrowers’ and investors’ risks. EVENTS Energy Risk USA » May 18 - 21 Houston F2009: Business Forecasting Conference » June 1-2 Cary, NC  SIFMA Annual Technology Management Conference » June 23 - 25 New York NAFCU-National Assoc. of Credit Unions » July 21-25 National Harbor, MD Exploring Predictive Analytics, Data Visualization with JMP® » FREE June 10 Seattle M2009 » Early-bird registration ends July 17 Oct. 26-27 Las Vegas Support Quick Links SAS in Financial Services » About SAS » Archives » Recent Awards »   Don't miss important updates from SAS! Please add sas.com as a domain in your safe sender list. Contact Us Have a question, comment or suggestion? Want to see something covered in the next SAS Financial Services News? Simply e-mail the editor.   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 © 2009 SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved Tech Support | Privacy Statement