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sascom SPECIAL ISSUES
In addition to award-winning sascom magazine, you can now download complimentary special issues. Get articles from industry experts and find out how top companies are using technology to outmaneuver the competition. Register now to access:
Banking
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Performance management for the banking and insurance industries (full report)
Register now to access the full 52-page special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how banks and insurers can:
- Take a unified approach to performance management.
- Use analytics to improve performance through strategic insight and predictive performance management.
- Improve customer and product profitability.
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Analytics makes the difference (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 471KB) to read about how analytics makes a difference between merely managing performance and actually improving it.
For additional reports, visit the Banking Special Reports page.
Business Intelligence
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Better Answers, Faster (full report)
Register now to access the 36-page special sascom special issue that includes information on:
- Integrated BI from SAS – Accelerating time to intelligence.
- Business intelligence competency centers – How – and why – to get started.
- Briggs & Stratton – Empowering executive decisions with SAS®.
- ...and more insight from customers, analysts and partners on the unmatched power and integration of SAS Business Intelligence.
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Better Answers, Faster (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 3.6MB). Better decision making is at the heart of what many executives want from business intelligence. By putting powerful, easy reporting and analysis into the hands of more people across an organization, SAS® Enterprise BI Server creates a newly empowered and informed corporate culture.
Communications
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Getting to Grips with Convergence (full report)
Register now to access the full 52-page international communications special issue and find out how communications companies around the world are:
- Maximizing profitability by increasing customer lifetime value
- Boosting earnings with rich content delivery.
- Realizing big savings with effective capacity management.
Plus read expert commentaries on convergence and revenue assurance by thought leaders such as Lars Vestergaard, Research Director of European Wireless and Mobile Communications for analyst firm IDC and SAS telecommunications experts Ken King, Rob Mattison and Maciej Komacki.
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Managing the "Good Customers" for New Business Realities (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 337KB). It's not news that many telecommunications customers are constantly on the prowl for the best deal. Analysis has revealed that customers tend to change their behavior just before they decide to make the switch. Find out how customer intelligence can help you pick up on the clues that you are about to lose a customer and why.
JMP
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JMP statistical discovery software from SAS (full report)
Register now to access the full 44-page special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how organizations worldwide are using JMP to dynamically visualize their data, bringing new understanding to their businesses. The hottest topics in interactive data visualization:
- Now that JMP seamlessly connects to SAS, what does that mean for SAS programmers and JMP users?
- Not just for scientists and engineers anymore, JMP means business -- and it's anything but business as usual.
- Read about real-world success from JMP users at Duke Medical Center, Georgia Tech, Goodyear, USDA, DETERTEC and more.
- You'll ask yourself, "How did I ever live without this?"
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Why SAS and JMP need each other? (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 328KB) for a Q-and-A with John Sall, SAS co-founder, Executive Vice President and primary architect of JMP. Sall talks about where JMP's been -- and where it's going. The answers may surprise you.
Insurance
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Performance management for the banking and insurance industries (full report)
Register now to access the full 52-page special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how banks and insurers can:
- Take a unified approach to performance management.
- Use analytics to improve performance through strategic insight and predictive performance management.
- Improve customer and product profitability.
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Analytics makes the difference (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 471KB) to read about how analytics makes a difference between merely managing performance and actually improving it.
For additional reports, visit the Insurance Special Reports page.
Manufacturing
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Competing to Win: Business Intelligence & Industrial Muscle for the Manufacturing Industry (full report)
Register now to access the full 48-page international manufacturing special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how manufacturers around the world are:
- Using business intelligence and analytics to drive sustainable benefits at low cost.
- Reducing costs by 34 percent and improving production turnover rates by 50 percent.
- Applying demand forecasting to save millions of dollars.
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THE POWER TO KNOW® and Innovate in Manufacturing (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 318KB) to read about how service-oriented architectures (SOAs) can support an enterprise-wide, integrated yield management strategy in a manufacturing company, fostering innovation and greater competitiveness.
Public Sector
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Performance Management for the Public Sector (full report)
Register now to access the 44-page sascom international public sector special issue and find out how public sector organizations around the world are:
- Eliminating the drain on resources caused by fraud.
- Enabling better public healthcare decisions.
- Applying performance management for improved efficiency.
- Offering online access to government services.
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Policy Costs Money (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 141KB). Discover how some of the best practices developed within the private sector are being implemented to ensure the effective use of public funds and minimize fraud, waste and abuse.
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