Going
BIG with BI: Eleven SAS customers
share their plans for business intelligence in 2008
When it comes to business intelligence (BI),
there’s no time like … the future.
That’s because – despite the staggering
value that it has delivered across
every major industry over the past
18 years – the best days for BI may
just lie ahead. In its most recent
analysis, IDC predicted a five-year
compound annual growth rate of 10.3
percent – heady growth for an enterprise
software category that has seen such
broad adoption and has
been viewed in some quarters as “mature.”
What’s
driving the impressive and sustained
interest in BI? Perhaps the greatest
overarching factor is simply the
universally acknowledged truth: Data
volumes are growing relentlessly.
Investments in enterprise applications
have created massive stores of data
that contain strategic insights for
organizations that can unlock that potential.
Philosophically, many businesses are also recognizing
that broader deployments and wider
adoption of BI – in both process-oriented
and strategic contexts – can ratchet
their returns further. Previously,
BI was a department initiative for
specialists. Today, it’s a pervasive
business tool available to everyone,
from call-center reps to middle managers
and senior executives who have access
to more powerful sets of analytics,
interfaces and tools. Read
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Holt Renfrew Optimizes high-end
customer experience with SAS® analytics software Luxury
retailer fortifies impeccable customer
service strategy NRF 97th
Annual Convention and EXPO, NEW YORK
(Jan. 14, 2008) – SAS, the leader in
business intelligence and predictive
analytics, today announced that Holt
Renfrew & Co. Limited, Canada’s leading
specialty retailer, has acquired its
SAS Customer Intelligence software to
help the luxury merchant further enhance
its highly personalized customer service
approach. Read
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