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SAS sponsors annual business intelligence conferenceJohannesburg, South Africa (08 Feb. 2008) – SAS Institute South Africa will again be sponsoring the annual ITWeb Business Intelligence Conference, which is being held once more at The Forum at The Campus, in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on 26 and 27 February 2008. The conference, held each year, is aimed at end-users, with content focused around practical examples of BI implementations presented in the form of case studies, as well as best practices and working solutions. The event brings together IT executives from a variety of industries, with the common goal of providing and sharing knowledge, experience and lessons learned around BI. "This event is all about creating value for those who use or are looking at implement a business intelligence solution. As the world leader in BI, SAS is constantly looking to help out customers to build value in their organisations, through the delivery and implementation of appropriate solutions," says Carel Badenhorst, Product Manager Business Intelligence at SAS South Africa. "By sponsoring this event we hope to be able to share some of our vast knowledge of BI and all of its aspects with professionals from a wide range of industries, through various product heads who will be available at our stand, as well as some of our customers who will be presenting at the conference," he adds. SAS customers who are speaking at the event include Ronelle Brandt, Quality and Methodology Manager at Stats SA, who will give a demonstration on the BI tools that were introduced recently to improve the quality of statistics at Statistics South Africa; and Judy Goodall, a Business Analyst from Momentum, who will be sharing insight in the organisation's deployment of best-of-breed technologies to support business decision-making, such as data warehousing, data analysis and predictive modelling. Badenhorst concludes: "The conference will provide insight into issues surrounding BI buying and implementation in South Africa, as well as adoption trends and the business success achieved. It promises to be a valuable experience for all IT professionals in the BI space." SAS is a Silver Sponsor of this year's event.
SAS is the leader in business intelligence software and services. Customers at 40,000 sites use SAS software to improve performance through insight into vast amounts of data, resulting in faster, more accurate business decisions; more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; compliance with governmental regulations; research breakthroughs; and better products. Only SAS offers leading data integration, intelligence storage, advanced analytics and business intelligence applications within a comprehensive enterprise intelligence platform. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world
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