SAS among top five companies to work for in IT
Analytics giant offers employees flexibility and work/life balance
Johannesburg, South Africa
(11 Jul. 2008)
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SAS, the leader in business intelligence and analytics, has been ranked by Computerworld magazine as the number five employer in information technology.
The 15th annual "Best Places to Work" survey was published in the 30 June issue of Computerworld.
Computerworld gathers information from some 31 000 IT employees to score the top 100 work environments for technology professionals.
Survey categories include benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention.
This year, employee responses accounted for approximately one-half of the total score, with the remainder based upon company benefits and other programmes.
"Working for a company that offers outstanding benefits is great, but it goes beyond that," says Suzanne Gordon, Vice-President and Chief Information Officer for SAS. "Employees go that extra mile because SAS gives them the responsibility and accountability to perform their jobs. SAS believes that maintaining a work/life balance carries over to long-term customer relationships."
SAS was second again this year in the category "Best Places for Benefits". The company's commitment to work/life balance manifests itself in an exceptional list of amenities at the company's headquarters in Cary, NC, including on-site day-care, healthcare, a fully equipped fitness centre, wellness programmes, a comprehensive benefits package, convenient services and flexible schedules that facilitate better work/life for employees.
Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning weekly publication, Computerworld.com Web site, focused conference series and custom research from the hub of the world's largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Folio Magazine's 2006 Gold EDDIE Award for best technology/computing magazine, the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). Computerworld leads the industry with a print audience of 1 252 000 readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS Spring 2006) and an online audience of over two million unique monthly visitors (Omniture.)
Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, events and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries, including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers and decision-makers.
About SAS
SAS is the leader in business intelligence software and services. Customers at more than 44,000 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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