(Aug 06, 2003)SAS, the world's leader in business intelligence, has launched a tailored SAS certification access and training package that helps individuals and corporations in Hong Kong to earn industry recognition while honing their SAS skills.
The SAS Certification Access Package meets a variety of needs - whether people are trying to increase their knowledge of SAS or to become more competitive in the job market. The certification also assists managers to identify qualified technical professionals. "As the worldwide demand for professionals with a high level of SAS software expertise continues to grow, certification from SAS gives individuals the edge to stay a step ahead of the keen competition. This SAS Certification Access Program represents an opportunity to enhance one's credibility as a technical professional." said Mr Eddie Leung, Director, Professional Services of SAS Institute Ltd.
The package includes:
- Web-based training on SAS Core Concepts V8 that allows learners to flexibly manage their studies.
- An instructor-based 4-day training course, Managing SAS Program.
- A voucher for one FREE place in a SAS Base Programming Exam within the year after completion of the course. Participants will be recognized as SAS Certified Base Programmers after passing the exam.
A special discount is available for those who join the program in August, October or December 2003.
Throughout the business world, companies recognize that certification is the way to stay abreast of the latest technology and serves as a benchmark for hiring and promoting, and planning employee career paths. As the world leader in software and services that drive the intelligent enterprise, SAS is committed to providing companies with the competitive advantage that certification brings.
"We agree that the certification program can help employer assess one's knowledge of SAS software. The knowledge gained can also increase individual and workgroup productivity levels," said Mrs Edwina Shung, Senior Statistician, Hospital Authority of HKSAR.
SAS offers six globally recognized certification tracks in SAS programming, data warehousing and application development. Credentials are awarded through the successful completion of one or more SAS Certified Professional exams. There are already more than 3,100 SAS Certified Professionals in more than 40 countries.
" The SAS Certified
Professional Program has shown that it can cross geographic
boundaries, providing verification of SAS knowledge and skills and
boost job acquisition as well." said Mike Zdeb, Assistant
Professor, Department of Epidemiology at the Albany School of Public
Health in Rensselaer, New
York.
For more details, please contact Mr Wong at 2105-3636 or visit:
http://www.sas.com/offices/asiapacific/hongkong/training/2003/discount.html or
http://support.sas.com/certify/intro.html
About SAS
SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 38,000 sites -- including 99 of the top 100 businesses on the Fortune 500 -- to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For 25 years, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know. |
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