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SAS Media Coverage

by Date

December 2010

  • "Banks rethink their social media strategies" - The Asian Banker

November 2010

  • "Mixed Expectations" – The Business Times
    In this article, Bill Lee, Managing Director of SAS Singapore, said that IT spending in 2011 will increase and organizations in Singapore should take this opportunity to build up analytic skills and capabilities through continuous education and training.

September 2010

  • "Banks need to gear up fraud management systems" - The Business Times
    In this article, Lock Kwee Yoong, Head of Risk Intelligence & Financial Services, wrote on the state of credit card fraud in Singapore and highlighted how patterns detected in fraud can be picked up by Business Analytics solutions, a sound framework and good policies and processes.

  • "Challenges Facing the Public Sector" - MIS
    This article features the Hong Kong Efficiency Unit, a SAS customer, as an early adopter of Business Analytics amongst government agencies and highlights how they use text analytics solutions to uncover deeper insights.

  • " Complaints Management in Hong Kong" – Futuregov
    This article showcased how Hong Kong Efficiency Unit used SAS solutions to gain insights from public complaints and feedback.

  • "Tech Bites with Don Ducey" – Straits Times, Digital Life
    In this interview, Don Ducey, Global Director (Public Sector), discusses how the public sector should embrace social media and the changes governments need to implement when gathering public feedback.


June 2010

  • "Reading Between the Lines of Information" - Enterprise Innovation
    This article featured Keith Collins, Chief Technology Officer, who gave his insights into the top three trends in Business Analytics and the relevance of contextual analytics in today's businesses.

April 2010

  • "Firms Should Tap Customer Social Chatter "- ZDNetAsia
    This article quoted Keith Collins, Chief Technology Officer of SAS and Shanmuga Sunthar, Head of Technology Practice and Public Sector of SAS Singapore, and highlights the importance of social network analysis in order to understand customers better.

March 2010

  • "Vertical View 2010" - Enterprise Innovation
    This article quoted Lock Kwee Yoong, Risk Intelligence and Financial Services Head of SAS Singapore, who discussed the impact of the financial crisis on Asian banks and looked at the top technology spend areas among Asian banks in 2010.


February 2010

  •  "Singapore government leads Asia tech adoption" - ZDNet Asia
    This is an interview with Bill Lee, Managing Director of SAS Singapore.  In his interview, Bill highlighted the Singapore government as the leader amongst Asian countries in adopting advanced analytics and how SAS advocates the government’s call to improve productivity by helping professionals to adopt the necessary know-how and skills.

  • "SAS predicts sales rebound in 2010" - The Business Times
    In this interview, Bill Lee, Managing Director of SAS Singapore discussed how SAS has emerged relatively unscathed from the economic slowdown and is well-positioned for a 30% boost in local sales this year.


January 2010