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April 2009subscribe | website | contact us |
Dear Reader,
Spring is getting to us, bringing new life .. and so do we at SAS with Version 9.2 and this new edition of the academic newsletter. In this newsletter you can find information on SAS® 9.2, the SAS Global Forum, JMP®8, SAS in the news, upcoming events, and interesting publications.
Enjoy reading!
Lieve.
5 good reasons to upgrade to SAS 9.2
Ever wondered why you should upgrade your license before the start of the academic year?
- Enhanced analytical functionalities
- Unequalled graphical capabilities
- Improved user-friendly interface
- Easy to install, deploy and configure
- Accessible on new platforms, incl. Windows Vista (Ultimate, Business, Enterprise Edition)
Do you want to inform the complete academic staff about the benefits of SAS Version 9.2? SAS will be pleased to organize a road show at your university/college.
Please contact Lieve Goedhuys (mailto:lieve.goedhuys@sbx.sas.com) to fix the date and content of the presentation. Alternatively, you are kindly invited to the free seminar V9.2 launch on June 10, 2009.
Please note that at the moment, the Foundation is available in 9.2 – the new release of SAS® Enterprise MinerTM will come soon (Q2).
SAS is committed to serving the needs of the academic community.
For example, you can use SAS books or the latest 9.2 training material in your classroom, request evaluation copies for review, and become an academic author.
A special academic session will be organized at the end of the June, more details to follow.
SAS Global Forum 2009
The SAS Global Forum, our annual global SAS user conference, was held on March 22-25, 2009. I would like to share some highlights with you:
- SAS used social networks to promote the event, and has created a Netvibes page that pulls all the online activities together. The ideal starting point to browse for more information. http://www.netvibes.com/sasglobalforum09#Welcome
- The award-winning papers are already available for download here.
Summer-of-SAS
We kindly invite you to become member of our Facebook group or fan of the facebook pages.
in order to promote this training.
SAS is still looking for motivated young graduates that would like to start their professional career in the challenging area of business analytics.
SAS in the news:
SAS releases JMP® 8 for Mac, Linux. Users of all major desktop operating systems can now explore and visualize data through intuitive drag-and-drop interaction. When JMP is not included in your academic license, you can download for free a fully functional, 30-day trial version of JMP 8 at www.jmp.com/jmpdemos.html.
SAS offers new fraud framework featuring SAS® Social Network Analysis, a powerful solution that will help organizations to increase fraud detection rates, reduce false positives and streamline investigative resources.
More info
Short courses in cooperation with UCL
On June 20-21, 2009, Institut de Statistique will organize a training session “Introduction to JMP” which is open for academic staff.
More info
SAS Belgium-Luxembourg: what you should know about the company
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- Official launch of SAS 9.2 in SAS Tervuren on June 10, 2009
We invite SAS users to discover the new functionalities of the business analytics framework Version 9.2
- Analytics Conference A2009 in Copenhagen on July 1-2, 2009
Join SAS for this inaugural international analytics conference to share experiences, learn best practices and hear the latest trends with more than 400 other analysts.
Register by 1 May and save up to €400 on conference fees.
- SAS Solution Overview Seminar in Tervuren on May 14, 2009
Are you only familiar with statistics using SAS, do you want to discover the complete offering?
SAS Publications
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Coming to SAS from SPSS: A Programming approach
The authors discuss differences in terminology, show how to move SPSS data files into SAS, and give examples illustrating reports and analyses of likely interest to SPSS users. |
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Contact SAS Lieve Goedhuys, SAS Institute NV / SA |
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