SAS NEWS

Summer-of-SAS
The demand for SAS knowledge and expertise significantly exceeds the number of skilled people available in Belgium and Luxembourg. To meet this high market demand, SAS initiated the ‘Summer of SAS’ in 2007 and will repeat this successful initiative this year.

For new graduates

With this initiative, SAS encourages young graduates from colleges and universities, to apply for a holiday job at SAS, consisting of a 1 month SAS training in August 2008, followed by a graduation day

For employees

If you have already signed an employment contract but are eager to become a SAS Expert, you can ask your employer to register you for the SAS Master Class. SAS organizes a separate training program during the month of July 2008 for young graduates who have already signed an employment contract with SAS partners or customers.

For more information, visit www.summer-of-sas.be

FPS Economy integrates on SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform
Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, independent Professions and Energy (FPS Economy) selected SAS®9 for its Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Platform project. FPS Economy is the official statistician of Belgium. Read more

SAS and Acane Consulting sign partnership
for Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and France.
Acane Consulting is an independent consultancy company with more than 100 consultants active in Business Intelligence and Performance Management solutions and specialized in Financial Management and Activity-Based Management. More information on our Partner site.

CUSTOMERS TESTIFY

Arcelor Mittal - Improved service at reduced IT cost
Improve IT service for users at the same time you cut costs. It can be done. Arcelor Systems Genk provides its users with a fast and flexible opportunity to create their own tailor-made business reports. Meanwhile, the IT department ensures that the data is correct and staff stays focused on its core business. It’s a perfect win-win solution for both the IT department and users, thanks to the SAS® Business Intelligence Dashboard. Read more.

EVENTS CALENDAR

Intelligence Briefing Optimization
18 September
This afternoon will explain how Optimization can be a key differentiator in making Business Intelligence a competitive edge for your organization, no matter what industry.

SAS Forum Belgium & Luxembourg

09 October, Aula Magna in Louvain-la-Neuve

Yearly Business Intelligence & Analytics conference with presentations from customers, partners, and SAS. You will get demonstrations, networking possibilities, and updates on technology and business trends and strategy. Mark your agenda now, more information will follow soon. Click here to get an idea of last year’s agenda

Data Mining Conference, M2008 in Las Vegas, 27-28 October

Only M2008 brings the intelligence, innovation and leadership of the data mining field together in one place at one time. You'll learn best practices, new techniques and the latest trends through case studies, keynote presentations, hands-on training and workshops.

RESOURCE CENTER

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Feedback from past events

Spicing Up Forecasting (May)
Not only were the presentations well-received, but the questions and resulting dialogue made this a very thought-provoking day. Have a look at the presentations of that day

Don't just manage performance - improve it! (May)
From 28 till 30 May, SAS' Performance Management and Activity-Based Management strategist, Gary Cokins, presented together with other key speakers from partners and customers, how to Improve performance. There were 4 specific events of which you can download the presentations:

• How to maximize profitability, manage risk, achieve competitive advantage and move your business forward with greater confidence?
  Luxembourg or Belgium



• How to better understand and improve customer, product and channel profitability to grow your bottom line? (Financial sector) http://www.sas.com/offices/europe/belux/events/performance-fin/pres.html



• How can you maximize taxpayer Euros through effective resource allocation, program management and accountability ? http://www.sas.com/offices/europe/belux/events/performance-pub/pres.html