 SAS NEWS
SAS® Analytics help fight global poverty
Statistics Norway provides developing nations SAS® software to better understand basic needs, justify aid requests.
Under an innovative program managed by Statistics Norway, Norway's central agency for official statistics, a growing list of underdeveloped nations receive software from SAS, the leader in business analytics. The struggling countries will use advanced SAS Analytics to analyze poverty statistics and census data for the 2010 World Population and Housing Census. The software will also generate documentation to support aid requests from agencies such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations and others. Read more.
SAS fights fraud, builds customer relationships via social network, social media analysis Innovative software uncovers hidden relationships and insights in networks, text
SAS has launched innovative new software to fight fraud, but also to better understand customer sentiment. SAS® Social Network Analysis and SAS’ social media analysis solution help organizations uncover hidden relationships between individuals and data; detect patterns and trends; and mine text and other unstructured data. Read more.
National Geographic improves ROI using SAS® to target marketing campaigns
By using SAS Analytics to target its marketing campaigns more precisely, the National Geographic Society has seen a return on investment of 200 to 300 percent, with the best-performing customer segments realizing 50 percent overall campaign performance improvement.
One of the biggest challenges for National Geographic is optimizing marketing efficiency across multiple departments and product lines. The answer: Gather customer information into one central marketing database that provides a 360-degree view of its customers.
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SAS EVENTS / TRAININGS
SAS Forum Belux
1 October, Aula Magna | Louvain-la-Neuve
Registrations and full program on www.sasforum.be
Open Bedrijvendag
4 October | SAS Offices Tervuren
You can visit the SAS offices during the Open Bedrijvendag on 4 October from 10.00 - 17:00.
Vlerick 5th Business Process Innovation Day
13 October, Crowne Plaza Le Palace | Brussels
With 2 SAS presentations in the parallel sessions:
- Integrating Superior Online Customer Experience: from Clicks to Cash. (By Mieke De Ketelaere, Business Development Manager Customer Intelligence)
- Beyond BI: Empowering Innovation with Business Analytics (By Patrick Xhonneux, Strategy & Marketing Manager)
PhUSE – Pharmaceutical Users Software Exchange
19 – 21 October | Basel
Given the support of the major European pharmaceutical companies, PhUSE is the premier event for Pharmaceutical Programmers in Europe and is now entering its fifth year.
FEATURED TOPICS
NEW BOOK AVAILABLE
Demand-Driven Forecasting: A Structured Approach to Forecasting
Charles Chase, Business Enablement Manager for SAS' Manufacturing and Supply Chain Global Practice
New in our Resource Center:
Intelligence Quarterly, Journal of Advanced Analytics (pdf)
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Visit our Customer Support Center at support.sas.com for technical information, support, users groups, software downloads, samples and much more.
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