CARY, NC (Jan. 30, 2008) – At the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jim Goodnight, CEO of business intelligence
leader SAS, offered insight into the critical role of advanced analytics
in predicting future trends.
Goodnight, whose company has had more than three decades
of revenue growth and acclaim as a leading software provider and workplace,
participated
in a panel to discuss new forecasting approaches and tools that organizations
should use when formulating their strategies. He joined Ian
A. Goldin,
Peter Schwartz, Angela Wilkinson and Paul
L. Saffo. “Everyone
is touched by analytics today,” Goodnight said, noting that forecasting
has become more volatile and complex as volumes of data grow.
“Our ability to tackle forecasting problems has improved
because of technological advances,” he continued. “The
nature of forecasting and predictive modeling is more refined, and
the use of
forecasting, and advanced analytics in general, is pervasive.”
The agenda for the 2008 meeting was based on five conceptual pillars
gleaned from a broad view of economic, political, societal and technological
forces at work in the world. These pillars include: Competing While
Collaborating, Addressing Economic Insecurity, Aligning Interests Across
Divides, Exploring Nature’s New Frontiers, and Understanding
Future Shifts. The event drew 2,500 contributors from 88 countries,
including 27 heads of state and governmental leaders, as well as global
business, social and economic leaders. Approximately 60 percent represent
the 1,000 foremost companies in the world, crossing all economic sectors.
About the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum, founded in 1971, is an independent, international
organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation. According
to the Forum’s Web site, the vision is threefold. “It
aims to be: the foremost organization which builds and energizes
leading global communities; the creative force shaping global, regional
and industry strategies; the catalyst of choice for its communities
when undertaking global initiatives to improve the state of the world.”
SAS
SAS, la più grande società a
capitale privato nel mercato della Business
Intelligence, è leader
nel settore del software e dei servizi di business
analytics. Dal
1976 attraverso business solution innovative basate sulla piattaforma
di Enterprise Intelligence, SAS aiuta i clienti nel processo di
miglioramento delle performance e nel prendere decisioni migliori e
più velocemente.
Con 45.000 installazioni, SAS è al servizio dei clienti di tutto
il mondo fornendo THE POWER TO KNOW®