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SAS #1 in Data Warehouse Generation Tools
SAS has been named by IDC as the leading provider of data warehouse generation (DWG) tools, based on worldwide revenue in 2004. This market has had steady growth in 2004, with an increase of 10.2%, which bodes well for the future of the market. SAS was also a close second in the data warehouse information access tools category.
Accurate Forecasts Allow Decision Makers to Lead with Confidence
SAS is now shipping its award-winning SAS Forecast Server software worldwide, to help more companies achieve accurate forecast models. An accurate forecast allows managers to reduce costs, meet performance management objectives and respond quickly to market changes.
SAS Cuts Fraud in Half for Amazon.com
You can breathe easier this holiday shopping season because the retailer that offers "Earth's Biggest Selection" uses SAS for fraud detection. "Our implementation of SAS has greatly reduced the cases of fraud on our site - and in the first six months of SAS implementation our fraud rates were cut by 50 percent."
- Jaya Kolhatkar, director of fraud detection, Amazon.com.
Multidimensional Analysis with SAS
SAS® Enterprise BI Server enables IT to deliver extensive business intelligence capabilities that can handle OLAP cubes as well as relational data. Capabilities include portals/dashboards, report viewing, report building, advanced data exploration, Microsoft Office integration, guided analysis, metadata management, guided SAS OLAP cube creation and application development on top of an open and integrated BI infrastructure that is easy for IT to integrate into existing environments, deploy and maintain. As a result, users at all levels are able to obtain information quickly and easily so they can make decisions at the lowest overall cost to the organisation. Download and read this SAS white paper for an overview and introduction.
SAS Education and Support - What's Available in 2006?
Over 95% of customers rate SAS courses as good or excellent. The 2006 Customer Services brochure explains why and includes details of all the courses available, information on support services, SAS qualifications, prices and special offers. Register online for your copy.
New IT Administrator Courses
IT Administrators are responsible for the installation and maintenance of their organisation's computing infrastructure. IT Administrators need to understand how to install, configure and administer SAS and SAS Enterprise Guide. Read more about the courses available online.
Getting New Systems Adopted Needs a Joined Up Approach
The SAS Rapid Adoption Service is here to help you implement new processes, policies and applications quickly and easily. Whether you're dealing with multiple applications, introducing new working practices or operating across various time-zones and locations; our new service will ensure you get rapid results. Read more online.
SAS®9 Offers a New Format to Read Numeric Values with Trailing Plus (+) or Minus (-) Signs.
(Written by Peter Crawford, Crawford Software Consultancy Limited)
A Tip to Reduce Coding Time …
(Written by Thomas Drury, AstraZeneca UK Limited)
How Do I Change Key Definitions in X Resources within the SAS Resource Helper on a Unix Platform?
Have You Missed any Hints & Tips in 2005?
All of the hints & tips featured in In the Know throughout 2005 have been compiled into one paper, available for you to download.
Share Your Thoughts & Receive a SAS Fleece!
Are there topics that you would like to see covered in Hints & Tips or do you have a hint & tip of your own that you would like to share with other readers? Please contact us with your ideas and if we publish your hint & tip, we will send you a SAS fleece!
SAS Forum International 2006 - Geneva, 16-18 May
The premier international event for enterprise business intelligence takes place in Geneva, Switzerland with renowned Nobel Prize Laureate, Edward C. Prescott featuring as the keynote speaker. Read more online and sign up for regular email updates for the most highly attended event in the European professional's calendar.
Focus on ETL - On-Demand Web Seminar
ETL (extraction, transformation and loading) is the process of integrating data from any distributed source, managing it, enriching it and transforming it into the high-quality information that drives decision making. SAS combines all these steps within an easy-to-use, metadata-driven warehouse management environment. Tune into this on-demand Web seminar and discover how ETL from SAS can help you.
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