Welcome to the first edition of In the Know

Archived Newsletter: Since the information within this newsletter was time-sensitive, hyperlinks have been removed.

In the Know is a bi-monthly newsletter primarily for the SAS user community. It is our response to your suggestions received at the 2002 SAS User Forums - a way to inform and update you about the latest SAS technology and solutions.

In the Know will feature SAS support and services - information on educational programmes and customer support, as well as practical hints and tips. Each issue will also provide you with the latest corporate news and forthcoming events.

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Cutting Edge Technology to be Used to Target NHS Fraudsters
SAS UK and the NHS Counter Fraud Service (CFS) have announced a new partnership that will provide a much greater capacity to target fraud in the NHS. Using advanced data analysis and visualisation techniques, the software will be able to indicate where in the NHS fraud is most likely to occur. TECHNOLOGY & SOLUTIONS

SAS System 9
This year sees the UK launch of a completely new, high performance, version of SAS. Called SAS System 9, this release represents a major redesign of many of the core areas of the SAS System and is set to change the way many organisations integrate, distribute, analyse and use core corporate information and data.

ETL^Q - Integrated Data Quality from SAS
Data quality is too important an issue to be dealt with as an afterthought. Integrating data quality within the Extraction, Transform and Load (ETL) stage is a low impact approach for improving data quality within any organisation. The SAS Data Quality Solution enables you to retrieve and deliver consistent, accurate and reliable information. SUPPORT & SERVICES

SAS Certification: Enhance Your Skills
Certification is regarded as a guarantee for quality services from IT vendors and their partners. SAS Certification is a globally recognised professional credential that meets the needs of employers and employees alike.

Customer Support Severity Levels
Customer Support provides you with a comprehensive service as part of your SAS license, and severity levels ensure that we prioritise your support issues correctly. The objective is to speed up the support process and help you deliver your solutions on time. HINTS & TIPS

Using SAS Functions to Manipulate your Data
When planning modifications to SAS data sets, be sure to examine the many SAS functions that are available. SAS functions are pre-written expressions that provide programming shortcuts for many calculations and manipulations of data.

Using ODS to Create Customised Output
Using the SAS Output Delivery System (ODS), you can create, customise, and manage HTML output in any operating environment by submitting programming statements. After creating HTML files, you can view them using Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or any Web browser that fully supports HTML 3.2. EVENTS

SAS Data Quality Showcase - Marlow, 2 April
A morning-only event designed for SAS business analysts, data warehouse administrators, IT data management specialists, and systems managers. It will include a high-level introduction and detailed demonstrations showing how the SAS data quality solution works. Delegates will also get practical advice about how to deploy data quality software within their organisations with the minimum pain.

Seugi 21 - Vienna, 17-19 June
Seugi is the premier event for enterprise intelligence, with technology and business streams running in parallel. Seugi 21 begins on 17 June with SAS in the Board Room, which features presentations by and for executives, senior management and decision-makers. SAS in Action is the focus on the second day and features SAS customers describing in detail how their work with SAS adds "return on intelligence" to the corporate equation.

SAS Technology Expertise is the focus for the final day, 19 June and is the technology-focused stream with presentations from SAS, customers and partners on cutting-edge technologies as applied in the field. Topics include: migration to SAS System 9; data quality; extraction, transformation and loading; data warehouse infrastructure and architecture; and advanced analytics.

For full listing of SAS UK events please click here. DID YOU KNOW?...

SAS supports the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games
The games, held every four years, will be the largest sporting event in the world in 2003. SAS is providing and supporting a large online database containing information on the thousands of 2003 World Games' athletes who will gather in Ireland in June. It will contain profiles of athletes and coaches in each of the 18 official summer sports and demonstration sports. The database will be accessible to anyone with a Web browser and will enable searches by name, program or sport.

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