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- SAS System
- (1) Originally called the "Statistical Analysis System," it is an integrated set of data management and decision support tools from SAS that runs on platforms from PCs to mainframes. ...
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- Using SAS System and Dataset Options to Control Your Data
- Adding control to one's data is becoming an important task. A lot is at risk when data becomes compromised, and depending on the event, regulators may become involved. This paper looks at a way that SAS provides of controlling who has access to the datasets for modification, and also looks...
- Tags: SAS System, SAS Institute
- White papers 2009-02-27
- PC Performance and the SAS System
- There is a quote that the author remembers from a few years ago that still rings true - "PC's are to the 90's what cars were to the 50's". People like to see what modifications they can make to their machines to make them run as fast as possible. Optimizing...
- Tags: PC, Operating System, SAS System, SAS Institute, PC Performance, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Creating Order Out of Character Chaos: Collation Capabilities of the SAS System
- Traditionally, data is ordered to facilitate further processing or to enable to quickly find information in a report or other form of data presentation. The SAS System's primary means of achieving an alternative collating sequence has been to specify a TRANslation TABle TRANTAB, using the PROC SORT SORTSEQ option, with...
- Tags: SAS System, SAS Institute, SAS 9.2
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Forecasting Methods - An Overview of Models and Techniques
- The SAS System has a powerful suite of tools for analyzing and forecasting data taken over time. An important feature of this or any statistical analysis is that the user have some understanding of the methodology behind the tool, that is, for good analysis the computer program should be more...
- Tags: Technique, SAS System, SAS Institute, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales
- White papers 2007-05-14
- DATALINES, Sequential Files, CSV, HTML and More - Using INFILE and INPUT Statements to Introduce External Data Into the SAS System
- The SAS System has numerous capabilities to store, analyze, report, and present data. However, those features are useless unless that data is stored in, or can be accessed by, the SAS System. This paper is designed to review the INFILE and INPUT statements. It has been set up as a...
- Tags: HTML, SAS System, SAS Institute
- White papers 2006-02-28
- ASP.Net and SAS - A New Model for Developing Web-Based SAS System Applications
- Microsoft has invested heavily in the .NET architecture as its vision for the future of the Windows platform. One of the primary components of this 'big idea' is the ASP.Net Framework. SAS System features can be utilised from within ASP.Net applications through the SAS Integration Technologies product and this paper...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft ASP.NET, SAS System, SAS Institute
- White papers 2005-03-09
- Efficiency Considerations Using the SAS System
- There are many products being released by SAS Institute that either use an abundance of SAS code, or generate SAS code, or both. The authors' have begun an internal process to assist product developers in reviewing this SAS code for issues of efficiency, host compatibility, performance, and so on. The...
- Tags: SAS System, SAS Institute
- White papers 2005-03-09
- SAS System 9.1.3 (Windows)
- SAS statistical software provides a powerful tool to analyze, manage, view, and even prevent complex data in a variety of formats.
- Tags: SAS System, SAS Institute, Microsoft Windows
- Software downloads 2004-12-01
- Clinical Trial Online - Running SAS on the Web Without SAS/IntrNet
- During clinical trial, it is very important for the project management to have the most recent updated clinical trial information. The best solution is dynamic access to clinical trial data: dynamic data management and dynamic data analysis. SAS System almost became a standard programming language in clinical data analysis. With...
- Tags: Web, SAS System, Clinical Trial, SAS Institute, SAS/IntrNet Software, Healthcare
- White papers 2004-04-14
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- Family Dollar Selects Windows Server, Saves Millions of Dollars
- Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2009, Family Dollar required a more robust merchandising solution to accommodate its continuing growth. In 2007, Family Dollar began the transformation of its merchandising tool set to a planned implementation of the SAS Integrated Merchandise Planning solution. Family Dollar faced a significant investment in new...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, SAS Institute, Microsoft Windows, Family Dollar, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-10-20
- SAS Group Sees 20 Percent Faster Mobile Phone Performance and Enhances Security
- The SAS Group is evaluating new HTC Windows phones with Windows Mobile 6.5 to enhance communications for its flight crews. The increased responsiveness and easier navigation of the new user interface deliver up to 20 percent faster performance. Also, the ability to centrally manage Windows phones with Microsoft System Center...
- Tags: Security, Phone, SAS Institute, Microsoft Corp., SAS Group, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?
- Establish Down-Time Procedures. Move on.Google Apps is a GREAT resource.Whining for something you get for freeNTyes you areand on top of it you give the M$ shills something to hang on.I've never looked into it, but does Google Gears help......when / if Google Apps is down?Teachers are hardly unique...
- Tags: cloud computing, E-mail providers, Google Inc., big whiner, Google Gmail, whiner, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test
- Intel's Xeon 5500 processor has made a big splash in the server world as the major manufacturers each have their own brands featuring the 45nm Nehalem architecture. But which one is best? ZDNet UK's Alan Stevens puts the top models to the test and chooses a winner: ...
- Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Prices, HP ProLiant DL380 G6, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andy Smith
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Packaged software, an accident of history
- "government engineered" ????"dysfunctional business model"Sounds like someone is looking for a new "revenue stream"!This sounds suspiciously like the "lease a car" vs "rent a car" debate. Change the looks of the same old clunker to "generate sales" without really improving anything.Feudal Europe had the royalty owning the land and...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web Standard, software, accident
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Dynamic Risk Classification for Anti-Money Laundering: SAS Anti-Money Laundering Enables Financial Institutions to Meet Expanded Requirements for Due Diligence
- Financial institutions are finding it necessary to strengthen their Anti-Money Laundering AML platforms to stem the tide of illicit financial transactions and meet new regulatory mandates. For enterprises with moderate to high risk exposures, this calls for a rigorous automated system based on dynamic risk assessment. Financial institutions need a...
- Tags: Financial, Financial Company, SAS Institute, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- White papers 2009-08-01
- IBM goes deeply predictive, announces acquisition of SPSS
- IBM dropped a big bombshell at the start of any already action-packed day for the analyst community. At this moment, I’m sitting, along with several dozen of my peers from Forrester and other firms, at the IBM Smart Analytics System launch event in Hawthorne NY. I’ll blog on IBM’s other...
- Tags: Acquisition, Analytics, SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., PA/DM, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Corporate Law, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, James Kobielus
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- IBM gives Mobile County Public Schools power to be proactive
- When IBM PR folks sent me their press release on their recent efforts with the Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama, I was moderately impressed. They were harnessing a lot of data for educators but it hardly seemed revolutionary in this era of data-driven instruction. Then...
- Tags: Performance, Mobile, Student, Teacher, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-07-12
- Banco BHD Manages Risk-Performance Relationship Using SAS Business Analytics
- BHD Bank, a pioneer in multiple banking services in the Dominican Republic, was founded in July 1972 and is still the leader in promoting important historical changes in the financial system. As measured by assets, BHD is the second-largest private bank in the country. The challenge was that BHD needed...
- Tags: Analytics, Credit Card, SAS Institute, Business Analytics, Banco BHD, Banking, Financial Services
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Text Mining for Safety: Develop Your Untapped Reserves of Unstructured Data for Health, Safety and Environmental Improvements
- To ensure the overall health of the enterprise and its safety and environmental conditions, companies prepare and file detailed incident (and near-incident) reports. Monitoring these events and performing timely analysis leads to effective remediation efforts. Many incident management systems are cumbersome and unavailable at the job site, causing some events...
- Tags: Text Mining, SAS Institute, Health Care, Safety, Incident Management
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Delvinia Delivers Customer Insight in Half the Time With SAS
- Delvinia Interactive, based in Toronto, is a Canadian pioneer in the digital marketing space. The challenge was to combine and analyzing massive amounts of customer behavior data in order to provide clients with digital customer experience-related insights about their customers. Delvinia Interactive Using SAS 9.2, SAS Enterprise Miner and SAS...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Delvinia
- Case studies 2009-06-01
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