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Australian health institute embraces SAS Visual Analytics

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has implemented SAS Visual Analytics with the goal of making more informed decisions about health, welfare and community services.

 SAS pounces on 'big data' opportunities in health analytics

New SAS software cuts "big data" analysis from days, even hours, down to seconds. Learn why SAS sees big opportunity in the health care space.

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 National 'Big Data' consortium launches at UNC; IBM, SAS, Cisco are members

A national Big Data consortium is launching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Renaissance Computing Institute with the goal of identifying problems with and finding solutions for working with large amounts of data.

 Kentucky signs on with SAS to combat health benefits fraud

The state of Kentucky will utilize SAS Analytics to fight fraud in its Health Benefits Exchange. In another deal, SAS provides a Norway insurer with risk management services.

How SAS links information to track fraud.

 Seeing a big opportunity, SAS hits the road to talk 'Big Data'

The tour follows up on the result of a recent survey in which SAS identified a big business opportunity. Many executives have no idea what "Big Data" really is - and what it can mean to their companies.

Big data remains a mountain of an opportunity

 SAS-Teradata 'Legion on Analytic Superheroes' effort lands industry award

SAS and Teradata had some fun creating their "Legion of Analytic Heroes" last year to promote their data partnership. But the effort was no joke in the eyes of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals, which picked SAS and Teradata for an ASAP award.

SAS "Superhero"

 What's big data? SAS survey finds most firms don't have a strategy

In a survey of 339 data pros, only 12 percent say their companies have developed a strategy for taking advantage of "big data," SAS says.

Big data remains a mountain of an opportunity

 Report points to potential of using analytics for good, not just proft

A new research paper published by MIT Sloan Management Review and SAS documents a surging increase in business interest for the use of data analytics. But the report also points to ways in which society could benefit as well.

More businesses benefiting from analytics

 Cary's Goodnight, Sall both richer but slip on world's billionaires list

Jim Goodnight and John Sall, the billionaire co-founders of SAS in Cary, both made the world's richest list again as selected by Forbes magazine. C.D. Spangler of Charlotte makes the list as well.

Jim Goodnight

 Michigan picks SAS software to fight fraud

Michigan chooses SAS Analytics for statewide fraud detection, prevention

 RTI to analyze Triangle 'smart' assets for Cleantech Cluster organization

The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster, am organization created to promote and help grow the region's renewable, "smart" energy and other cleantech industries, has hired RTI to continue a study of the area's "smart" assets.

 100,000 teachers now using SAS education software - for free

Teachers celebrated "Digital Learning Day" on Wednesday, the same day SAS celebrated registering its 100,000th educator for free use of its educational software tools. That's an increase of 30,000 in just four months. Talk about research and development paying dividends: Better teaching tools plus better-equipped instructors plus smarter students equals a better future.

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 SAS plans big high-performance analytics push in 2013

While the rate of revenue growth in 2012 slowed to 5.4 percent from 12 percent the previous year, SAS still stretched its 37-year streak of growth and profitability dating back to its founding with revenues of $2.87 billion. It also added hundreds of new workers.

SAS Visual Analytics renders data into images

 SAS revenues hit $2.87B, a record high for 37th straight year

SAS, the global privately-held software company based in Cary, says its sales hit a record high $2.87 billion in 2012. SAS has now reported revenue growth for 37 consecutive years dating back to its founding.

Tracking SAS revenue growth

 SAS reports record $2.87B in revenue for 2012

SAS, the global privately-held software company based in Cary, says its sales hit a record high $2.87 billion in 2012. The company has reported revenue growth for 37 straight years dating back to its founding.

 SAS No. 2, NetApp No. 6 on Fortune "Best Place to Work' list

SAS moves up a spot in the annual survey, and NetApp cracks the top 10 for the fifth consecutive year.

 SAS unveils new Security Intelligence R&D division

SAS, the world's largest privately held software company, on Monday formally unveiled its latest effort in analytics - a new research and development group focused on Security Intelligence.

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 SAS acquires 'cloud' technology from rPath, hires 19 employees

SAS has acquired some technology and has hired a group of employees associated with that technology from Raleigh-based rPath, which is in the process of shutting down. The employees will form a new technology group at SAS.

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 Even as No. 1, SAS strives to be a better place to work

Recognized as the best multinational place to work means a great deal to SAS management, but the company is seeking ways to be even better, says Chief Marketing Officer Jim Davis.

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 SAS tops best place to work in world list; Quintiles 23rd

SAS is No. 1 on the second annual global best places to work list and Quintiles is No. 23 as selected by the Great Place to Work institute. The World's Best Multinational Workplaces list of 25 companies also includes NetApp, Cisco and Novo Nordisk, which have large operations in the Research Triangle area.

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