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SAS names first four Historically Black Colleges and Universities fellows

Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 2, 2023

High demand for data science skills generates rewarding career opportunities, but those opportunities have not historically gone to underrepresented populations. Innovative professors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities are forging opportunities for students to engage with data analytics in meaningful and creative ways, ensuring students develop career-ready analytics skills. To supercharge their efforts, SAS developed the HBCU Fellows Program and recently named the four members of the inaugural cohort.

SAS to close some international offices, making selective hires in prepping for stock offering

Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 1, 2023

SAS will be closing several international offices affecting some 250 employees and is hiring to fill positions “critical to our business” given the “possibility of a recession ahead of us,” according to an executive for the privately held software company. The moves are made as part of a plan to offer a limited number of shares in a public offering next year, according to a statement provided to WRAL TechWire.

Coach K, best-selling author Michael Lewis headline SAS conference

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Apr 18, 2023

Mike Krzyzewski, the legendary former head coach of Duke University’s men’s basketball and Team USA, and Michael Lewis, best-selling author of The Premonition, The Blind Side, Moneyball, and The Big Short, will be featured as keynote speakers at SAS Innovate 2023.

SAS suffers setback in copyright suit, is ‘weighing options’ about next steps

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Apr 10, 2023

SAS has suffered another legal setback in a copyright lawsuit with a U.K.-based firm that dates back over a decade. What happens now in the battle between World Programming Ltd. and the Cary-based global software firm is unclear.

Jim Goodnight regains status as NC’s richest person, toppling Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Apr 4, 2023

Jim Goodnight not only is improving his personal fortune for the third consecutive year in 2023, the Cary resident and owner of global software firm SAS is again the richest person in North Carolina. Falling to second place is Tim Sweeney, the billionaire owner of Epic Games.

Many execs fighting ‘resiliency gap’ – SAS launches tool to assess just how bad problem is

Posted by Sarah Glova | Mar 29, 2023

Are you resilient? If business executives didn’t face enough trials and tribulations these days, now many are suffering from a “resiliency gap.” And Cary-based SAS wants to help deal with the problem, developing an assessment tool.

‘Bake-off’ recipes for artificial intelligence – what will SAS chefs cook up?

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Mar 22, 2023

SAS goes overboard with its hype of the artificial intelligence for its SAS Viya platform, saying it’s “as easy as pie.” No AI is simple. But SAS believes it continues to prove the recipe of Viya is a successful one – and it gets another chance to cook up some solutions at a “Bake-Off.”

2023 likely means rocky year for financial services – how can execs best prepare?

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jan 10, 2023

As recession anxieties and geopolitical tensions cloud the global economic horizon, the financial services sector is preparing for a rocky 2023. How will industry leaders wield their data and advanced analytics to weather the storm? Some of SAS’ foremost industry experts predict what consumers, financial firms and the parties protecting them can anticipate in the year to come.

Tech 2023 crystal ball: SAS experts make their predictions from AI bias to analytics for all

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 20, 2022

In business, technology, supply chains and more, what will be the most important trends to watch in 2023? SAS, the leader in analytics, asked executives across the company to make predictions for the new year. Here are some of their forecasts and spotlight trends:

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