Briefs

SAS fights fraud, builds customer relationships via social network, social media analysis

To prevent 2009 from becoming the "Year of the Phish" in Asia Pacific (as opposed to the Year of the Ox), SAS has launched innovative new software to fight fraud, but also to better understand customer sentiment. SAS Social Network Analysis and SAS' social media analysis solution help organizations uncover hidden relationships between individuals and data; detect patterns and trends; and mine text and other unstructured data.

SAS increases investment in Asia Pacific (August 05, 2009)

SAS CEO Jim Goodnight often says that in tough times, wise companies optimize their businesses. Business analytics leader SAS is doing exactly that by continuing to invest in the Asia Pacific region despite the global economic crisis. Through 33 years of continuous growth, SAS has embraced the very practices it recommends to customers for managing business during both prosperous and challenging times.

Manufacturers build customer trust with SAS business analytics (August 05, 2009)

Manufacturers in Asia Pacific, while coping with dramatic declines in exports, are poised to ride improving regional economic developments into 2010 with software from SAS. In October, SAS will release enhanced versions of software specifically targeted at the evolving needs of global manufacturers: SAS Warranty Analysis and SAS Service Parts Optimization enable manufacturers, distributors, retailers and those involved in aftermarket parts and maintenance to adjust and optimize operations at any stage before, and even after, a product reaches customers.