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whitepaper KeySpan Fuels Business Intelligence With SAS 92006-12-27 01:00:56 SAS Institute
  The New York City and Long Island electric markets, in particular, continue to face increased demands for energy, with a limited ability to import power from outside the state. To meet these demands, KeySpan has steadily expanded its electric generation capacity by building, operating and maintaining facilities in both urban and suburban markets. Whether adding new transmission lines or constructing new plants, KeySpan's Transmission and Distribution Project Management department optimizes the use of KeySpan's assets and handles every capital improvement project under a Management Services Agreement with the Long Island Power Authority. The company counts on SAS 9 to provide the business intelligence that managers and executives need to meet corporate goals.   
whitepaper SAS Analyzes Inmate Data Alongside Fiscal and HR Data2006-12-27 01:00:56 SAS Institute
  Hoping to increase system efficiencies and improve prisoner success rates, many state and county corrections systems provide education, life and work skills, and alcohol and drug treatment programs. But oftentimes, those who are footing the bill - voters, state legislatures and county budgeting offices - question the effectiveness of these programs. In Oregon, those questions are being addressed with the help of SAS. Questions like: Are education and treatment programs reducing prison cycles? Are cognitive programs decreasing inmate-on-staff assaults? Are department operations fiscally sound? Is recidivism dropping? The Oregon Department Of Corrections (ODOC) Research and Evaluation unit can assist in answering these and other questions with a new system that uses SAS for data warehousing and analysis.   
whitepaper SAS Analyzes Inmate Data Alongside Fiscal and HR Data2006-12-27 01:00:56 SAS Institute
  Hoping to increase system efficiencies and improve prisoner success rates, many state and county corrections systems provide education, life and work skills, and alcohol and drug treatment programs. But oftentimes, those who are footing the bill - voters, state legislatures and county budgeting offices - question the effectiveness of these programs. In Oregon, those questions are being addressed with the help of SAS. Questions like: Are education and treatment programs reducing prison cycles? Are cognitive programs decreasing inmate-on-staff assaults? Are department operations fiscally sound? Is recidivism dropping? The Oregon Department Of Corrections (ODOC) Research and Evaluation unit can assist in answering these and other questions with a new system that uses SAS for data warehousing and analysis.   
whitepaper OMV Analyzes Web Usage With SAS Web Analytics Solution2006-12-27 01:00:56 SAS Institute
  OMV is the leading oil and gas group in central and eastern Europe. Content managers wanted to know how many and what sort of people have seen the content they have published. Portal managers needed figures on the general traffic on the portal: how many people visited, where they came from, which campaigns were most and least successful, and other relevant aspects of portal usage. Portal administrators wanted to see figures on current data volume, and they wanted to be able to forecast trends to ensure that it has the capacity to meet future traffic loads. Customized SAS Web Analytics solution improved Web site design, provided better service and helped make marketing efforts more effective.   
whitepaper Speedel Speeds Up Preclinical Research2006-12-27 01:00:56 SAS Institute
  Preclinical research involves a wide range of systems, with myriad data sources feeding into the process. Integrating data from experiments is a key challenge, closely followed by delivering results in a way that meets the needs of different stakeholders, from laboratory scientists to senior business managers. With SAS, Speedel reduced file processing time from days to minutes, trimmed study review times from two or three weeks to a few days, and streamlined its reporting.   
whitepaper HypoVereinsbank Takes Control With SAS2006-12-27 01:00:56 SAS Institute
  European banking giant HypoVereinsBank (HVB) wanted to improve portfolio quality and control. In 2004, HVB created the Active Credit Portfolio Management (ACPM) Division to change the Corporates & Markets business division's credit portfolio management from "Buying and storing" credits to active management. Portfolio managers needed a reliable way to actively control their portfolios. HVB is now using SAS to centralize its credit portfolio management while helping to diversify its holdings and avoid risk.   
whitepaper Asset Management With SAS Risk Dimensions: An Integral Part of Capital Investment Management in the Allianz Group2006-12-27 01:00:56 SAS Institute
  IDS GmbH - Analysis and Reporting Services (IDS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz AG. IDS operates and maintains a financial database containing data on all the capital investments managed by the Allianz Group worldwide and delivers performance and risk measures and other finance-specific evaluations. IDS looked for a flexible solution that would enable them to identify changes in the capital market even more quickly, allowing fast and efficient implementation of specific requirements. In the face of increasing globalization and their own expansion strategy, the company wanted an extremely scalable solution which could be expanded easily and smoothly, as required. To solve these issues, IDS chose the SAS Risk Dimensions solution.   
whitepaper Improving Data Quality for Operational Efficiency and Freedom of Information2006-12-27 01:00:56 SAS Institute
  Gloucestershire Constabulary, a UK police force with 1,280 officers (plus 786 civilian staff and 170 Special Constables), is responsible for policing 560,000 people in 270,000 hectares (approximately 1,050 square miles) of urban and rural countryside. Community policing is at the heart of Gloucestershire Constabulary and in the mobile society that depends on accurate and up-to-date information. However, criminals do not respect county boundaries, so Gloucestershire Constabulary also owes a duty of care to the other 43 police forces of England and Wales, to ensure that the data in its records are accurate. SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server addresses data quality concerns and lays the foundation for business intelligence, providing more reliable and consistent data.   
whitepaper Realizing ROI From a Comprehensive Monitoring Solution2007-01-04 01:00:22 FireScope
  A single view into the health and security of the IT infrastructure is essential to creating IT efficiency. However, true comprehensive monitoring is inaccessible to many IT organizations due to the labor required to create it manually or the cost of proprietary automation systems. FireScope provides an open source based solution that pays for itself in just months by automating data collection and analysis, enabling more efficient use of existing resources.   
whitepaper Quick Start Guide2006-12-23 01:00:24 Perpetuum Software
  In order to provide proper decision-making information must be easy to read and comprehend, focusing on business priorities and filtering out information that isn't relevant. There is a vast number of Business Intelligence solutions (such as Scorecards, KPIs, EIS applications and digital dashboards) offering a real-time and visual summary of the information with the help of comprehensible elements such as tables, charts and gauges. Usually, gauges are used in such applications to display critical real-time data. Gauges are specifically designed to convey real-time information in a quick, accurate and effective way. Instrumentation ModelKit provides a set of .NET components allowing developers to integrate gauges into various sophisticated visualization applications displaying real-time data.