Sas Institute
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The fraud connection in social networking
Insight A fraud ring is no different than a social network, as it's the relationships and associations that are important, says SAS co-founder and CEO Jim Goodnight.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business applications, Hewlett-Packard Co., SAS Institute, M&A, Cloud Computing, M&A Money, phone, social networking, analytics
Social networks to augment analytics
News Relational links between people are being applied to refine business analytic findings and reduce rate of false positives, says SAS executive.
Tags: Data mining & analysis, Strategic analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, SAS Institute, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, business analytics, public sector, business intelligence, social networking
SAS and Singapore university set up training lab
News The business intelligence vendor pairs with Singapore Management University to set up a BI laboratory and scholarship program.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, SAS Institute, Training, Singapore, business intelligence, bond, software, information system, professor, managing director
Centralize your IT projects
Techguide There are a number of reasons to centralize IT projects in your organization--this article shares some of them.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Service level management, IT Governance, Infrastructure/architecture management, SAS Institute, Security, Graphics, SLA, application provider, project management office
SAS chief dismisses Teradata merger speculation
News Hardware barriers effectively block any union with Teradata, Dr Jim Goodnight has said, adding that he is losing no sleep over rival business-intelligence "mega-vendors".
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., SAS Institute, SAP AG, business intelligence, Hardware, barrier, Teradata, alliance
Oracle taps into Sun tech for faster Exadata
News Database giant has used Sun FlashFire technology in a version of the data-warehousing appliance.
Tags: Processors, Components, Hewlett-Packard Co., SAS Institute, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Oracle Corp., disk, agreement, Components
IBM roars into business consulting
News Its new 4,000-strong Business Analytics & Optimization Services will mine IBM's research and software divisions for innovations.
Tags: Consulting, IBM Corp., SAS Institute, data mining, Frank Kern, Data-mining Software, business analytics, Sales, software, analytics
SAS preps cloud computing facility
News SAS is planning a US$70 million cloud computing facility in the United States as it expands its on-demand products.
Tags: Cloud computing, SAS Institute, SAP AG, Business Objects, Cloud Computing Facility, business intelligence system, software-as-a-service business-intelligence, On-demand, Cloud computing, business intelligence
Can IT be a green hero?
News Despite its power-guzzling nature, IT could be the key to helping address environmental issues as well as help other sectors in this gloomy economy.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Clean Technology, SAS Institute, Carbon Emission, Emission, clean-tech industry, Accenture Ltd., London, Silicon.com
SAS touts tool to measure 'green-ness'
News Business intelligence vendor launches scorecard to help firms assess and manage carbon footprint, whilst maintaining economic sustainability.
Tags: Green IT, Data warehousing/business intelligence, SAS Institute, McKinsey & Co., Tool, business intelligence, performance, software, Kuala Lumpur, managing director
HP's LeftHand aims SAN at smaller firms
News The storage-virtualization arm of HP is pitching its new storage area network as a lower cost, entry-level system.
Tags: Storage, Data backup, disaster recovery, Data centers, Storage software, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard Co., SAS Institute, provisioning, LeftHand Networks, Storage
Seagate to avoid solid-state drives for now
News Chief executive Bill Watkins sees potential in flash memory and SSDs but says the economics do not yet add up.
Tags: Hardware, Storage, SAS Institute, Seagate Technology LLC, Storage, NAND flash, NAND, performance, power consumption, CEO
Seagate debuts 300GB, 2.5-inch drive
News The company's Savvio 10K.3 drive packs 300GB capacity into a small-form-factor, enterprise-class drive suitable for use with a SAS interface.
Tags: Storage, Authentication and encryption, SAS Institute, Seagate Technology LLC, International Data Corp., Storage, Serial Attached SCSI, performance, energy efficiency, storage array
SAS unveils new initiatives for S'pore
News The software vendor will focus on the government, financial services and hospitality sectors, to drive uptake of its business intelligence and analytics products.
Tags: Business applications, Business development/management
IT vendors eye new S'pore tourist hotspot
News Industry players are making moves to get involved in the country's two gaming resorts, where tech investment is estimated to be worth US$623 million.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Network security, Security Management
