Den Haag, The Netherlands - 17 June 1999 - [By Ranka Jovanovic] Today at Seugi, The SAS European User Group, SAS Institute made a series of announcements, all revolving around giving new knowledge to decision-makers.
According to Allan Russell, VP of strategy for SAS Institute Europe, Middle East and Africa, the efficiency of standard processes will not suffice as a business driver any longer. Success, said Russell, will be driven "by an organisation`s ability to create and act upon knowledge".
As part of Version 8 of SAS System, SAS announced Enterprise Application Technologies, including tools that surface data from enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other data systems in a way that can be easily interpreted by business managers.
SAS also added new thin-client interfaces, which support both Java and ActiveX Web architectures and allow access to information from GSM smart-phones.
With a series of new knowledge-based solutions, SAS addresses what it identifies as four critical business performance drivers: financial performance, customer relationships, business process improvement and human resources.
Finally, SAS also announced new Intelligent Access Engines, which promise improved DBMS access and also add support for Baan`s ERP solution. This means that data can be surfaced from any Baan data structure into a SAS Data Warehouse.
In its 17th year, the Seugi in Den Haag has attracted over 3 000 delegates and features over 250 presentations, delivered from both the IT and business point of view. Apart from SAS`s traditional areas of expertise - data mining and data warehousing - the conference focuses on knowledge management, customer relationship management, balanced scorecards and IT performance management. In addition, one of the main streams offers an introduction to Version 8 of the SAS System.
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