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SAS named company that matters in knowledge management

SAS Text Analytics helps improve revenue, quality and safety.

Johannesburg, 24 Mar 2011

Lauding SAS for its text analytics, KMWorld lists the business analytics leader among "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management".

SAS Text Analytics enables organisations to derive maximum value from large quantities of text, leveraging content assets across departmental repositories and easing re-use regardless of who owns the content or where it was generated.

"SAS remains on our list as a company that matters due to its innovative leadership in analytics," said Hugh McKellar, Editor-in-Chief of KMWorld. "Organisations using text analytics from SAS can glean insights from massive volumes of internal data and the deluge of publicly available text, such as social media. Leveraging unstructured data gives decision-makers a clearer view of both issues and opportunities."

Using insights gained through analysing text helps organisations of all sizes improve revenue, quality and safety. Oberweis Dairy credits SAS Text Analytics with improved marketing campaign results, sales growth and early alerts to manufacturing issues. Analysing structured and unstructured data together delivers the knowledge needed for better decision-making.

Karolinska Hospital, in Sweden, uses SAS Text Analytics to improve patient safety. A key text analytics product, SAS Text Miner, automatically sifts through massive stores of patient health records to determine which events led to patient injuries. With this information, the hospital is saving lives as well as money. Automating previously manual, time-consuming activities has increased consistency and efficiency, reducing decision time.

SAS Text Analytics uncovers trends, patterns and sentiments to facilitate decision-making at every possible level. The software uses a combination of advanced statistical modelling, natural language processing and advanced linguistic technologies to quickly and automatically decipher the information trapped in multilingual content. SAS Analytics is backed by a comprehensive range of consulting, training and support services to ensure customers get maximum return from their IT investments.

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