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SAS Tops "World's Best" List

Leoneda Inge — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:30:00 +0000

Cary-based SAS has topped the grand-daddy of Best Places to Work lists. SAS is number one on the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces list. To make the

Global North Carolina "Heat-Map"

Leoneda Inge — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:05:00 +0000

UNC’s Center for International Understanding has partnered with SAS to develop a new tool to better understand the state’s “global” footprint.

Leoneda Inge: The Global North Carolina Heat Map is believed to be the first of its kind. Adam Hartzell is executive director of The Center for International Understanding. He says the idea is to find out how global we really are.

NC Health Insurer Seeks To Harness Consumer Data

Isaac-Davy Aronson — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:25:00 +0000

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and Cary-based information technology giant SAS are collaborating to provide more personalized health care.

SAS Grows Despite Economy

Leoneda Inge — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0000

The latest numbers show an increase in unemployment across the state. But private sector jobs are growing and SAS is an example of that growth.

Waiting For Super Geek

Dave DeWitt — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:00:00 +0000

This is a period of unrivaled education reform. Charter schools, teacher merit pay, diversity policies - all efforts to improve what many see as a failing public school system. But every effort needs evidence as to whether it is working. Much of it comes from standardized testing. That puts even more emphasis on the most effective way to analyze the growing amount of data. The information is being used in all kinds of ways, from what classes a student takes to teacher merit pay and, in some cases, termination.

SAS Celebrates Success

Leoneda Inge — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:00:00 +0000

SAS has a lot to celebrate this week. The software company continues to hire during the tough economy.

SAS founders and employees enjoyed champagne and sparkling cider at their Cary headquarters yesterday. For the second year in a row – they’ve been ranked number one on Fortune Magazine’s “Best Companies to Work For” list. SAS is also celebrating record revenue for 2010 – 2.43 billion dollars, up 5.2-percent from the year before. John Sall is co-founder and Executive Vice President of SAS.

SAS Lab Helps State And Local Governments

Leoneda Inge — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:00:00 +0000

North Carolina joins other state and local governments in fighting fraud and crime thanks to technology developed at SAS Institute.

Governor Bev Perdue thanked SAS over and over for its expertise in advanced analytics technology. She says in these tough economic times it saves the government money to be able to improve public safety and reduce fraud.

Perdue says she remembers taking her concerns about Medicaid fraud to SAS: