What is involved in establishing new partnerships? Why does SAS need partners? What do SAS alliance managers do anyway? What does this have to do with you? With these questions in mind, I bring you the top 5 things you should know about alliances. 1. Alliance Relationships Require Care and
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. -Yogi Berra As Moneyball hits theaters on September 23, I know awareness and appreciation for analytics will spike. The thought of the little guy being able to outmaneuver their stronger, better equipped opponent resonates with many people and relates
Recently I had the privilege to attend two customer events hosted at SAS’ new Executive Briefing Center. The first was a two-day SAS anti-money laundering (AML) customer connections workgroup which was then followed by the 7th Annual Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Forum. Some of you may be thinking, “Isn’t anti-money
SAS UK has been working closely with the think tank Demos, a leading voice of authority on public policy and politics, undertaking a project on the topic of ‘open data’ and how its use can help to assign political accountability, give responsibility to citizens and even save lives. In July 2011,
Sometimes when you change a couple of words around, you can end up with an entirely new concept. In a conversation with a co-worker around analytic roles and responsibilities, she noted that we shouldn’t be talking about “business intelligence analysts,” but discussing ways to create “intelligent business analysts.” Brilliant!! One
A women’s specialty retailer operating more than 1,000 boutiques, Chico’s FAS, Inc. was faced with a significant challenge: reducing the number of markdowns while more effectively targeting its middle- to high-income clientele. To achieve these goals, the company needed to optimize its prices and more effectively target its most valuable customers,
"Viewed by law enforcement, there is no line between money laundering and fraud; the distinction is the underlying activity." That was Dan Wager's opening remark to his discussion of fraud convergence during the 7th Annual Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Forum hosted in Cary, North Carolina. Wager is Senior Vice
One of the hottest topics on today's agenda for financial institutions is FFIEC's recently released guidance supplement calling for layered fraud secuity and authentication. So, during the recent Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Forum in Cary, North Carolina, a panel discussion on fraud was developed to discuss emerging trends in fraud -
I remember friends in grad school saying they dreamed about telecommuting full-time and working every day from their home offices. At the time, I lived in North Carolia and worked at the beautiful SAS campus, so the thought of working from a dimly lit home office with a particle board desk
New for this year's Annual Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Forum, the afternoon sessions were divided into two tracks, anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud, each featuring a topical presentation and a panel discussion. During the AML panel discussion on emerging trends, representatives from several US law enforcement agencies and the
