(Cary, N.C.) OG&E recently licensed SAS® Forecast Server to help analyze smart meter interval data from 782,000 accounts in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. The more than 100-year-old utility launched a three-year system-wide deployment of smart grid technology in February 2010. Year one of a two-year demand response study involving thousands of customers in the Oklahoma City area is complete. SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, will enable OG&E to operate more efficiently and leverage more than $350 million in smart grid investments. The Cadmus Group Inc., a leading energy and environmental consultancy, designed an analytical solution for OG&E based on SAS technology. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Jackrabbit Technologies, a leading provider of web-based solutions for child activity centers, has partnered with Softerware, the maker of EZ-CARE2 to offer EZCare Online to single- and multi-site childcare providers and before & afterschool programs. EZCare Online, which is already in use in many daycare programs across the country, allows center directors to manage their busineses using a comprehensive and flexible, web-based application. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) SAS, the leader in business analytics, achieved record global revenue of US$2.43 billion in 2010, up 5.2 percent over 2009 results. In the business analytics category, revenue surged 26 percent. SAS CEO Jim Goodnight attributed growth to the recognition that the current explosion of data can be analyzed to provide insights never before possible. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) SAS, the leader in business analytics and services, today announced that SAS Marketing Optimization is a recipient of a 2010 Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC®) Customer Interaction Solutions magazine. SAS Marketing Optimization helps organizations maximize economic outcomes by making the most of each individual customer communication. The solution helps increase marketing campaign ROI by determining the best offers for individual customers and delivering analytic insight into the implications of business constraints, such as channel capacity and contact policies. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Jackrabbit Technologies, leading provider of web-based solutions for outh activities centers, was recently recognized as one of Charlotte’s Fastest Growing Private Companies at a luncheon event hosted at the Charlotte Convention Center by the award’s sponsor, the Charlotte Business Journal. The annual awards are chosen from nominations submitted to the Business Journal each year on behalf of hundreds of companies across the Charlotte metro area. Each company’s position is determined by its growth percentage maintained over a three-year period, illustrating their abilities to move forward in spite of adversity. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) SAS is committing extensive resources to helping state and local governments in their time of greatest need. The SAS Analytics Lab for State and Local Government plans to add 100 new technology and government experts and arm them with the data analysis power of SAS’ new 38,000 square-foot cloud computing center. The lab partners with state and local leaders to improve government services with the latest in advanced analytics technology. It currently devotes the resources of more than 200 professional, mostly doctoral-level SAS experts to devising technology solutions to critical state and local government issues, such as fraud, waste, abuse, tax collection, public safety and education. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Jackrabbit Technologies, leading provider of web-based solutions for youth activities centers, was recently honored by the North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA) in two of the 21 categories that were spotlighted during the ceremonies in Durham, N.C. Jackrabbit was finalist in the Industry Driven Technology Award and the Small Technology Company Award categories. Sixty companies and three individuals were honored during the evening. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, will showcase SAS® Social Media Analytics, SAS for Customer Experience Analytics and SAS Web Analytics at NCDM 2010 on Dec. 13-15 in Miami. SAS is a silver sponsor of the conference. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Knowing businesses today need a consistent and scalable analytic platform to help them quickly address customer demands and market changes, SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, and Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the world’s largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise intelligence, have enhanced the SAS and Teradata Analytic Advantage Program. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) SAS announced today it is in the Visionaries quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Marketing Management” report. According to Gartner enterprise marketing management “encompasses the business strategies, process automation and technologies required to effectively operate a marketing department, align resources, execute customer-centric strategies and improve marketing performance. This includes functionality for campaign management, lead management, MRM, loyalty management, event management, industry-specific functionality, marketing performance management and analytics.” (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) To glean value from information, organizations must first locate and retrieve relevant data. SAS® Text Analytics, named a Trend Setting Product for 2010 by KMWorld magazine, lets customers obtain insights from electronic text, improve search results and derive intelligence to determine their best course of action. The offering is from SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) To glean value from information, organizations must first locate and retrieve relevant data. SAS® Text Analytics, named a Trend Setting Product for 2010 by KMWorld magazine, lets customers obtain insights from electronic text, improve search results and derive intelligence to determine their best course of action. The offering is from SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services. (more…)