26th Annual SAS Users Group Conference Features New Software and Best Practices.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2001 SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. (R) software users to converge on Long Beach Whale watching Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat. Whales are watched most commonly for recreation (cf. bird watching) but the activity can also be for scientific or educational reasons. and the Queen Mary Queen Mary, Queen Marie, or Queen Maria may refer to: Queens Britain England
More than 3,000 SAS(R) software users from around the world will gather at Long Beach, Calif., April 22-25 for the 2001 SAS Users Group International (SUGI) conference. This annual event showcases new software and best practices for sharing information across organizations. Ninety-eight of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE 500 use SAS software solutions to derive knowledge from vast amounts of data. Representatives from many of these and other organizations gather at SUGI to network, learn and share SAS successes. California-based companies slated to attend this year include RAND, Allergan, Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. and Amgen. SUGI 26 highlights Sunday's Opening Session, hosted by SAS at the Long Beach Convention Center, will kick off the conference with demos of the latest SAS software and technology presentations. This session will also honor the winners of the SUGI 26 Enterprise Computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. and User Feedback awards. For the remaining three days of the conference, SUGI 26 participants will be able to choose from more than 300 presentations, product demonstrations and workshops designed to address the wide range of users' specific needs and interests. SAS software applications to be highlighted at the conference include: --The latest production release of SAS, featuring performance improvements and enhancements to serve the ever-increasing requirements of today's end-to-end data warehouse applications. --A new product that gives organizations the ability to manage the quality of data and scale up to the enterprise level. --Extended integration with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems, allowing organizations to leverage their investments in operational systems like SAP, Peoplesoft and Baan. --New solutions that enable organizations to harness the full potential of enterprise marketing automation. Following tradition, future SAS solutions and technologies also will be on display, giving SUGI attendees the opportunity to provide early feedback. This year, hot topics at SUGI will include the forthcoming use of 64-bit architectures on major UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms and first looks at "Project Mercury," which provides the basis for SAS' next-generation business intelligence platform. SUGI Executive Conference In conjunction with SUGI 26, SAS will hold the SUGI Executive Conference in Long Beach. This exclusive conference is designed as a forum for executives to discuss ways to solve business issues, increase market share and make organizations more profitable. Featured keynote speakers will be Ken Blanchard, co-author of High Five! The Magic of Working Together and The One Minute Manager; Daniel Burrus, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Burrus Research Associates; Barry Libert, partner at Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing ; Patricia Seybold, co-author of Customers.com and The Customer Revolution; and Susan O'Malley Susan O'Malley is the current president of the Washington Wizards National Basketball Association team. She was hired in 1991. She is the first female president of an NBA franchise, and one of the first women in a major front-office position in major league sports. , president of Washington Sports and Entertainment. Registration information For more information about SUGI 26 and to register, please visit: http://www.sas.com/usergroups/sugi/sugi26/intro.html. About SUGI SUGI is a user-developed educational conference that attracts more than 3,000 attendees each year for technical presentations, workshops, seminars, training sessions and networking opportunities. SAS supports the conference by sending staff from around the world, presenting papers, providing a state-of-the-art demonstration area and leading the Opening Session. About SAS SAS is the world leader in e-intelligence software and services, enabling its customers to turn raw data - including the vast quantity generated by e-business - into usable knowledge. Software from SAS, the world's largest privately held software company, is used at more than 35,000 business, government and university sites in 110 countries. SAS and all other SAS Institute SAS Institute Inc., headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig. Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. (R)indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. 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