SAS Takes Visual Analytics on the Road

CEO Jim Goodnight and other execs to demonstrate business impact of data visualization, big data analytics

CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SAS is hitting the road and will visit seven cities across the country to explore and showcase the power of business analytics. CEO Jim Goodnight and other SAS executives will show business executives in Boston, New York, Chicago, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Dallas how SAS® Visual Analytics and SAS High-Performance Analytics can analyze and explore massive amounts of complex data to achieve business insights.

“SAS Visual Analytics and SAS High-Performance Analytics enable organizations to maximize data value and develop business insights. We’re ready to hit the road to highlight the wealth of possibilities offered by big data.”

“The ability to develop insights from data quickly and efficiently is critical as organizations look to improve competitiveness and profitability,” said Goodnight. “SAS Visual Analytics and SAS High-Performance Analytics enable organizations to maximize data value and develop business insights. We’re ready to hit the road to highlight the wealth of possibilities offered by big data.”

SAS Visual Analytics combines self-service business intelligence with the industry’s most widely used analytics to enable organizations to explore all relevant data quickly and easily.

To understand the value of SAS Visual Analytics and experience it firsthand, SAS created an online environment for customers to interact with the software. Please visit the new interactive SAS Visual Analytics Demo (sas.com/apps/sim/redirect.jsp?detail=SIM106806_4375).

Event details

The executive briefing will feature live demos and presentations by Goodnight, CMO and Senior Vice President Jim Davis and Vice President of Product Management Randy Guard in the following locations:

• Boston: Tuesday, March 26, at the Boston Harbor Hotel
• New York: Wednesday, March 27, at The Pierre
• Chicago: Thursday, March 28, at the Waldorf Astoria
• Palo Alto: Wednesday, April 3, at the Four Seasons
• Los Angeles: Thursday, April 4, at The London
• Atlanta: Tuesday, May 7, at the W Atlanta-Midtown
• Dallas: Wednesday, May 8, at The Adolphus

Sessions will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 11 a.m. at all locations. Attendees must pre-register.

For more information and to register for one of these briefings to hear SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, please visit the event website at sas.com/reg/offer/corp/2255518. Follow @SASanalytics and #SASProven to join the analytics conversation.

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