Enhanced Business Intelligence Solutions
GENEVA—May 17, 2006—SAS has introduced
enhancements to its performance management software. According to an
announcement from the company, Human Capital Management 4.2 features
enhanced analytics and user interfaces, and the Human Capital Management
Adapter 4.2 for SAP uses SAP business rules to help lower ownership
cost through repeatable processes and faster implementation. In addition,
the announcement stated that financial management (FM) features improved
performance and scalability, the Financial Management Adapter for SAP
delivers predefined mapping between R/3 and FM, activity-based management
is now integrated with the enterprise BI server, and strategic performance
management now allows all scorecard content to be displayed via a portal
so that users can monitor performance from any device.
The company also announced new versions of its vertical solutions. In
the risk management market SAS offers software for credit risk management,
credit scoring, and operational risk. In addition, according to the announcement,
Revenue Assurance for Telecommunications enables telcos to identify and
stop revenue loss caused by problems with business processes and technical
issues, and the Banking Intelligence suite includes enhanced cross-sell
and up-sell functionality, as well as upgraded solutions for customer
retention and customer segmentation.
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