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Global need for SAS® certified professionals increasing
Gartner Research reveals that more than 90 percent of the top global 2,000 companies report either currently having or planning to have analytics engines built into their operations applications by the end of 2010.*
SAS, the leader in business analytics software, already has more than 45,000 user sites around the world that rely on professionals who can fully harness the power of SAS software.
The demand for certified SAS professionals is ever- increasing. This year, nearly 2,000 credentials have already been awarded! Congratulations to our latest SAS certified credential holders.
*Operational Analytics and the Emerging Mission-Critical Data Warehouse, by Mark A. Beyer, Garner Research, May 14, 2007.
 SAS® Base Certification review/exam combo offered in Italy and France
SAS Italy and SAS France are now offering certification preparation training followed by a certification exam in order to simplify the process for customers.
“The idea to combine the SAS Base Programming review course with the exam came from some similar events that we ran last year at customer sites,” explains SAS Italy Education Manager Marco Villa. SAS Italy will offer the review and exam combination to the public for the first time this May. “Our customers were asking how they could more quickly qualify their personnel for certification, so we decided to simplify the process.” The intensive, three-day review course is strong and focused, says Villa, and students are well-prepared to sit for the exam immediately upon completion.
SAS France supports a similar approach, although their clients have requested a two-week gap between training and exam dates, allowing extra time for preparation. SAS France is offering both the Base and Advanced Programming Exams in this manner.
 SAS UK offers Live Web certification tutorials
SAS UK is now offering Live Web certification tutorials, a two-hour period where delegates will be able to ask a tutor questions that are related to the certification exams, in real time from the comfort of their desktops.
This tutorial is for SAS programmers who are preparing to sit the SAS Certified Advanced and Base Programmer exams. Prior to attendance, delegates will be asked to define a list of topics they wish to review, which the tutor will then cover during the tutorial. Additional quizzes, case studies and questions will be available for solo practice during the event with the tutor responding to individual questions when possible.
 SAS® Certification Prep Guides
Prepare for the SAS Base Programming exam or the SAS Advanced Programming exam for SAS®9 with the official guides by the SAS Global Certification Program. New and experienced SAS users who want to prepare for either of these certification exams will find these guides invaluable.
Base SAS® Programming
How to Add a Little Spice to Your PDF Output
Topics in this paper include how to apply new styles, the new SAS/GRAPH® interaction, how to scale background images, how to use new fonts and Unicode characters, and much more, including a brief discussion of ODS layout.
SAS Procedures
Use this forum to find and offer help on the most frequently used SAS procedures, such as FORMAT, FREQ, MEANS, SQL, etc.
Advanced Programming
What Happened to My Data?
This paper explains how classification variable values are handled when a FORMAT statement or FORMAT option is applied. Topics include grouping observations with one classification variable and with multiple classification variables. The supporting examples focus on Base SAS reporting procedures, PROC REPORT, PROC TABULATE, PROC SUMMARY, and PROC MEANS.
SAS® Macro Facility, DATA Step and SAS® Language Elements
This forum consists of questions or ideas concerning SAS language elements such as the Macro facility, DATA step programming, using PROC SQL with Macro, SAS Options, etc.
Predictive Modeling
Analytics 101
In this Webcast, Tonya Balan, SAS Analytics Product Manager, provides us with a 50,000-foot tour of analytics. She will define a variety of analytical approaches, talk about how they’re applied in business and why we should care.
Predictive Analytics: Optimizing Business and Reducing Costs Across Verticals
In this Webcast, Dr. Eric Siegel will summarize the wide range of business applications of predictive analytics, illustrating how each provides business value by predicting a different type of customer behavior.
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In addition to exams being administered by Prometric, numerous SAS Certification test events are held at local SAS offices throughout the year.
BRAZIL
Base and Advanced Programming Exams
- Sao Paulo – May 29, June 26, July 31 and Aug. 28
DENMARK
Base and Advanced Programming Exams
- Copenhagen – May 26 and May 27
FRANCE
Base and Advanced Programming Exams
Base Programming Review Training and Exam
Advanced Programming Review Training and Exam
GERMANY
All exams offered
- Heidelberg – May 27 and Aug. 28
INDIA
Base Programming Exam
- Bangalore – May 16
- Dehli – June 13
Advanced Programming Exam
Predictive Modeling Exam
- Bangalore – June 25
- Mumbai – July 16 and July 23
ITALY
Base Programming Review Training and Exam
- Rome – May 20-22
- Milan – May 27-29
KOREA
All exams offered
- Seoul – May 27, June 24, July 29 and Aug. 26
- Preparing for Base SAS Programmer Exam course – July 27-29
- Preparing for Advanced SAS Programmer Exam course – Aug. 24
NORWAY
Base and Advanced Programming Exams
TAIWAN
Base Programming Exam*
- Taipei – May 15, May 26, June 23
*Taiwan government now distributing consumption voucher (which provides 15 percent discount). Contact SAS Taiwan office to learn more.
UK
Base and Advanced Programming Exams
- Manchester – June 8
- Marlow – May 11, Aug. 3
Predictive Modeling Exam
UNITED STATES
Predictive Modeling Exam
- Dallas – May 1
- Rockville – May 8
- New York – June 12
F2009
June 1-2 – US
F2009 Business Forecasting Conference focuses on the latest forecasting research and best practices in the world.
A2009
July 1-2 – Denmark
A2009 covers all the key areas associated with analytics: data mining, forecasting, operational research and statistical analysis.
M2009
Oct. 26-27 – US
M2009, the world's largest data mining conference, brings together industry thought leaders for two days of informative sessions on the latest trends in the industry.
“As a hiring manager for Quintiles, a global contract research organization, one of the most important credentials I look for when reviewing résumés is the SAS Certification. Based on my experience, candidates who are SAS Certified are more analytical and are likely to possess stronger SAS programming and debugging skills. In addition, I have increased confidence in these types of candidates who will generally be more productive.”
Sunil Gupta, Associate Director, Statistical Programming, Quintiles |
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