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• ComSuper deploys BI solution in four weeks

  ComSuper has deployed its SingleCell BI solution in a four week timeframe.

• Enterprise needs 'predictive analytics' to survive

  Organsations that want to survive in an ever-changing marketplace must supplement their business intelligence activities with business analytics, according to SAS senior vice-president and chief marketing officer, Jim Davis. Speaking at the SAS Forum in Sydney, Davis told delegates the past couple of years have provided a global challenge for enterprise that was unlikely to dissipate.

• Startup wants to be R alternative to IBM, SAS

  A company focused on R, the open-source language for statistical analysis, relaunched under a new name Tuesday and gave a preview of its technology roadmap for 2010.

• DataFlux goes up against MDM giants with new platform

  SAS Institute subsidiary DataFlux is unveiling a new suite on Monday that combines MDM (master data management), data quality and data integration tools in a single package.

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  SAS certifications hit local market

  SAS Australia and New Zealand has boosted its local offerings with the introduction of internationally recognised certification skills.

• SAS CEO unfazed by IBM analytics challenge

  If SAS Institute CEO Jim Goodnight is feeling pressured by IBM's recent US$1.2 billion purchase of rival predictive analytics vendor SPSS, he's not showing it.

• Billionaire SAS co-founder keeps on coding

  John Sall doesn't have to work. As one of SAS Institute's four co-founders, the 60-year old has a net worth of $US3.1 billion, according to Forbes' estimate, ranking him the 196th richest person in the world (just ahead of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Ralph Lauren).

• Hitachi Data Systems upgrades its midrange storage offering

  Hitachi Data Systems has added three new models to its Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) range, introducing support for SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disks and a new dynamic load-balancing system with two active controllers.