SAS is the market leader in analytics and enterprise risk management, and the leading independent business intelligence software specialist. It places a strong emphasis on R&D to ensure its products stay ahead of the game.

Capgemini has the largest dedicated SAS practice in the UK, and unbeatable experience in implementing SAS’s solutions to help companies gain competitive advantage.

Together, we offer you fast, cost-effective and low-risk ways to get much more value from information that you already have.

This section contains:

• Our SAS experience and capability
• Joint projects
• In partnership

Our SAS experience and capability

Capgemini and SAS have had a successful alliance agreement in place ever since SAS first launched an alliance programme. Our specialist teams have worked with SAS to deliver large, complex SAS programmes across many industries, including retail, financial services, utilities and central government.

The value Capgemini brings to SAS implementations lies in our ability to offer a mix of strong technical skills, backed by expertise in business transformation and in-depth knowledge of a range of industry sectors. We can create a SAS-based solution to match your precise needs, rather than simply offering a “one size fits” all approach.

Our SAS expertise and experience covers:

• Extraction transformation and loading (ETL)
• Report generation
• Data warehousing
• Multi-dimensional data storage
• SAS system installation and optimisation
• Data qualityOLAP cube builder
• Data mining and analytics

Joint projects

Capgemini has delivered SAS based solutions to many government agencies. Recent successful projects include data quality, customer intelligence and data analysis. In one major data quality project, Capgemini and SAS worked to improve the timeliness and usefulness of information held in a number of geographically separate systems. The work focused on data identified by stakeholders and users as the most valuable to their job. Three main approaches were employed to improve the quality of that data: enhanced data entry validation to make sure information was entered correctly first time; differentiated data quality reports sent directly to stakeholders; and identification and dissemination of data quality best practice. Capgemini’s experience in handling the business change required to make sure the new system was embedded into custom and practice.

In partnership

Capgemini is a SAS Global Platinum Consulting Partner. In recognition of our contribution to SAS’s growth, SAS voted Capgemini its UK Partner of the Year in both 2008 and 2009, the first time a company has won the award two years running.

Capgemini’s dedicated SAS practice can help you transform your business using any combination of the market-leading products in the SAS portfolio – we have expertise in them all.

Our ability to bring together business, technology and operational skills means we can provide you with a truly joined up business solution. If necessary this solution can include a new data warehouse: Capgemini’s partnership with Teradata can help here.

If you need to reduce the cost, time and effort you spend on analysing data, and increase the return you get from it, talking to Capgemini and SAS will be worth your while. Whether you are thinking of implementing a complete new solution, or simply enhancing your existing business intelligence capabilities, we can almost certainly suggest ideas you may not have thought of.