SAS Consulting Services

Whether you need one resource or a team of SAS programmers, developers, or statisticians, Experis Business Intelligence and Analytics can find the right resources at the right time for the right duration of your project. We have decades of experience building a network of highly qualified SAS and analytical resources with a proven track record of providing quality services and solutions. We are constantly evaluating feedback from our clients on our team members to make sure that we are aligning ourselves with individuals that are dedicated to delighting our customers.

We offer our clients the flexibility of placing our team members on-site in their facilities as well as remotely in Experis North American and Eastern European analytical development centers. When you need experienced SAS and statistical resources you can trust in Experis Business Intelligence and Analytics.

Our team of skilled application developers and project managers are skilled in gathering user requirements, following the Software Development Lifecycle and managing timelines and appropriate communication levels with our clients throughout every stage of the project. We work in tandem with identified stakeholders from the client to make sure the lines of communication are open and active.

Whether you need a custom application built only in SAS or in conjunction with other technologies, Experis Business Intelligence and Analytics can form the right team for your project.

Taking advantage of the full power of SAS.

Are you getting the most value for your SAS investment? Does your IT organization have the qualified SAS resources to assist you with a platform migration or an upgrade to the newest version of SAS? Are you confident in your company’s architecture for your SAS solution?

Applying resources skilled in the evaluation, installation, configuration and migration of SAS products, Experis Business Intelligence and Analytics can partner with you to develop a road map for your project and your organization’s use of SAS which allows you to extract meaningful insights from your data.

SAS Assessments

Most companies today aren’t maximizing the horsepower that’s available from their SAS products and solutions. Often there are inefficiencies in data management, application development and data processing, and in how SAS products are used. These inefficiencies result in lost time, lost productivity and increased costs resulting in lost profitability.

Experis’ SAS Assessment service is a customized, short-term evaluation of SAS tools and products usage within your department or organization. The objective is to increase the value of SAS solutions and tools to your company, and determine how to realize a greater return on investment in your licensed SAS assets.

During the assessment, Experis will:

• Perform an analysis of data flows and determine if there are inefficiencies in how data is managed
• Evaluate extraction, transaction and load activities in the search for potential optimization opportunities
• Evaluate non-SAS data sets and applications for potential migration to SAS products
• Evaluate reporting from SAS applications to determine if the latest technology and functionality is being used
• Evaluate the SAS development environment to determine potential improvements in maintainability, reliability and program accuracy
• Evaluate analytical and modeling techniques

Migrations and Upgrades

Implementing a new solution, upgrading to a new SAS version and migrating to a new environment all require detailed planning. Your plan must include how the change will affect your environment, impact your current applications, and how your new solution should be configured to achieve maximum performance.

Experis’ team of professionals guides you through the installation, upgrade, migration or conversion process. We also implement those recommendations based on industry best practices.

Although each installation, upgrade, migration or conversion project has its own individual characteristics, Experis follows a process to ensure a repeatable and successful experience. Our process includes:

• Requirements gathering of current and desired environment
• Define necessary testing and/or validation
• Collaborate with you to create project plan
• Perform the installation, upgrade, migration or conversion
• Perform testing and/or validation
• Provide Knowledge Transfer for administrators and end users
• Suggest training path if applicable
• Provide follow-up support

Administration and support of a SAS environment can be daunting and requires significant training and experience. Our Remote SAS Administration and Support service can help. During an engagement focused on Remote SAS Administration and Support, Experis can:

• Provide support and guidance for your existing SAS Administrator
• If your organization does not currently have a SAS Administrator, Experis can provide a dedicated resource to serve your team
• Actively administer and/or monitor your SAS environment remotely
• Troubleshoot SAS environment performance and functionality issues
• Collaborate with you on migration, upgrade, and re-architecture activities

Experis Remote SAS Administration and Support can give you peace of mind that your team can collaborate with highly qualified Experis SAS Administration professionals when there are tasks that they do not have the bandwidth to complete or do not know how to perform. Experis helps carry out the necessary SAS Administration tasks and transfers the knowledge on how to perform the task back to the client’s team members.

Specifically, Experis can provide support for the following activities:

• SAS Metadata User Management
• SAS Library Management
• SAS performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Training for SAS administrators and SAS users
• SAS environment monitoring
• Assistance with SAS/Access connectivity to other databases
• Perform migrations, upgrades, and/or SAS software updates
• Planning and architecture

SAS training to propel productivity.

Are your SAS users only scratching the surface in their use of SAS? Are they fully applying the SAS tools and solutions that have been given to them? Could their productivity and effectiveness be increased if only they knew more about the SAS components they have at their disposal?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, your organization will benefit from a customized training course from Experis. Our team of SAS professionals can design a single SAS training course or an entire SAS training program based on the specific needs of your developers and/or business users.

We interview the key users to determine their skill levels and knowledge of their SAS products. Then, we develop a SAS training program that improves your team's performance. Examples of customized training include:

• Introduction to SAS Programming
• SAS Macro Language Training
• SAS SQL Language Training
• Introduction to Enterprise Guide
• Getting Started with the SAS Enterprise Business Intelligence Platform

With the right training, you can increase and improve your use of SAS products and solutions – and achieve better business results.