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+# About 4GL Apps
+
+## Custom Interfaces to SAS
+
+![bg right:35% height:350](../img/allan.jpeg)
+
+<!--
+Location - where UK, Portugal,.......
+
+What Focus is
+
+Data Accessiblity? / User Experience....
+
+Key Industry;s we play
+
+Market Geographies, UK, Portugal, Germany....
+
+What we sell -100% SAS
+
+Acreditations (OpenSource....) -->
+
+---
+
+<!-- header: ![h:5em align:right](../img/4gl-logo2.png) -->
+
+# Who We Are
+
+- UK Ltd
+- SAS Subcontractor (UK, Sweden)
+- SAS Consulting + Web Development
+
+
+![bg right:40% height:680](../img/us.png)
+
+
+---
+<!-- header: ![h:4em align: right](../img/4gl-logo2.png) -->
+
+# Where We Operate
+
+![bg align: right h:400](../img/worldmap.png)
+
+Top Regions (2023):
+- Germany
+- UK
+- Sweden
+- Canada
+
+---
+# Sales Breakdown
+
+![](../img/2023sector.png) ![](../img/2023category.png)
+
+
+
+
+---
+
+<!-- header: ![h:3em align:right](../img/4gl-logo2.png) -->
+
+# Products
+
+|Data Controller for SAS®|SASensei|SASjs|
+|:---:|:---:|:---:|
+|[![h:280](../img/dc.png)](https://datacontroller.io)|[![h:280](../img/sasensei.png)](https://sasensei.com)|[![h:280](../img/sasjs.png)](https://sasjs.io)|
+
+_Plus SCL Transcoding Kit_
+
+
+---
+
+<!-- header: ![h:5em align:right](../img/datacontroller.png) -->
+
+# What is Data Controller?
+
+- Controlled Data Capture
+- Governance
+- Exploration
+
+_Designed for Regulated Industries_
+
+![bg right:50% height:700](../img/dc_dataflow.png)
+
+---
+
+# Why use Data Controller?
+
+- Eliminate cost of entire Design/Dev/Test/Promote resource
+- Ingest 'invisible' data into SAS (silos, EUCs)
+- Audit Trail for Business-Sourced data
+
+---
+
+# Partners
+
+- Analytium (UK SAS Partner)
+- Laco (Belgian SAS Partner)
+- Notilyze (Netherlands SAS Partner)
+- Selerity (Australian SAS Partner)
+
+---
+
+# Where Data Controller is most useful:
+
+- Regulated Industries - require evidence for audit
+  - Fraud, Insurance, Banking, Pharma
+- Customer needs to load Excel into SAS
+- Customer needs to maintain reference data
+
+
+---
+
+<!-- header: ![h:5em align:right](../img/sasjs_logo.png) -->
+
+#  What is SASjs?
+
+- Set of open source tools
+  - rapid, bespoke SAS interfaces
+- A Framework
+  - tests, docs, deploys etc
+
+_Enables a deployable PoC within the first 2 weeks of a project, typically_
+
+![ height:610px bg right:51%](../img/docpost.jpeg)
+
+---
+
+## SASjs Stats
+
+![height:500px bg right:63% ](../img/sasjs_feedback.png)
+
+- Over 55k downloads
+- ~ 20 contributors
+- 35 Repositories
+
+
+---
+
+# Why use SASjs?
+
+- Maintain velocity as complexity increases
+- Faster, higher quality iterations
+- Rapid on-boarding 🧍🧍🧍
+- Tests & Documentation
+
+
+![ height:650px bg right:53%](../img/anakin-and-padme.jpeg)
+
+---
+
+# Why Open Source?
+
+- Bigger audience = more testing / product feedback
+- Better for customer
+  - no vendor lockin
+  - Reduced friction (proposals etc)
+  - Lower risk
+- More contributors
+  - Faster product development
+
+
+
+
+---
+
+<!-- header: ![h:4em align:right](../img/4gl-logo2.png) -->
+
+# 4GL Apps - Services
+
+![bg right:40% height:380](https://sasapps.io/static/analytics-platform-ea8bd9675c0382091a2c329eb9383ad2.svg)
+
+- Modernisation - AF/SCL + SAS/Intrnet
+- Migration - SAS9 web apps to Viya
+- Manifestation - new interfaces to SAS
+- Support (DC, Bespoke Apps, SASjs)
+
+---
+# Use Case 1 - DWP
+
+Multi-user, complex AF/SCL based data management process - dealing with survey data, applying derived variables and imputation for different use cases / customer groups
+
+Project won at tender in partnership with SAS UK, delivered using SASjs and Data Controller in just 8 months
+
+![ height:400 bg right:40%](../img/dwp.png)
+
+---
+# Use Case 2 - Informa
+
+Analysis of shipping data to identify 'dark movements' (no GPS / potential piracy)
+
+Large data volumes, multi-developer project team, Viya platform
+
+Delivered through SAS Belgium, making use of SASjs CLI to handle automated deployments and solution version control
+
+![ height:150 bg right:40%](../img/logo_informa.webp)
+
+---
+# Use Case 3 - Canada Western Bank
+
+Careful ingestion of mapping and reference data to support Basel III reporting flows
+
+Required column and row level security for ingestion, also ability to extract specific cells and ranges from Excel
+
+Delivered as official features within Data Controller under a direct relationship
+
+![ height:150 bg right:40%](../img/cwb.png)
+
+---
+# Use Case 4 - Der Touristik
+
+Looking to replace a complex, VBA centric reporting tool to eliminate spreadsheet risk in the planning process
+
+Delivered as bespoke web app in combination with Data Controller for handling the ingestion components
+
+
+![ height:150 bg right:40%](../img/dertouristik.png)
+
+---
+# Use Case 5 - AFA Insurance
+
+Blocked from upgrading to 9.4m8 due to reliance on Information Delivery Portal component which allowed updates to a mapping table whilst displaying related data _on the same screen_.
+
+Delivered as a new feature in Data Controller (viewboxes)
+
+
+![ height:300 bg right:40%](../img/afa.png)
+
+
+
+---
+
+# Resources
+
+- https://sasjs.io/resources
+- https://datacontroller.io
+- https://github.com/sasjs
+- https://slides.sasjs.io
+- https://core.sasjs.io
+- https://cli.sasjs.io
+- https://sasapps.io
+
+---
+# Conversations?
+
+- Bids / Proposals
+- Implementation projects
+- Account management
+- Presales support