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An unwavering commitment to innovation allows SAS to help you explore the future of analytics. Experience Your New Possible.
Change what if to what’s next
Data is everywhere. But data alone has no value. To nd the value and deeper understanding of data, there must be analytics. We know you want to nd that value and do more than just solve basic problems. You want to reach higher, go farther.
SAS is here to help you determine what’s next. We embed ambient intelligence into everything, executed where you need it – whether in the cloud, on-site or at the device – and on any type of data. And we’re enlisting machines as full partners with human decision making.
Securing the future
of analytics
The SAS analytics platform is built to connect data, insights and action into measurable value. We continually evolve its capabilities while optimizing the complexity of an end-to-end analytics life cycle. It is open and adaptive to your technologies, and ensures the forward- compatibility of your investment. Forrester recently named SAS the sole leader for enterprise insight platform suites, stating that SAS o ers “best-in- class analytics coupled with a breadth
of good data management for streaming, virtualization and master data management” along with “a balance between strength of current o ering and a platform strategy.”
Our commitment to innovation is why last year analysts named SAS a leader in more than 30 reports and what drives our constant curiosity into what the future holds.
In response, we embarked on a massive undertaking - a $1 billion commitment
to modernize our existing analytics platform for the future of analytics. We call it SAS Viya, and it is incredibly fast and powerful. An open, cloud-ready, scalable platform for modern machine learning, SAS Viya delivers everything you need for fast, accurate analytical results all of the time - regardless of your analytics skill level. With its uid, fault-tolerant processing environment, the resilient platform emphasizes machine learning and delivery of smart analytics - addressing today’s complex analytical challenges with the ability to
e ortlessly scale into the future. And in 2017, SAS core analytics technologies will be transitioned to SAS Viya in order to provide a uni ed, enhanced, enterprise-ready experience.
Beyond the platform:
Cloud solutions
SAS recognizes your growing need to focus on core business initiatives rather than implementing and supporting multiple on-site technologies. That’s why we continue to nd new ways for you to access cost-e ective, convenient and secure SAS solutions, such as SAS Results (results-as-a-service). SAS Results lets customers tap into SAS’ advanced analytic solutions and talent base without having to incur the cost of building their own internal teams. Choosing cloud deployment over traditional software implementation frees your IT department to focus on what’s next, and gives business users fast access to the solutions they need, including our latest o ering, SAS Customer Intelligence 360. Delivered through the cloud via software-as-a- service, new SAS Customer Intelligence 360 is a digital marketing hub that enables users to plan, analyze, manage and track digital customer journeys.
It includes digital intelligence and execution capabilities that enable marketers to dynamically manage, create and place digital content across a variety of channels. It provides customer-level digital data to merge with o ine data, and guided analytics throughout to empower marketers to engage their customer with con dence, in the omnichannel world they interact in.
“SAS is committed to delivering a wide range of new analytic and machine learning (and cognitive) algorithms on the SAS Viya platform as well as making it easier to integrate their algorithms with others. With SAS Viya they can deliver a robust and powerful set of capabilities on a modern and more
open platform.”
James Taylor
Chief Executive O cer at Decision Management Solutions