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SAS leads data mining, data warehousing access tools markets

Recent analyst reports validate depth and breadth of SAS business intelligence offerings
By SAS Institute
Johannesburg, 13 Aug 2004

SAS, a leader in business intelligence, has announced that, according to two separate reports* from IDC - a leading provider of global IT research and advice - SAS is the number one vendor in the data mining and data warehousing access tools markets.

SAS has one of the broadest business intelligence portfolios - from data warehousing, reporting, and analytic applications to advanced analytics, such as text mining.

"SAS consistently receives industry recognition as a leader in the BI market, and this report serves as further validation of the depth and breadth of our business intelligence offering," said Rob Stephens, director of technology strategy at SAS. "By leveraging the end-to-end SAS Intelligence Platform, SAS customers effectively and efficiently address complex business questions - which translates into more consistent and confident management decisions and thus, reduced cost and increased profit."

Data warehousing is an integral component of the SAS business intelligence offering. In the data warehousing tools report, Dan Vesset, research director for IDC's Analytics and Data Warehousing practice, states: "SAS provides the broadest set of data warehousing tools; has developed its own ETL product; and has a wholly owned subsidiary, DataFlux, with the primary focus on data quality."

He goes on to highlight: "The low fluctuation in SAS's yearly growth rates is an indication of the company's stability compared with its two competitors in data warehouse generation tools."

Based on worldwide revenue data for 2003, SAS continues to lead in data mining with more than 35% of the market due to the success of its advanced analytics. SAS has also successfully maintained its leadership in the data warehousing access tools category for the fifth year in a row.

Winning the top spot for its data mining capabilities also underscores SAS's leadership position in the business intelligence category. "SAS is unmatched in its ability to help customers gain meaningful insights into complex business issues through value-adding functions such as the integrated data mining and text mining incorporated into its BI offering," continued Stephens.

"By building on a common platform, but going beyond traditional BI, SAS continues to surpass the competition."

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