SAS, the leader in business intelligence, has announced new technology with Google that will allow joint clients to perform contextually relevant searches through the popular Google search interface to surface information, analysis and reports from SAS business intelligence (BI) software beginning next quarter.
The combination of the Google Search Appliance with the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform will give users more information than ordinary keyword searches would return from an initial query, enabling them to think and act more strategically on their business intelligence knowledge.
Google OneBox for Enterprise uses the same technology that provides information on stock tickers or weather information on Google.com. SAS has expanded access to BI information by creating targeted user interfaces for its software that match the skill levels of individual users. In the same way SAS and Google will provide joint customers who activate the OneBox for Enterprise feature of the new Google Search Appliance with a familiar, secure way to search for real-time information delivered by SAS BI software.
Google OneBox for Enterprise combined with SAS enterprise business intelligence delivers relevant search results for business users in the same way as it does for any visitor to the Google Web site looking for information about local news, weather or restaurants. For example, when a SAS customer types a phrase such as "fourth quarter 2005 sales" into a Google-powered intranet search engine, it will return a snapshot of relevant information including reports, data and analysis along with links to other results that could consist of the top selling products, top salespersons or top 10 customers for that time period.
In this way, the powerful combination of Google search technology and the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform now understands more than just what the user means and returns more than they expect, making it easier and more accurate to make effective management decisions. All search results are filtered through existing enterprise security protocols, delivering intelligence tailored to each user's individual access rights.
Says Dave Girouard, Vice-President and General Manager of Google Enterprise: "Google is excited to work with SAS to deliver business intelligence information and help employees spot trends right from their Google search box. We're aiming to make enterprise search as comprehensive and useful as web search and our partnership with SAS is a big step forward in that direction."
"SAS is committed to delivering the best business intelligence in the industry by enabling organisations to get access to relevant information when they need it," says Keith Collins, Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of SAS.
He adds: "The combination of SAS' business intelligence and Google's search expertise allows customers to quickly access and understand critical information by exposing associated data, analysis and reports to even more business users, broadening the value and impact of business intelligence and helping companies improve their own enterprise BI strategies."
This is the first of many technology initiatives that SAS and Google will spearhead to help organisations eliminate information silos by sharing relevant knowledge across business units. For more information, please visit the SAS Web site at http://www.sas.com/google.
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