Six SAS partners receive awards at annual user group event

Accenture, GeoAnalytics, HP, Qualex, RSM McGladrey and Zencos accept prestigious awards for supporting SAS business intelligence goals

CARY, NC  (Apr. 23, 2007)  –  SAS, the leader in business intelligence, honored six partners at its 32^nd annual SAS^® Global Forum event (formerly SAS User Group International or SUGI) last week in Orlando, FL. The awards recognize those partners that go above and beyond in providing business intelligence sales, service and support for SAS customers. 

“SAS values the domain expertise, insight and responsiveness our partners provide customers,” said Miles Mahoney, Vice President of SAS Global Alliances and Channels. “Acting as extensions of SAS – from pre-sales and implementation to ongoing service and support – our partners make sure organizations recognize all the benefits that SAS can offer. These awards allow us to recognize the great work our partners accomplished in 2006 and thank them for their contribution to SAS’ success.” 

Field Awards

The Field Choice Award is bestowed upon the company that has shown a true partner ethic with the SAS Americas field sales force. During this past year, Zencos was directly involved with more than 41 SAS end-user accounts and worked closely with the SAS sales and consulting teams. GeoAnalytics received the Outstanding Government Partner Award for its constant support of US-based local and state customers, taking the lead on not only developing opportunities but also positioning SAS software, managing customer expectations, assisting with state and local procurement regulations, and supporting software implementations and development. The Americas Services Excellence Award, which is given to the partner that has demonstrated outstanding pre- and/or post-sales support to SAS customers, was awarded to RSM McGladrey for its attention to quality on installations and configurations, as well as consideration for delivery time and costs. 

Candidates for these awards are nominated and voted on exclusively by members of the SAS sales and services staff, as well as business units in the US, Latin America and Canada, to recognize outstanding partner sales activities over the past year. 

Partner of the Year Awards

The annual Partner of the Year awards – SAS’ highest – recognize partners that excelled in not only helping drive SAS revenues but also in raising SAS’ visibility as a business intelligence leader. The recipients of these awards were selected by the SAS Americas Executive Leadership Team. 

In a new category this year, Qualex received SAS’ first Value Added Reseller of the Year Award due to its efforts in successfully transitioning its knowledge of SAS software and implementation experience to a successful reseller model. Accenture was awarded Consulting Partner of the Year. Accenture leveraged its SAS capabilities to deliver innovative solutions to its clients across a variety of industries – including telco, health and life sciences, retail, manufacturing, and financial services – which resulted in more than 60 joint customer successes. 

HP received the Technology Partner of the Year award for its ongoing commitment to SAS by providing dedicated sales, marketing and engineering teams in support of joint sales, pre-sales and marketing efforts. As a SAS partner for 23 years, HP has fostered a relationship focused on creating revenue opportunities for both companies that has resulted in more than 10,000 customers worldwide.

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