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SAS makes Start magazine’s ‘Hottest Companies’ list for fifth consecutive time

Magazine praises SAS’ ability to help manufacturers create true business intelligence

CARY, N.C.  (July 12, 2005)  –  Start magazine has named SAS, the leader in business intelligence, to its elite “Hottest Companies of the Year” list for the fifth consecutive year. Start created the Hottest Companies award for software and hardware vendors that have developed innovative applications for the manufacturing industry.

“Once again SAS is on our ‘hot’ list because the company continues to show manufacturers the importance of technology, particularly when it comes to extracting and interpreting data and creating true business intelligence,” said John Buell, editor-in-chief of Start.

Start summarizes SAS’ strengths by pointing out that SAS helps manufacturers become successful by providing software to extract their data and to perform predictive analysis.

“This proves once again that SAS business intelligence solutions drive value for our customers,” said Jason Mann, SAS global manufacturing strategist. “This honor from Start is a big accomplishment, and we’re delighted to be part of the select few companies who make the list.”

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SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at 40,000 sites – including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500® – to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world  The Power to Know® .

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