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SAS receives high marks from DM Review readersSoftware maker again ranks among top-rated business intelligence vendorsCARY, NC (Nov. 03, 2003) – For the sixth straight year, DM Review readers included SAS, the leader in business intelligence software, in the DM Review 100. This prestigious award recognizes the top 100 business intelligence software vendors as chosen by the publication’s readers. The ranked companies represent a broad spectrum of products and services that meet the business intelligence needs of DM Review readers. "As one of the early pioneers of business intelligence, SAS is a true leader in providing tools that create knowledge across the enterprise," said Ron Powell, publisher and editorial director of DM Review. "In addition, SAS always receives high customer satisfaction rankings, providing the foundation for its continued presence at the top of this elite ranking." "At SAS, we’ve spent more than 27 years listening to our customers and delivering innovative technologies to meet their unique business needs," said Dr. Jim Goodnight, SAS president and CEO. "By offering them flexible and proven technology that transforms data into true enterprise intelligence, SAS helps to make our customers’ current business environment more efficient and effective, enabling them to lead with confidence. We’re honored to be recognized for our role in their success." SAS helps organizations in almost every industry lower the cost of ownership by getting more from their existing IT investments through the SAS Intelligence Value Chain, a strategic framework for delivering enterprise intelligence. From data manipulation tools to business reporting interfaces to unparalleled analytic capabilities, SAS delivers integrated and easy-to-use technologies that drive immediate results and return on investment. For a complete list of the DM Review 100 rankings, go to http://www.dmreview.com/awards/top100/2003. About the 2003 DM Review 100In a product usage and company rating survey conducted via the Web by the Gantry Group, LLC, DM Review readers were asked to rank the vendors providing products used in their organizations. Readers were presented with the following product categories: servers; storage; data quality; data integration (ETL, replication, Web services); databases and data stores; BI (OLAP, query and reporting, data mining and data visualization); collaboration, portals, unstructured data, content management and performance; and analytic applications, business performance management and Web analytics. Respondents were also asked to provide an overall satisfaction rating for each vendor selected based on expertise, service and support. The DM Review 100 companies were chosen using a statistical analysis process that was based on the number of respondents assigning rank for a given vendor in a given product category, the number of sites reporting use of each product, the number of categories in which the company’s products appeared and the overall customer satisfaction rating for each company.
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 more than 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
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