SAS and Central Access together to support K-12 administration

Hosted data warehouse plus student information systems add up to powerful resource

CARY, NC & RIDGELAND, MS  (Jun. 18, 2009)  –  SAS’ Education Practice has entered into an Ambassador agreement with Central Access Corp. to support improved information resources for K-12 administrators, while enhancing marketing and development opportunities for both companies.  

Central Access Corp. of Ridgeland, Mississippi, which has served the state’s schools for more than 50 years, focuses on technology systems supporting school finances and student information. 

SAS’ offerings within the education industry include a powerful and interrelated suite of solutions and services, including curriculum resources for grades 8-12, higher education teaching and research software, schooling-effectiveness technologies and administrative solutions. SAS is the leader in  business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market.

SAS envisions working with Central Access to enhance hosted offerings such as  SAS® OnDemand for K-12, a solution enabling school administrators to make data-driven decisions across their districts. SAS OnDemand for K-12 includes access to SAS’ industry-leading data warehousing and integration software, which is capable of handling the enormous amounts of data generated by school districts.

SAS’ Education Practice has worked with Central Access Corp. on a test case in Mississippi that has yielded operable knowledge for one school system. “In formalizing our relationship with Central Access Corporation, we hope to further enhance our development efforts, and be ready to work with more schools in Mississippi in reaching their goals with data-driven decision making,” said Armistead Sapp, head of SAS’ Education Practice.

Central Access President Jay Milam added, “This agreement with SAS will advance our goal to help Mississippi schools progress and improve. We encourage innovative ideas from our employees and listen to the needs of our customers, and we believe this partnership moves us all forward.”

About Central Access

Central Access Corporation has been serving the Mississippi education community since 1954. Its data-driven technology solutions span the entire spectrum of the education arena easing the jobs of teachers and administrators at the school, district, and state level. Of the 156 school districts in Mississippi nearly 80% rely on Central Access for some or all of their technology needs through its web-based platform of Active School Software that includes accounting, student management, call notification, data backup and off-site data storage.

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