SAS Alliance Outsourcing Program members utilize or incorporate SAS products to provide value-added services to their clients. Outsourcing Partners may use SAS in conjunction with their clients' data, helping them achieve fast access to mission-critical applications and reducing their capital investment, particularly for mid-market customers. Application Service Providers (ASPs) provide managed access to software that is hosted by the ASP. The ASP may host SAS solutions or may host an application that uses SAS software as the analytic engine. The ASP's clients access and use the SAS solution or application to perform their own analytics. Any required SAS licenses are licensed by the ASP. The ASP's clients are permitted to use the SAS software only in conjunction with the ASP's application and for no other purposes. SAS' current standard Master License Agreement (MLA) prohibits a customer from using SAS software to perform application service provider activities without an amendment setting forth additional terms and conditions and payment of additional fees. Data Service Providers (DSPs) and Marketing Service Providers (MSPs) process clients' data or other third-party data in order to produce hard copy of static reports for such clients. Only the DSP/MSP is authorized to access and use the SAS software (the DSPs/MSPs client is not permitted to access the SAS software). They may or may not use an application in addition to SAS software to produce the reports. SAS' current standard MLA prohibits a customer from using SAS software to perform these activities without an amendment setting forth additional terms and conditions and payment of additional fees. Information Technology Outsourcing Providers (ITOs) manage the software and hardware infrastructure for their clients. The ITO provider maintains its own facility and permits its clients to access and use the software and hardware installed at that facility in support of that client. SAS' current standard MLA prohibits a customer from using SAS software to perform outsourcing activities without an amendment setting forth additional terms and conditions. Business Process Outsourcing Providers (BPOs) provide outsourcing services to manage the business and IT management and operations for either an entire business process (e.g., HR, customer care) or a business function (payroll, benefits admin, claims processing). BPO providers incorporate SAS software to deliver value-added BPO services to their clients. The SAS Alliance organization has developed a comprehensive, worldwide program to support their Outsourcing Service Provider Program members. The program provides technical support, training, sales and marketing support and account management. Eligibility for certain programs is based upon the member's level of commitment to SAS. Please review the SAS Alliance Program Guide  (PDF: 757KB) for information on requirements and benefits of the Outsourcing Program.

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