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Hong Kong (Dec
15, 2005) - SAS, the world's largest privately held business
intelligence company, continues its position as a leading business
intelligence vendor according to a recent report* from Gartner, a
prominent analyst firm. Based
on 2004 new license sales, Gartner ranked SAS as the No. 1 business
intelligence vendor in Asia Pacific with 17.5 percent share of
revenue. According to Gartner, the top six countries (based on new
license revenue) in the Asia Pacific region include Australia, New
Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, China and Hong Kong. This report
follows a similar report Gartner issued on the worldwide BI software
market, which confirmed SAS' position as a leading global BI
vendor with 15.8 percent of the BI market share.** The earlier
report from Gartner also highlighted the worldwide growth of the BI
market, which increased 12 percent from slightly less than US$1.9
billion in 2003 to US$2.1 billion in 2004.
"We believe
these Gartner reports confirm two things: the growing demand for BI
solutions and SAS' worldwide BI leadership," said Phillip Beniac,
President SAS Asia Pacific. "Customers are realizing how critical
it is to move beyond traditional BI tools like query and reporting
and to standardize their BI tools on a common platform. As the only
vendor that completely integrates data warehousing, analytics and
traditional BI applications, SAS is well-equipped to meet the
growing need for reliable data and for improved total cost of
ownership, while, at the same time, meeting the company's own
double-digit growth targets."
"Gartner's ranking of SAS as the no. 1 BI
vendor in Asia Pacific confirms the tangible benefits that we bring
to companies throughout this region," said Edvan Chan, SAS Hong
Kong & South China. "SAS has a track record of nearly three
decades of customer-driven growth and we have achieved 20 percent
revenue growth in Asia Pacific last year. SAS will continue to
invest heavily in R&D to ensure our customers are equipped with
a solid business analytics architecture that supports their business
processes."
"SAS customers value the scalability and
interoperability of our technologies and business solutions. These
work together to support the growing needs of increasingly complex
and costly IT infrastructures. In 2005, some of the new license
adoptions on SAS®9 include Li & Fung (Retailing), Hong Kong
Dragon Airlines, Bank of China Group Insurance, Securities &
Futures Commission, and more. As the recognized leader for the BI,
data integration and analytics market, we will continue to
strengthen our local presence and are committed to growing our share
of the market in 2006," added Chan.
The latest Gartner report, which evaluated
market size in terms of new license revenue and excluded earnings
from maintenance and professional services or number of
installations, highlights SAS' leadership in the Asia-Pacific
region, which has been marked by steady growth in the BI space. SAS
continues to grow in the Asia Pacific region, both in terms of
revenue and customer base. The Asia Pacific region contributed 10
percent to overall SAS turnover of US$1.53 billion in 2004. With
over 6,000 customers and more than 1,000 employees across 14
countries in Asia Pacific, SAS leads the market with its SAS®9
Enterprise Intelligence Platform and its business solution
applications.
SAS®
Enterprise BI Server, a major component of the SAS®
9 Enterprise Intelligence Platform, is an integral factor of
SAS' growth in the BI space.
The SAS®
9 platform empowers users at all levels of an organization by
giving them targeted interfaces to support their individual needs
and skills. SAS Enterprise BI Server provides a suite of BI
functions including reporting, query and analysis, OLAP, integrated
analytics, visualization, and integration with Microsoft Office
environments. More information about SAS Enterprise BI Server
can be found at http://www.sas.com/technologies/bi/entbiserver/index.html.
About SAS
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®
.
SAS and all other
SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered
trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other
countries. ® indicates USA registration. Other brand and product
names are trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright ©
2005 SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved.
*
"Market Share: Business Intelligence Software,
Asia/Pacific, 2004" (Jitendra Jethanandani, Colleen Graham, Nov.
4, 2005)
** "Business
Intelligence Software Market Grows 12 Percent in 2004" (Colleen
Graham, Aug. 15, 2005)
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