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SAS expands Data integration initiative
Announces new software, resources and R&D investment of 15% for next two years SAS, the leader in business intelligence, today underscored its commitment to enable companies to intelligently synchronize, consolidate and manage data from across an enterprise by announcing a major corporate initiative to extend its capabilities and market leadership in data integration - the transformation of disparate, poorly connected islands of information into an enterprise-wide environment that provides quality, up-to-the-minute information. As part if its global initiative, SAS will increase its research and development investment in data integration by 15 percent each in 2006 and 2007 to help advance a universal data integration platform that will help companies to reduce information management cost and complexity. In addition to expanded financial commitment SAS’ also announced inclusion of new software and customer resources, meant to help customers bring together data integration technologies typically needed in real time for operational business applications with technologies needed for business intelligence and decision support. The new data integration technologies and resources from SAS will help companies quickly attain and manage consistent and trusted data throughout the organization. SAS Data Integration offers a comprehensive data integration solution that includes technologies for connectivity and metadata; data cleansing and enrichment; extraction, transformation and loading (ETL); migration and synchronization; data federation & master data management. “Most organizations struggle because other vendors cannot deliver all the critical elements of a comprehensive, effective data integration solution,” said Jim Davis , Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at SAS. “SAS Data Integration helps solve a broad range of issues in the enterprise as data volumes explode, further complicated by mergers, acquisitions and the ongoing need to modernize aging systems.” Commenting on the announcement, Sudipta Sen, MD & CEO of SAS India, said, “As enterprise in India prepares to undertake enterprise wide Business Intelligence initiatives, many large businesses find themselves tackling the problem of integrating the data scattered across multiple platforms difficult, challenging & time-consuming. With the new initiative and enhanced solutions, SAS will be able to provide organizations with the flexibility, reliability and agility to respond quickly to new data integration requirements, consolidate vendors, standardize on one integration solution for both operational and business intelligence applications, and reduce the overall cost of data integration.” Announcement details: Upcoming enhancements to SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server Software with expanded data quality technology for profiling, monitoring, cleansing and verifying data correctness - capabilities aimed at promoting consistent, accurate information and credibility in business intelligence applications. New customer data integration (CDI) technology that enables companies to intelligently synchronize, consolidate and manage customer information from across an enterprise. This solution supports organizations’ efforts to create a single view of the customer across the entire enterprise. A special data integration focus team that deploys at customer sites worldwide to assess their data integration issues and deliver solutions that mesh with their existing systems and deliver quick results. This team works in concert with the hundreds of SAS professionals who support data integration through research & development, education, training, consulting and support. About SAS India SAS has been in India since 1997 and currently has two wholly owned subsidiaries in the country: SAS India and SAS Global Services (SGS). With a team of more than 200 technology and domain experts, SAS India operations are headquartered in Mumbai with regional offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and Pune. Its strong customer base in India, with more than 180 installations, includes such companies as Citibank N.A., GE Capital, GlaxoSmithKline, HDFC Bank, Hindustan Lever Ltd., Novartis, Reserve Bank of India Pfizer and Standard Chartered Bank, among others. About SAS SAS is the leader in business intelligence software and services. Customers at 40,000 sites use SAS software to manage and gain insights from vast amounts of data, resulting in faster, more accurate business decisions; more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; compliance with governmental regulations; research breakthroughs; and better products. Only SAS offers leading data integration, intelligence storage, advanced analytics and traditional business intelligence applications within a comprehensive enterprise intelligence platform. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know®. www.sas.com |
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