2006 News by Date

SAS® bolsters Customer Intelligence solutions for the Enterprise Marketing Management market
New versions of SAS Marketing Automation and SAS Marketing Optimization plus new solution SAS Digital Marketing boost efficiency, profitability of marketing efforts
(November 7, 2006) – SAS, the leader in business intelligence, further bolstered its rich suite of solutions for the Enterprise Marketing Management market with new releases of key Customer Intelligence offerings. SAS Marketing Automation and SAS Marketing Optimization are now better than ever at cutting through the marketing clutter to help companies reach key audiences and boost the profitability of marketing activities.

SAS shines spotlight on hidden aftermarket profit streams
SAS leverages leadership in warranty and forecasting analytics to transform service chain cost centers into an integrated profit center
(November 1, 2006) - Companies that are challenged by maximizing aftermarket profits now can turn to SAS, the leader in business intelligence, for transformation. Today SAS announced the release of its SAS® Service Intelligence software suite, an integrated family of solutions that monitors, predicts and optimizes a company’s entire service chain. The suite uses the power of the popular SAS® Warranty Analysis solution by combining it with the forecasting strength of SAS® Service Parts Optimization and SAS® Service Operations Optimization to harness a goldmine of previously disconnected business processes.

SAS Joins IBM's Service-Oriented Architecture Community
IBM SOA Specialty program helps SAS deliver business agility and flexibility to customers
(October 17, 2006) – SAS, the leader in business intelligence, today announced its acceptance into the IBM SOA Specialty program after successfully completing IBM’s rigorous SOA technical and business requirements. This achievement enables the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform to integrate with the IBM SOA Foundation, which is a single, open set of software, best practices and patterns that provide users with what they need to get started with SOA.

Demand soars for predictive analytics in business forecasting
Cross-industry SAS® Forecast Server sales reinforce company’s dominance in forecasting
(October 4, 2006) - At the Forecasting Summit 2006, SAS, the leader in business intelligence, announced strong cross-industry market adoption of SAS Forecast Server. The company dominates the business forecasting market, having more than 6,500 licenses with more than 4,000 unique customers globally for its forecasting solutions. Many of these companies adopted SAS Forecast Server soon after its November 2005 introduction. Adoption has increased throughout 2006 as companies recognized the value of automating large numbers of forecasts and improving forecast accuracy.

SAS first in worldwide data warehouse generation and access sales
New report shows double-digit sales growth for SAS’ data warehousing tools in 2005
(September 28, 2006) – According to a report issued by a top analyst firm, SAS is the world’s number one vendor in both data warehouse generation and data warehouse access software sales.

SAS Leading the Charge to Improve Marketing's Performance
SAS® for Marketing Performance Management improves marketing effectiveness, accountability
(September 20, 2006) – SAS, the leader in business intelligence, today announced new software to help solve the age-old problem of calculating marketing’s contribution to an organization’s bottom line. Designed to help boost the performance of marketing organizations as well as quantify marketing’s results, SAS for Marketing Performance Management demystifies marketing’s impact on an organization’s overall success.

SAS Delivers Business Intelligence Software on HP Integrity Servers
SAS Teams Up with HP to Enhance Customer Experience
(September 12, 2006) - SAS today announced that it will expand its relationship with HP to further develop, market and sell the SAS® Enterprise Intelligence Platform on HP Integrity servers. The agreement includes pre-sales support, project sizings, architecture assessments and additional resources dedicated to co-marketing and sales engagement activities. SAS has provided ongoing support for HP Integrity servers for more than two years.

SAS scores high marks from Manufacturing Business Technology magazine
‘Global 100’ list spotlights SAS as No. 1 business performance vendor
(September 7, 2006) – Manufacturing Business Technology (MBT) named SAS, the leader in business intelligence, to “The Global 100” list which appears in the magazine’s July 2006 issue. In the “Business Performance” category, a subset of the Global 100 list, SAS ranked No. 1, outpacing competitors like Business Objects, Cognos and Hyperion. SAS ranked No. 26 in The Global 100 list overall. The Global 100 lists the leading IT and enterprise providers for manufacturing and supply chain based on total vendor revenues in calendar year 2005 and additional research.

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