New country manager at SAS
Patrick Van Deven appointed Country Manager, SAS Belgium & Luxembourg

Tervuren (Feb, 2007) – SAS appointed Patrick Van Deven as Country Manager for SAS in Belgium and Luxembourg.   Patrick started at SAS in 1999 as Account Manager and he was subsequently appointed Professional Services Director in September 2001. Prior to joining SAS, Patrick was Managing Director of BJL I.T., a Brussels based services company.

Confirmed growth
“SAS Belgium & Luxembourg has closed 2006 with our strongest growth for the last 4 years.  With a 20% increase in new licenses and total revenues in excess of 28 Mios EUR, SAS Belux is in great shape and has further strengthened its leadership position in the local Business Intelligence market”, says Patrick Van Deven.

Leading in a high value market
“We’re growing and actively recruiting for a wide variety of positions, including sales, pre-sales and project delivery.  It is a privilege to lead SAS at a time when our company is so uniquely positioned in the fastest growing, highest value segment : Business Intelligence and Analytics.” 

A new generation of projects that deliver business returns
"I am particularly pleased to see our industry specific analytical applications and performance management portfolio doing so well, and we expect strong growth in these areas during 2007. These solutions are driving the next generation of enterprise intelligence projects for our customers, and progressive organizations are already starting to see significant business returns from this new approach."

Patrick Van Deven is 42 and holds a Degree in IT and a Master in Applied Economics.

About SAS
SAS is the leader in business intelligence software and services. Customers at 40,000 sites use SAS software to improve performance through insight into 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 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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