Milano, 19 ottobre 2007– SAS, a leader in business intelligence, is named a leader in “The Forrester Wave™: Business Performance Solutions, Q4 2007” independent report1 from Forrester Research, Inc. published October 10, 2007.

“SAS now has a solid set of BPS offerings that are well integrated on its business intelligence platform, with particular depth in predictive analytic forecasting, cost and profitability management, and industry-specific solutions,” wrote Paul D. Hamerman, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester. “SAS has stepped up with a robust set of offerings,” the report states. SAS had the high score in R&D/product development strategy.

“Organizations use SAS for performance management to execute on strategy amid growing governance, competition and global markets,” said Jim Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. “With SAS’ predictive analytics – the most powerful available – they can identify, quantify and prioritize improvement opportunities, mitigate threats and measure results across the enterprise, including finance, IT, HR, operations and marketing.”

A continuous process for improvement
Providing the broadest, deepest offerings for performance management, SAS brings context and direction to business intelligence initiatives and supports a continuous process for improvement. Only SAS builds performance management capabilities into each of its solutions. The SAS® Enterprise Intelligence Platform extends the value of existing systems while setting the stage for new levels of enterprise intelligence not previously possible.

¹ Forrester Research, Inc.: “The Forrester Wave™: Business Performance Solutions, Q4 2007” by Paul Hamerman with Sharyn Leaver, Elisse Gaynor and Meghan Donnelly. 10 October 2007.