CARY, NC (Jan. 28, 2008) – For the seventh consecutive years, SAS, the leader in business intelligence, has earned a spot among “The Dozen,” a list of the 12 most influential companies providing technology solutions for business. According to the Intelligent Enterprise Web site, honorees provide exceptional vision, technology innovation and customer leadership in attaining strategic objectives.

SAS® solutions mentioned this year are:

The breadth and depth of the SAS enterprise-wide solution platform make it “a rare one-stop shop that even some of the new mega BI vendors can’t match,” according to Intelligent Enterprise.

“Naming ‘The Dozen’ companies that matter most to the Intelligent Enterprise community in the coming year as well as the ‘Companies to Watch’ is never an easy task,” said Doug Henschen, Editor-in-Chief, Intelligent Enterprise. “We look beyond sheer size and technology breadth to consider vendors that are leading the market in terms of innovation and market influence. We offer our congratulations to all 48 companies recognized.”

About Intelligent Enterprise
CMP’s Intelligent Enterprise is the only Web site dedicated to helping organizations unlock and deliver the strategic value of information so they can improve business processes and drive excellence through operational decision-making. Intelligent Enterprise’s content offers a unique focus on how to apply leading-edge technologies to sharpen such business objects as improving the customer experience, developing smarter marketing campaigns, streamlining supply chains, detecting high-risk fraudulent activity and creating effective performance-driven enterprises. Intelligent Enterprise delivers expert coverage and thought leadership through its Web site as well as through Webinars, e-newsletters and more.

SAS
SAS è leader nei software e nei servizi di business analytics ed è la più grande società indipendente nel mercato della business intelligence. Attraverso soluzioni innovative all’interno di un framework integrato e con oltre 45,000 installazioni in tutto il mondo, SAS aiuta le imprese a migliorare le performance e a veicolare valore, aiutando i manager e i knowledge workers a prendere decisioni migliori in tempi brevi. Dal 1976 SAS fornisce alle aziende THE POWER TO KNOW®