CARY, NC  (July 09, 2008)  –  SAS, the leader in business intelligence software and services, announced that Nucleus Research selected IBM as a 2008 recipient of its Technology ROI Award for its implementation of SAS® business intelligence software. This award recognizes companies whose skillful deployment of IT solutions has produced a positive, bottom-line financial return on investment (ROI). Deploying SAS business intelligence software enabled IBM’s semiconductor facility to realize a 386 percent ROI within a payback period of less than four months. 

Companies that receive Nucleus Research’s Technology ROI Award demonstrate the link between IT strategy, business goals and ROI.  IBM demonstrated the link by simplifying the troubles its semiconductor reporting programming team was having in regards to keeping up with the reporting requirements for the engineering and manufacturing teams. In addition, IBM made report creation easier so that individual users would have faster access to the information they needed. Finally, IBM wanted to guarantee that data integrity could be maintained even as more users had access to it. With SAS, IBM was able to put reporting tools directly into the hands of its users, while ensuring consistent access to the information needed for better decision making. 

“This award highlights IBM as an ideal example of how valuable it is for a business to align its IT investments with its business goals,” said Rebecca Wettemann, Vice President of Nucleus Research. “By evaluating a number of options and selecting SAS business intelligence software, IBM was able to gain significant cost and productivity savings, resulting in a 386 percent ROI.  Today, more than 600 users access SAS on a regular basis to generate reports for managing day-to-day operations and decision making.”

About Nucleus Research
Nucleus Research is a global provider of IT research and advisory services that provides CFOs, CIOs and their staffs with the real-world information they need to maximize the business returns from their technology investments, including successfully executing their IT deployments and determining the business value of their initiatives. Nucleus Research is the only technology research firm that is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). For more information, visit www.NucleusResearch.com.

SAS
SAS, la più grande società a capitale privato nel mercato della Business Intelligence, è leader nel settore del software e dei servizi di business analytics. Dal 1976 attraverso business solution innovative basate sulla piattaforma di Enterprise Intelligence, SAS aiuta i clienti nel processo di miglioramento delle performance e nel prendere decisioni migliori e più velocemente. Con 45.000 installazioni, SAS è al servizio dei clienti di tutto il mondo fornendo THE POWER TO KNOW®