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Intel and SAS

Partner Overview

Working together, Intel and SAS have optimized SAS Business Intelligence (BI) applications to take full advantage of the performance, scalability and reliability of the newest Intel® server platforms. This enhanced solution helps everyone in the organization make more effective decisions by delivering enterprise business intelligence and predictive analytics on the full range of 64-bit Intel® Architecture-based servers. Running SAS BI software on Intel platforms, businesses can extract untapped business information and apply it intelligently to their decision making processes.

 

"SAS Business Analytics delivers unprecedented performance and simplicity that gives more people access to the power of SAS Analytics. Along with Big Data and Cloud computing trends,  comes the need for scalable performance, reliable security, and energy efficiency.  SAS on Intel architecture offers our customers  the flexibility to deploy SAS analytics on a compute platform which best meets the needs of SAS users and corporate IT. 

-Keith Collins
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, SAS

Initiatives

High Performance Analytics

With the shift to Big Data comes the need for a computing architecture that will handle the storage of data, the heavy processing power required to analyze the data and the flexibility to support a wide range of compute environments.

Intel works with SAS and their OEM/OSV partners to ensure that SAS analytics software is optimized for the latest Intel architecture on a number of different hardware configurations in order to meet a wide range of business needs.  From SMB to virtualization deployments to High Performance Analytics,  Intel® server processors offer the scalable performance and advanced reliability you need for your SAS server and data center environments.

International Institute of Analytics

Intel and SAS are founding underwriters for the International Institute of Analytics (IIA), whose charter is to accelerate the use of analytics in the Enterprise. 

Founded on the premise that analytics is one of most compelling competitive differentiators in industry today, IIA defines the path to analytical excellence by guiding enterprises on how best to fund, staff, manage, evaluate and refine their analytical programs.  For more information or to become a member, go to iianalytics.com.

About Intel

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com.