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Company History
Background
SAS ("sass") once stood for "statistical analysis system" and was created in the early 1970s by Jim Goodnight, John Sall and other NC State University colleagues to analyze agricultural-research data. When demand mushroomed, SAS Institute was founded in 1976 to develop and sell the software. After evolving into the world's leading provider of software and services for business analytics, the company dropped "Institute" from its name and became SAS (which is no longer an acronym).
SAS Milestones – Timeline: 2009–1976
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- Ann Goodnight named to University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
- SAS marks decade on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list.
- SAS Named Norway's Best Place to Work.
- SAS Mexico among top 100 Great Places to Work in Mexico.
- SAS expands channel partner program to EMEA, beginning in UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Japan, Australia, China and India.
- SAS Collaborates with NCSU to launch MSA (Master of Science in Analytics) to address shortage of trained professionals with high-level analytical skills.
- CEO Jim Goodnight participates in two panels at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Goodnight named to co-chair the East Asia Summit in Singapore along with the CEOs of Sony, Nissan, and ICICI Bank.
- SAS Global Forum (formerly SUGI), introduces new name and global mission in Orlando, with more than 3,600 attendees from 44 countries.
- SAS earns Pro Patria Award – the highest state-level award given to a civilian employer by the U.S. Department of Defense for support of employees who are members of the National Guard or Reserves.
- SAS is the official data and competitive intelligence partner of the RBS 6 Nations Championship. SAS UK launches first company blog as part of sponsorship campaign.
- SAS CEO Jim Goodnight named “CEO Visionary” by START-IT magazine for his vision to consistently provide manufacturing customers what they need when it comes to business intelligence and analytics.
- SAS CEO Jim Goodnight appointed to the President’s International Advisory Group of the Atlantic Council of the United States in recognition of his dedication to excellence in business.
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- SAS CEO, Jim Goodnight, named the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® National Winner in Technology.
- Jim Goodnight inducted into the CRN Industry Hall of Fame honoring creators and entrepreneurs of information technology.
- SAS CEO named to World Economic Forum's India Steering Committee.
- SAS hosts NC State University Chancellor James L. Oblinger.
- SAS CEO Jim Goodnight wins Stevie5 Award for Best Executive in the 2004 American Business Awards.
- SAS achieves record revenue with 15% growth in 2004.
- SAS becomes member of FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" Hall of Fame.
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- CIO Insight's 2005 Vendor Value Survey ranked SAS as leader in business intelligence.
- SAS wins the 2005 NCTA 21 Award for Top Customer Service Company of the Year honoring its award-winning technical support.
- IDC analyst report lists SAS #1 vendor for data warehouse generation tools.
- SAS first to automate enterprise grid computing capabilities.
- SAS largest CRM predictive analytics vendor.
- New SAS® Forecast Server sets the standard for accurate forecasting.
- SAS® Forecast Server named a KMWorld Trend-Setting Product of the Year.
- SAS tops in Business Intelligence on Healthcare Informatics 100.
- SAS making strides with new operational risk management software.
- New release of SAS® Enterprise ETL Server sets performance world record.
- SAS® Marketing Automation named a Product of the Year by Customer Inter@ction Solutions® magazine.
- SAS takes two Datamation Product of the Year 2005 Awards.
- SAS earns high ranking on Computer Business Review's (CBR) "Top 10 Most Influential BI Vendors," 2005.
- SAS receives Customer Inter@ction Solutions® magazine's 2005 CRM Excellence Award.
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- SAS reaches No. 8 on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list.
- IDG's Computerworld names SAS one of "Best Places to Work in IT."
- SAS announces 30 percent midyear growth of its software sales throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
- SAS CEO Jim Goodnight wins Stevie™ Award for Best Executive in the 2004 American Business Awards.
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- The most significant release in SAS' history, the new SAS®9 software revolutionizes the business intelligence industry.
- SAS introduces SAS® Retail Intelligence Solutions – delivering extensive insights into customers, supply chain, promotions and corporate performance.
- SAS launches SAS High-Performance Forecasting – a powerful analytics product producing millions of high quality, automated forecasts.
- SAS achieves leadership status in META Group's METAspectrumSM report for data mining tools and SAS® Enterprise Miner™.
- Analyst firm IDC recognizes SAS as a clear revenue leader in Marketing Automation Software Report.
- CIO Insight magazine's "Vendor Value Study" ranks SAS seventh – the only BI vendor listed in top ten.
- SAS hosts the seventh annual M2004 conference, the world's largest data mining conference, in Las Vegas.
- SAS®9 wins the prestigious Industry Week Technologies of the Year award.
- SAS earns high ranking on Computer Business Review's (CBR) "Top 10 Most Influential BI Vendors," 2004.
- SAS® Marketing Optimization is awarded a 2004 Product of the Year award in Datamation's enterprise applications category.
- SAS receives Customer Inter@ction Solutions® magazine's 2004 CRM Excellence Award for the TV Guide customer intelligence solution.
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- NC State honors Keith Collins, SAS VP and CTO, as a Distinguished Alumnus in Engineering.
- SAS acquires Marketmax in move to dominate retail intelligence market.
- SAS acquires RiskAdvisory, a leading provider of risk management consulting and software to energy companies, to further extend its risk management domain expertise and software offerings.
- SAS marks seventh straight year on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list.
- SAS marks 27th year of continued revenue growth.
- Bank of America Foundation, DPI, SAS inSchool announce historic gift to NC schools.
- SAS sponsors 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Ireland.
- SAS acquires the principal assets of OpRisk Analytics to extend its offering of solutions for both corporate and consumer risk measurement and reporting solutions.
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- SAS announces Sarbanes-Oxley compliance solution at Gartner.
- SAS unveils patent-pending Information Evolution Model.
- Analytics, data integration keys to SAS® business intelligence success.
- IBM, SAS strategic alliance targets life sciences.
- SAS extends analytical CRM leadership with solutions for Marketing Automation, Marketing Optimization and Interaction Management.
- SAS reduces the cost of data integration with new SAS® Enterprise ETL Server.
- SAS® 9.1 extends business intelligence to decision makers throughout the enterprise.
- SAS delivers supply chain intelligence.
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- SAS prepares organizations worldwide for economic recovery.
- Working Mother magazine names SAS one of "Best Companies for Working Mothers."
- SAS marks sixth straight year on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list.
- SAS to sponsor 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
- SAS marks 26th year of continued revenue growth.
- SAS acquires ABC Technologies, Inc.
- SAS signs $9 million, three-year license with AstraZeneca.
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- AXA Financial wins SAS Enterprise Intelligence Award.
- SAS awarded 2002 Product of the Year by Customer Inter@ction Solutions®.
- SAS IntelliVisor named No. 1 ASP solution by Software Business Magazine.
- SAS named to Intelligent Enterprise "Dozen."
- SAS offers prescription for intelligence through launch of Healthcare Division.
- Knowledge portal, BetterManagement.com, to be acquired by SAS.
- SAS launches Rapid Risk Deployment; Sun, FEA initial solution partners.
- SAS joins the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program.
- SAS VP Suzanne Gordon named to Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader.
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- SAS celebrates its 25th anniversary.
- SAS acquires Intrinsic, a campaign management software provider.
- The inaugural SAS Championship, a Senior PGA Tour event, is played at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, NC.
- SAS ranks No. 2 on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" list.
- SAS marks 25th year of continued revenue growth.
- SAS wins the 2000 NCEITA 21 Corporate Education Award given by the North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association (NCEITA) for leadership in education in North Carolina.
- For the 11th year, SAS is named to Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers."
- SAS inSchool wins the 2000 Education Software Review (EDDIES) Award.
- SAS inSchool's multimedia instructional software receives the 2001 Technology and Learning Software Award for Excellence distinction for the second consecutive year.
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- SAS and Sprint are honored on inaugural list of CRM Innovators.
- New versions of seven SAS solutions bring more power to the intelligent enterprise.
- SAS speeds delivery of business intelligence with direct access to SAP BW™ software.
- SAS is selected as the Best in Business Solutions and Analytic Applications.
- SAS garners E-Star award for business intelligence software.
- Users rank SAS No. 1 in analytical software.
- SAS unveils IntelliVisor, the first CRM solution for retail via ASP.
- SAS introduces direct access to PeopleSoft ERP data.
- SAS' solution for supplier relationship management enhances an organization's knowledge of suppliers and powers strategic sourcing.
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- SAS ranks second on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" list.
- SAS' fourth child care center opens in 2000, bringing the number of children served in day care to more than 850.
- SAS' Health Care Center is designated a Touchpoints community site, making it the only corporate member of the T. Berry Brazelton program in the US.
- SAS unveils an aggressive branding campaign, revealing a new bold logo, slogan ("The Power to Know") and business direction.
- SAS is awarded first place in WebCriteria's "Most Useful Software Maker's Sites" for the best usability of a software maker's Web site.
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- SAS establishes Worldwide Software Services Operations in Pune, India.
- SAS and BMG Direct are honored with inaugural Corporate Awards of Excellence.
- SAS wins CIO-100 Award for customer service excellence and CRM.
- Nokia and SAS first companies to provide WAP-enabled business intelligence.
- SAS ships Enterprise Guide.
- SAS brings e-intelligence to 64-bit computing at Intel Developer Forum.
- SAS acquires data cleansing software company DataFlux.
- SAS spins off new B2B Internet company for biomedical research.
- SAS ports its software to Linux.
- SAS' e-intelligence solution increases profitability for e-business.
- SAS Data mining solutions help scientists sift through genetic data, identify disease-causing defects.
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- SAS places No. 3 on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" list.
- SAS receives the 1999 National Family Friendly Business Award from the international organization FEMALE (Formerly Employed Mothers at the Leading Edge).
- SAS wins the 1999 Large Company of the Year award from the North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association (NCEITA).
- CIO magazine names SAS a "Top 100 Company." The CIO-100 award program recognizes organizations worldwide that achieve the highest level of operational and strategic excellence.
- SAS is awarded the Triangle Business Journal's Platinum Rule Award for Family Friendly Practices.
- SAS' Recreation and Fitness Center received the Eastwood Award for outstanding employee service from the National Employee Service and Recreation Association (NESRA).
- SAS' revenue surpasses $1 billion.
- Building T opens as the 22nd facility on campus. It contains a 550-person café on the ground floor, and houses the SAS Americas sales force.
- The Recreation and Fitness Center grows considerably with the addition of the 19,000-square-foot Natatorium, housing a 10-lane swimming pool.
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- HR Vision software, the first end-to-end decision-support system for human resources reporting and analysis, is released.
- The Miami Herald wins the Pulitzer Prize for exposing rampant voter fraud in Miami's 1997 mayoral election. SAS software's powerful analytic capabilities supported the paper's investigation.
- SAS opens the Quality Center, a comprehensive approach to enterprise quality improvement.
- Dun & Bradstreet and SAS announce the SAS Solution for Supplier Relationship Management.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration selects technology developed by SAS as a standard for receiving and archiving electronic data.
- Risk Dimensions software, an end-to-end risk-management solution, is released.
- SAS unveils the first offering from its CRM Knowledge Solution Series: the Churn Management Solution for Telecommunications.
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- Recreation and Fitness Center in Cary undergoes major renovation and expansion, adding 8,000 square feet.
- Regional offices open in Los Angeles, Hartford and Portland.
- SAS is named in two business books recognizing companies with outstanding employee-friendly practices, Contented Cows Give Better Milk and Good Company.
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- Technical Support Division receives the 1998 STAR award.
- SAS and the U.S. Army are chosen for DCI/Data Warehouse World Excellence in Business Information award.
- SAS introduces a customer relationship management (CRM) solution.
- SAS releases ERP access interface – SAS/ACCESS interface for SAP R/3.
- SAS is first to release OLE-DB for OLAP and releases HOLAP solution.
- SAS introduces a solution for balanced scorecard systems at SEUGI.
- SAS/Enterprise Reporter and HR Vision are released.
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- SAS' worldwide employee population reaches 5,000.
- Building S opens on the Cary campus, adding 171,000 square feet of space devoted to R&D.
- Education Technologies division is formed to develop Web-based curricula for middle- and high-school students.
- SAS India opens.
- SAS acquires Stat View, life sciences statistical software.
- SAS' interactive magazine, sas.com interactive, debuts.
- HR announces paid time-off for regular part-time employees.
- SAS President Jim Goodnight is honored by 1997 American Academy of Achievements and inducted into the Academy's new Museum of the American Dream, a multimedia center featuring the leaders who have shaped the 20th century.
- SAS announces its Gold Sponsorship of 1999 Special Olympics World Games.
- Mother Jones magazine lists SAS as among the 20 Better Places to Work.
- SAS is ranked in the top 10 on Working Mother magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" (the ninth consecutive year on the list and fifth top-10 ranking), No. 3 on FORTUNE magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work for in America," and No. 4 on Business Week's list of "Best Companies for Work and Family."
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- SAS/Warehouse Administrator software is named Datamation magazine's 1997 Product of the Year.
- Technical Support Division receives the 1997 Software Technical Assistance Recognition (STAR) award for outstanding complex software support.
- SAS/Warehouse Administrator software goes into production.
- Software Magazine rates SAS best for decision-support tools.
- SAS/IntrNet software goes into production.
- SAS wins DM Review's Data Acquisition/Delivery award for data warehousing.
- SAS wins the Database Programming & Design Database Dozen award.
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- Attendance at SEUGI tops 2,000.
- Regional offices open in Indianapolis, Tulsa, San Diego, St. Louis, Bedminster, N.J., and Silicon Valley, Calif.
- Subsidiaries open in Brazil, Russia and Indonesia.
- SAS Consulting Services become part of SAS Institute.
- Strategic alliances are announced with Price Waterhouse and KMPG Peat Marwick LLP.
- SAS establishes partnership with Bright Horizons childcare centers in Cary to expand care offered to children of employees.
- SAS is named in Working Mother magazine's list of the "Best Companies for Working Mothers."
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- SAS software is chosen as the 1996 Product of the Year in the Data Warehousing category by the 200,000-plus readers of Datamation magazine.
- SAS offers first packaged business solution: CFO Vision software.
- SAS announces Web enablement of SAS software.
- JMP software and SAS software earn Windows 95 Logo Certification.
- Scalable performance data server is introduced.
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- Institute launches formal partners programs.
- Regional offices open in Cleveland, Hartford, Minneapolis, New Orleans and Phoenix.
- Subsidiaries open in South Africa, Thailand, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- Health Care Center adds two physicians to staff.
- SAS is named in Working Mother magazine's list of the "Best Companies for Working Mothers."
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- SAS becomes the only supplier of a true end-to-end data warehousing solution and introduces the Rapid Warehousing Program.
- SAS achieves market leadership in executive information systems (EIS).
- SAS software is introduced on the Apple Macintosh.
- SAS software for Macintosh (Release 6.10) is introduced.
- Orlando (Release 6.11 of the SAS System) is introduced for Windows 95, Windows NT and UNIX.
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- SAS' worldwide employee population reaches 3,000.
- Regional offices open in Boston, Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, Nashville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and San Francisco.
- Subsidiaries open in Portugal and Austria.
- SAS is named in Working Mother magazine's list of the "Best Companies for Working Mothers."
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- New tools premier for multidimensional data visualization and modeling, as well as the ability to deliver data managed with SAS software to third-party client applications via industry standard programming interfaces such as ODBC. SAS/SPECTRAVIEW, SAS/SHARE*NET software are released.
- JMP software, Version 3 is released.
- JMP software for Microsoft Windows and Apple Power Mac are released.
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- Building R is constructed as the new home for R&D, providing nearly 400,000 square feet for software development staff.
- Regional offices open in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and Orlando.
- Subsidiaries open in the United Arab Emirates, Poland and Hungary.
- Generation to Generation elder care program is established.
- SAS is named in Working Mother magazine's list of the "Best Companies for Working Mothers."
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- Software for building customized executive information systems (EIS) is introduced.
- New performance management capabilities are introduced for open systems.
- Release 6.08 for MVS, CMS, VMS, VSE, OS/2 and Windows is announced.
- The SAS System for Information Delivery is introduced.
- InfoTap technology is acquired from GESCAN International, Inc.
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- Regional offices open in Kansas City, New York City and Seattle.
- Subsidiaries open in Mexico and Slovenia.
- Work Life Initiatives Department is established.
- SAS is named in Working Mother magazine's list of the "Best Companies for Working Mothers."
- SAS is named in the book 100 Best Companies to Work for in America.
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- Decision-support capabilities expand in such areas as guided data analysis, clinical trials analysis and reporting, financial spreadsheets, and English-language query.
- SAS' first vertical market software, a clinical review system for the pharmaceutical industry, is released.
- SAS/CALC, SAS/TOOLKIT, SAS/PH-Clinical and SAS/LAB software are released.
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- SAS is named in Working Mother magazine's list of the "Best Companies for Working Mothers" and in the book, Companies that Care.
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- Data visualization capabilities join SAS' growing range of decision-support tools in SAS/INSIGHT software.
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- Partnership with Intel is established.
- Subsidiaries open in China, Korea, the Philippines, Spain and Switzerland.
- Employee Assistance Program is established.
- SAS is named in Working Mother magazine's list of the "Best Companies for Working Mothers."
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- New client/server computing capabilities support advanced models of distributed computing.
- Release 6.06 for MVS, CMS, and OpenVMS is announced.
- SAS/CONNECT software and the SAS/ACCESS series of database interfaces are introduced.
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- SAS launches consulting services.
- Subsidiary offices open in Belgium, Canada and Taiwan.
- SUGI conference attendance reaches 4,000.
- Regional offices open in Austin, Chicago and Los Angeles.
- SAS begins practice of giving employees an additional paid week off between Christmas and New Year's Day.
- SAS is named in Working Mother magazine's inaugural list of the "Best Companies for Working Mothers."
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- JMP software is introduced for the Macintosh.
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- Cary employee population reaches the 1,000 mark.
- SAS Institute acquires NeoVisuals, Inc.
- Canadian subsidiary opens.
- Partnership with Sun Microsystems is established.
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- MultiVendor Architecture (MVA) concept is introduced; SAS/ACCESS software is released.
- SAS announces support for UNIX-based hardware.
- SAS/ASSIST software for building user-friendly front-end menus is introduced.
- New SAS/CPE software establishes SAS as innovator in computer performance evaluation.
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- Building J is constructed; replaces Building E as home for R&D, more than doubling the space provided for that function.
- Subsidiaries open in the Netherlands, Finland and Italy.
- Partnership with Apple Computer is established.
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- Concurrent update access is provided for SAS software users (SAS/SHARE software).
- Database interfaces are introduced for DB2 and SQL-DS.
- SAS software is installed at 65 percent of IBM mainframe sites.
- SAS System for PC DOS is licensed to over 1,000 sites.
- SAS System is rewritten in C programming language.
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| 1986 |
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- SAS Institute acquires Lattice, Inc.
- Partnership with Microsoft is established.
- Subsidiary opens in Norway.
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- Statistical quality improvement becomes latest major application of SAS software (SAS/QC software).
- SAS/IML and SAS/STAT software are released for personal computers.
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| 1985 |
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- Partnership with Hewlett-Packard is established.
- Subsidiaries open in Osaka, Japan, and Hong Kong.
- Company subsidized on-site café opens in Cary.
- SAS adopts self-funded indemnity plan with low deductible.
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- SAS/AF software, econometrics and time series analysis (SAS/DMI) software, and interactive matrix programming (SAS/IML) software are introduced for applications development.
- First SAS System release for PC DOS (Base SAS and SAS/RTERM software) is immediate success.
- Micro-to-mainframe link (SAS/C Compiler) is introduced for PCs linking to mainframes.
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| 1984 |
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- On-site recreation and fitness center opens in Cary with all programs and services free to employees and family members.
- Wellness program is established.
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- SAS software expands beyond mainframe computers to minicomputers.
- SAS acquires SYSTEM 2000 Data Management software.
- Project management software is released.
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| 1983 |
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- Building E is constructed in Cary, devoting 54,000 square feet to research and development.
- First Asian subsidiary opens in Singapore.
- Subsidiaries open in Denmark and France.
- First SEUGI (SAS European Users Group International) conference is held.
- Institute has 3,000 installations worldwide and more than 6,500 products are distributed.
- On-site health care center staffed with family nurse practitioners is established in Cary; services are offered at no cost to employees and their covered dependents.
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- Full-screen spreadsheet capabilities are introduced.
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| 1982 |
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- First on-site training center, publications warehouse and video studio open.
- European Headquarters moves to Heidelberg, Germany.
- First subsidiary opens in Asia/Pacific region (New Zealand office).
- Australian subsidiary is established.
- Partnership with Digital Equipment Corporation is established.
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| 1981 |
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- SAS software is selling at a rate of 150 products per month.
- SAS software is installed at more than 3,000 sites.
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- SAS/FSP, a full-screen component that provides interactive data entry, editing, browsing, retrieval and letter writing is released.
- Direct database access is provided to SAS/IMS-DL/I.
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| 1980 |
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- First subsidiary – SAS European Headquarters – opens in the United Kingdom.
- Company moves to Building A on its new 200-acre campus in Cary, NC.
- Company-sponsored on-site childcare is established.
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- SAS/GRAPH software and SAS/ETS for econometric and time series analysis are released for information and presentation graphics.
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| 1979 |
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- First overseas software license is granted to Databank of New Zealand.
- SAS software is adapted to run under IBM's VM/CMS.
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| 1978 |
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- SAS reaches 600 customers.
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- SAS Institute is founded and incorporated in Raleigh, NC.
- Partnership with IBM is established.
- First SUGI (SAS Users Group International) conference is held.
- Profit sharing plan and discretionary bonuses are established for employees.
- Flexible work schedule and 35-hour workweek are established.
- Employee-friendly perks begin – including Friday breakfast goodies, Wednesday M&Ms, fresh fruit on Mondays, break rooms stocked with complimentary drinks and snacks, companywide winter party, family spring picnic, family Halloween party and numerous family activities throughout the year.
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- First product – Base SAS software – is released.
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