SAS Named as a Leader in Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms by Independent...

SAS Named as a Leader in Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms by Independent Research Firm

CARY, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
SAS has been selected as a Leader in the July 2008 Forrester Wave:
Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2008.

"SAS is the best one-stop BI shop that includes high-end analytics
from a single vendor," according to the report from the influential
research firm. "We see no reason SAS can't continue on its amazing
track record of uninterrupted 32-year growth."

"Even though several other vendors realize or are starting to
realize the value of providing higher-end analytics tools like
statistical analysis and predictive modeling, SAS is pretty hard to
beat in this category, especially when it comes to embedding such
analytical routines in powerful DBMS engines like Teradata," said the
Forrester report.*

Companies around the globe, and in diverse industries, have
deployed SAS BI and predictive analytics to gain competitive
advantage.

SAS Tailor-Made for Success

"Using SAS(R) Enterprise BI Server, Brooks Brothers has been able
to turn data into an increasingly strategic corporate asset," said
David Donovan, IT Manager, Retail Brand Alliance-Brooks Brothers. "We
are now able to focus on the performance indicators that matter most
and proactively determine what actions will yield the most favorable
results. We use our data to power better business decisions."

With more than 210 US and 120 global partner stores, Brooks
Brothers requires a fast, flexible and highly-capable BI solution. The
retailer, whose history stretches back to 1818, found what it needed
from SAS.

"As we expected, the SAS BI solution allows Brooks Brothers to
quickly see how actions contribute to reaching our goals, but the more
we use SAS software, the more its value increases," said Donovan.
"This aligns perfectly with our corporate mission to offer a superior
combination of products, service, delivery and communications. We
deployed SAS and our customers benefit."

SAS differs from most BI vendors by providing a very broad range
of capabilities with significant commonality and ease of use across
applications, without being tied to one data structure or another
application. SAS offers highly tailored solutions for specific
industries, such as banking, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing
and retail.

"Our customers such as Brooks Brothers understand that to lead in
their business sectors they must take advantage of leading technology.
SAS is the BI leader with over 30 years of independent BI innovation
and some 44,000 customer sites using our technology to drive their
businesses," said Jim Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing
Officer at SAS. "Independent research firms such as Forrester continue
to confirm customers' wise choice of SAS."

About SAS

SAS is the leader in business intelligence and analytical software
and services. Customers at 44,000 sites use SAS software to improve
performance through insight from data, resulting in faster, more
accurate business decisions; more profitable relationships with
customers and suppliers; compliance with governmental regulations;
research breakthroughs; and better products and processes. Only SAS
offers leading data integration, storage, analytics and business
intelligence applications within a comprehensive enterprise
intelligence platform. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers
around the world THE POWER TO KNOW(R). www.sas.com

* Forrester Research, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Business
Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2008, Boris Evelson

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