Building More Business-Critical Applications On Unix Platforms and PCs; SAS Institute Sales Reflect Trend Toward Desktop Development.CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1996--In the quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the a competitive edge, a growing number of SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Institute's corporate customers are choosing the SAS System's point-and-click development environment for use on the desktop, the Institute announced today. Licenses for the SAS System's interactive applications facility that performs both structured and object-oriented programming object-oriented programming, a modular approach to computer program (software) design. Each module, or object, combines data and procedures (sequences of instructions) that act on the data; in traditional, or procedural, programming the data are separated from the recently surged past the 10,000 milestone and are fast approaching 12,000. Desktop licenses for the application development software are now outpacing those for mainframe and mini-computers 3 to 1 showing how far the Institute has evolved from its mainframe roots. "This represents a significant development in the computing public's perception of the SAS System (1) Originally called the "Statistical Analysis System," it is an integrated set of data management and decision support tools from SAS that runs on platforms from PCs to mainframes. ," said SAS Institute SAS Institute Inc., headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig. President Jim Goodnight. "Since SAS software was rewritten for PCs just over a decade ago, we've seen steady growth in the number of workstation licenses in addition to the mainframe environment, which remains a prevalent platform in our installed base. We're seeing the SAS System's highly portable application development capabilities realizing their full potential in the realm of corporate decision making, from the mainframe to the desktop." SAS Software In Action: SAS Customers Realizing Business Benefits "As a catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. reseller with multitudes of sales, thorough organization and analysis of our customer information, including recent purchases, customer types, and product preferences is critical to our ability to maximize sales opportunities," said Van Rhodes, application development systems analyst. "We needed a business solution that would enable us to access, drill through, and slice and dice Refers to rearranging data so that it can be viewed from different perspectives. The term is typically used with OLAP databases that present information to the user in the form of multidimensional cubes similar to a 3D spreadsheet. See OLAP. our customer information we were very impressed with SAS software's performance." Focusing energy on analyzing, not gathering data, Newport News' SAS solution allows them to quickly highlight patterns in sales and target cross-catalog sales opportunities. SAS software's powerful analysis capabilities provide Newport News Newport News, independent city (1990 pop. 170,045), SE Va., on the Virginia peninsula, at the mouth of the James River, off Hampton Roads, near Norfolk; inc. 1896. with critical customer information, including what they buy, how often and when they buy, and which catalog or promotional piece influenced them to spend their money. Having this information readily available is necessary to optimize Newport News' sales and cross-merchandising opportunities. Newport News uses a SAS System-built point-and-click screen that allows them to drill down through data from multiple data sources from large data sets on the mainframe to Lotus spreadsheets to conduct market research for all of its catalogs. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Rhodes, one important facet of Newport News' market research analysis could only be performed once every three months because it was so time consuming. Using SAS software, this function can be accomplished in 15 seconds, enabling more timely delivery of market information to business decision makers. A leading office furniture manufacturer and distributor, Steelcase must evaluate sales and profitability figures to remain competitive, and the company chose the SAS System to help it achieve its business goals. According to Jim According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. Boren, strategic yield consultant, SAS software has significantly increased the company's ability to devise competitive sales strategies. The SAS application provides Steelcase with quick, easy access to current sales information located in a variety of disparate sources, including DB2 and Unix servers A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. . With SAS software, business analysts create profitability reports on all major accounts in two to four minutes a marked improvement from the two to four weeks it took before the SAS System. "This industry requires that we constantly develop new and more comprehensive sales strategies, and after evaluating a number of software options to meet these needs, we found that no other software offered the flexibility and robustness of the SAS System." said Boren. "SAS software has exceeded our expectations. It has shortened our account analysis time from weeks to minutes, enabling us to spend more time acting on our information, as opposed to trying to find it." With 1994 revenues of $482 million, SAS Institute Inc. (Cary, N.C.) is the world's largest privately held independent software company. Since its incorporation in 1976, SAS Institute has consistently led the major software vendors in percentage of revenue reinvested in research and development (31 percent in 1994, or about $150 million.) SAS Institute's four market initiatives form the core of its development and marketing efforts, reflecting strengths of the company and its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the SAS System an integrated suite of information delivery software for business decision making. These areas are Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , Business Intelligence, Applied Analysis, and Targeted Solutions. Currently, about 29,000 businesses, government agencies and universities worldwide are using the SAS System. SAS is a registered trademark of SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA. All other tradenames referenced are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: SAS Institute Inc., Cary Beverly Brown or Miranda Drake, 919/677-8000 or The Weber Group Patty Williams or Kathy Keating, 617/661-7900 |
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