SAS gets recognition as Market Leader in Advanced Analytics

Business analytics software and services provider, SAS has been ranked as a leader in global advanced analytics market, according to an IDC report titled "Worldwide Business Analytics Software 2013-2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares". SAS has held this leading position since IDC started tracking advanced analytics in 1997. As per IDC, SAS has held this ranking with 36.2-per cent share of the 2012 global advanced analytics as against 35.3 per cent in 2011 and 34.9 per cent in 2010, outpacing growth of the overall advance analytics market.
 
Sudipta K. Sen, Regional Director - South East Asia, CEO & Managing Director, SAS Institute (India), said, "We are proud to be recognized as a leader in the global advanced analytics market. SAS has also been consistently named as the leader in the Indian advanced analytics market. This reflects our commitment towards offering effective solutions that helps our customers in deriving valuable insights from their data."
 
"The market research numbers, with SAS as the top advanced analytics supplier, reflect customer confidence that SAS Analytics with its 37-year pedigree offers customers improved organizational performance," said Jim Davis, Senior Vice-President & Chief Marketing Officer, SAS.

In addition, IDC ranked SAS as a top five overall business analytics provider. SAS was also among top five contenders in numerous subcategories, including query and reporting, content analytics, data warehouse generation, supply chain, services operations, and CRM analytic applications and financial performance and strategy management.