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SAS unveils software as a service products for rapid AI application development

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS EXPLORE -- SAS, the leader in AI and analytics, has revealed expanded capabilities to its SAS® Viya® flagship data, AI and analytics platform.

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New SaaS products for data scientists and developers bring the power and productivity of SAS Viya to applications.
"We are constantly evolving the SAS Viya ecosystem with products to meet the emerging needs of data scientists and developers – for increased productivity and faster innovation."
An on-ramp to experience SAS Viya, SAS Viya Workbench also provides flexibility in the development environment with plans to include three clients – Jupyter Notebook, Visual Studio Code and SAS® Enterprise Guide®.
SAS App Factory – a rapid application development environment for creating fit-for-purpose, AI-driven applications.

SAS supports MAG Aerospace on $900M Space Force contract

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

CARY, N.C., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global analytics leader SAS and MAG Aerospace are teaming up to pursue opportunities from the recently awarded US Space Force Space Systems Command $900 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. SAS and MAG Aerospace will bring expertise in AI, analytics and Joint All-Domain Command and Control to the space realm, enabling the Space Force to analyze and use all the data coming in from its vast network of radars and sensors.

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CARY, N.C., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global analytics leader SAS and MAG Aerospace are teaming up to pursue opportunities from the recently awarded US Space Force Space Systems Command $900 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
SAS and MAG Aerospace will bring expertise in AI , analytics and Joint All-Domain Command and Control to the space realm, enabling the Space Force to analyze and use all the data coming in from its vast network of radars and sensors.
The Space Systems Command IDIQ contract is in support of Space Command and Control (C2).
SAS' legacy in aerospace traces back to the Space Race, when Jim Goodnight, Co-Founder and CEO of SAS, worked as a programmer on the Apollo Project.

At SAS Explore, go beyond the hype and put AI and data to work

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

CARY, N.C., Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies are all over the headlines. But there is a gap between the much-hyped promise of AI and harnessing it – and your data – to solve significant business challenges and improve lives.

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SAS Explore provides a roadmap for putting AI into action and delivering analytics for everyone, everywhere.
At SAS Explore , the technology conference from SAS, the leader in AI and analytics, you will:
Learn from data scientists, developers and business pros using AI and advanced analytics today.
At SAS Explore, SAS will reveal the overall champion of the Hackathon, as selected by a panel of judges.
Many of SAS Explore's sessions and demos focus on SAS Viya® , SAS' cloud-native, massively parallel AI and analytics platform.

SAS a Leader in AI decisioning, says research firm's report

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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CARY, N.C., May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global AI and analytics titan SAS has been named a Leader in AI decisioning platforms by Forrester. The Forrester Wave™: AI Decisioning Platforms, Q2 2023 evaluates the industry's 13 most significant AI decisioning technology providers, assessing and ranking them based on 23 evaluation criteria.

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"Any combination of analytics, machine learning, and optimization can easily be created and used by teams within SAS Intelligent Decisioning.
SAS leverages its already formidable AI capabilities to offer enterprises sophisticated and easy-to-use AI decisioning platforms."
We are hyperfocused on creating an easy, intuitive and seamless experience for businesses to scale human productivity and decision making with AI."
Learn more about industry analyst firm recognitions for SAS' AI and advanced analytics capabilities: https://www.sas.com/en_us/news/analyst-viewpoints.html .

SAS Viya outperforms competitors and lowers operational costs, study says

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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ORLANDO, Fla., May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS INNOVATE -- A new benchmarking study reveals the SAS® Viya® AI and analytics platform is, on average, 30 times faster than commercial and open-source alternatives and scales better with larger and complex data. The analysis from The Futurum Group compared SAS Viya to a commercial, cloud-based data and AI platform, and open source alternatives like H2O and SparkML.

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The analysis from The Futurum Group compared SAS Viya to a commercial, cloud-based data and AI platform, and open source alternatives like H2O and SparkML.
"SAS Viya produced results in minutes; competitors ran for hours or simply failed."
- Russ Fellows, The Futurum Group
According to the study, Viya outperforms the selected alternatives across speed and scalability metrics.
"SAS Viya produced results in minutes; competitors ran for hours or simply failed," said Russ Fellows, Senior Partner and Analyst at The Futurum Group.

SAS a 10-year leader in model risk governance, per Chartis

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Friday, May 5, 2023

CARY, N.C., May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the financial services sector confronts the most perilous risk climate in more than a decade, Chartis Research again recognizes SAS for its innovation in helping banks, insurers and other financial services organizations confidently face the future. Among 18 top solutions evaluated by the renowned research firm, SAS was revealed as the foremost RiskTech Quadrant® category leader in model risk governance.

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3 overall ranking in the Chartis RiskTech100 ® 2023, its consistently high scores across its model validation and model risk governance quadrant evaluations demonstrate the breadth and depth of SAS' risk and compliance solutions."
Per Chartis, "The launch of Viya and SAS' long-standing expertise in risk and finance, alongside its sophisticated credit risk modelling, supports its status as a category leader in both model risk governance and model validation."
SAS Model Risk Management was heralded for its flexible integration with open source and risk systems, support of regional variations, and one-click model inventory attestation.
To explore the latest in model risk management (MRM), including regulatory changes and trends in AI governance and building efficiencies in the modeling life cycle, tune in to the 2023 SAS Model Risk Management Connection , Mastering Model Risk in 2023.

Data science, machine learning on menu at Gartner® 'Bake-Off'

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

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CARY, N.C., March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The oven mitts are off as one of analytics top chefs SAS prepares to take the stage at the Gartner Data Science and Machine Learning Bake-Off in Orlando, FL, on March 22. Part of the Gartner Data and Analytics North America Summit, the Bake-Off will serve up a smorgasbord of data analytics delicacies, expertly prepared on the machine learning platforms of select advanced analytics vendors in head-to-head, live-action demonstrations.

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Part of the Gartner Data and Analytics North America Summit, the Bake-Off will serve up a smorgasbord of data analytics delicacies, expertly prepared on the machine learning platforms of select advanced analytics vendors in head-to-head, live-action demonstrations.
The scripted demos will focus on key user requirements and end-to-end requirements for building and deploying machine learning models, using a common data set in a controlled environment.
Data science and AI capabilities that are part of the Viya platform include data management, model building, ModelOps, decisioning and data visualization.
"From data to discovery to deployment, users will see firsthand how lightning-fast SAS Viya takes the cake in turning data into decisions."

Telecommunications Veteran Named President of BTX Fiber as Brownsville Project Progresses

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Hogue has been named President of BTX Fiber, the newly created internet service provider (ISP) that is building a fiber-based network that will make high-speed broadband service available throughout Brownsville and beyond.

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Hogue has been named President of BTX Fiber, the newly created internet service provider (ISP) that is building a fiber-based network that will make high-speed broadband service available throughout Brownsville and beyond.
BTX Fiber is thrilled to be crucial to this effort in partnership with the City of Brownsville and so many other critical stakeholders," Hogue said.
BTX Fiber is a subsidiary of Lit Communities, a Birmingham, Alabama-based firm that takes communities through the research, planning, and installation steps of creating state-of-the-art fiber networks.
Other partners in the project include the Brownsville Public Utilities Board, Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation, Greater Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation, Port of Brownsville, Brownsville Independent School District, Texas Southmost College, and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

SAS Viya now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

CARY, N.C., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS Explore -- The SAS® Viya® analytics platform is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace with the click of a button on a pay-as-you-go basis. Full-featured SAS Viya on Microsoft Azure equips customers worldwide with access to essential data exploration, machine learning and model deployment analytics. It's available in many translated languages and includes an extensive in-app learning center to support immediate onboarding and long-term success.

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With the availability of SAS Viya on Microsoft Azure, users will have access to the full Viya package that includes SASVisual Analytics, SAS Visual Statistics, SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning, and SAS Model Manager.
SAS CEO Jim Goodnight said accessing Viya in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace is a fast and easy way to tap into the power of SAS.
They are located all around the world, across all industries, and experience benefits from fellow SAS users and experts within SAS Communities, which will be available directly through SAS Viya on Microsoft Azure.
Launching SAS Viya as a "Get It Now" offering in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace represents a continued focus on expanding the SAS/Microsoft strategic partnership.

SAS and SingleStore deliver next-generation data and analytics architecture

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Monday, August 22, 2022

CARY, N.C., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Analytics leader SAS has joined forces with SingleStore to help organizations remove barriers to data access, maximize performance and scalability, and uncover key data-driven insights. SAS® Viya® with SingleStore enables the use of SAS analytics and AI technology on data stored in SingleStore's cloud-native real-time database. The integration provides flexible, open access to curated data to help accelerate value for cloud, hybrid and on-premises deployments.

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SAS Viya with SingleStore will simplify data access, improve productivity and expand analytical insights
CARY, N.C., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Analytics leader SAS has joined forces with SingleStore to help organizations remove barriers to data access, maximize performance and scalability, and uncover key data-driven insights.
SAS Viya with SingleStore enables the use of SAS analytics and AI technology on data stored in SingleStore's cloud-native real-time database.
SAS Viya with SingleStore will simplify data access, improve productivity and expand analytical insights.
"SAS Viya with SingleStore delivers a game-changing set of capabilities thatsimplifies and accelerates the iterative data and analytics loops to improve speed-to-decision and unlock that critical value."