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SAS AND INTELDelivering EnterpriseBusiness Intelligence
SAS’ fully integrated and compre-
hensive suite of BI, analytic, data
integration and intelligence stor-
age software has been optimized
for Intel Itanium 2-based server
platforms, providing mainframe-
class availability with an unparal-
leled choice of operating systems
and system vendors. This unique
platform extends the value of your
existing infrastructure by integrating
data fl ows from organizational silos,
diverse platforms and niche appli-
cations, setting the stage for new
levels of enterprise intelligence.
SAS® BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ON INTEL ARCHITECTURE
The SAS Enterprise BI Server,
running on either dual-core Intel®
Xeon® or Itanium 2 processor-based
servers, integrates data from across
the enterprise and delivers fast
access to self-service reporting
and analysis to all levels of users.
It provides a complete portfolio of
BI capabilities with the power of
SAS analytics and data integration
to create a comprehensive, easy-
to-use BI solution that addresses
the needs of both IT managers and
business users. To maximize your
competitive advantage through
business intelligence, you need
SAS’ fully integrated suite of BI
software, optimized for deployment
on Intel processor-based servers.
For more than a decade, SAS and
Intel have collaborated to solve real
business problems in the most cost-
effective manner. Working together,
they have optimized SAS® business
intelligence (BI) applications to
take full advantage of the perfor-
mance, scalability and reliability of
the newest Intel® server platforms.
Today, SAS and Intel continue to
help everyone in the organization
make more effective decisions by
delivering enterprise business intel-
ligence and predictive analytics on
the full range of 64-bit Intel® Archi-
tecture-based servers. Running
SAS BI software on Intel platforms,
businesses can extract untapped
business information and apply it
intelligently to their decision
making processes.
SAS® ENTERPRISEINTELLIGENCE PLATFORM ON INTEL®
ITANIUM® 2 PROCESSORS
The SAS Enterprise Intelligence
Platform, powered by Intel® Itani-
um® 2 processor-based servers,
delivers new insights that drive val-
ue for your organization. Designed
specifi cally for the most demanding
enterprise applications and data-
intensive computing, Intel Itanium
2 processors are built for business
analytics to cut the time required
to get information and improve
real-time business decision making.
“Intel and SAS continue to work
closely together to deliver scal-
able business intelligence solu-
tions on Intel-based platforms
to advance the way people use
information. We do this by help-
ing customers realize increased
performance and reliability in
SAS applications running on the
new dual-core Intel Itanium 2
series 9000 processor.”
Kirk SkaugenVice President,
Digital Enterprise GroupIntel Corporation
“SAS Enterprise Intelligence
Platform delivers unprecedented
performance and simplicity that
gives more people access to the
power of SAS analytics. With
more users comes the need for
more performance, and that’s
where Intel’s new dual-core Itani-
um 2 processor comes in. Intel’s
Itanium 2 architecture, designed
to support advanced analytics, is
well suited for SAS business in-
telligence and provides a unique
value proposition for customers
looking for high-end business
intelligence.”
Keith Collins Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Offi cer
SAS
SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. ® indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. © 2006 SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. 403127US.0806
Running SAS on Intel Itanium 2 pro-
cessor-based servers allows your
organization to take full advantage
of your IT resources. Intel Itanium
servers are the most scalable, high-
performance Intel 64-bit dual-core
servers available, allowing your
organization to exploit high levels of
parallelism and computational ca-
pabilities. This winning combination
reduces operational costs with an
open and scalable solution that is a
cost-effective alternative to RISC-
based servers. With SAS Enterprise
BI Server running on Itanium 2
processors, everyone gains access
to the right information, at the right
time, in the right format. The result:
IT spends less time responding to
requests and business users spend
less time looking for information so
you can spend more time making
better, more informed decisions.
With Intel Xeon processor-based
servers, the SAS solution supports
customization to meet changing
business demands. The IT de-
partment can standardize on an
infrastructure with the fl exibility to
confi gure an optimal solution for
specifi c business needs. Whether
that solution is a scaled-up SAS En-
terprise BI Server with eight sockets
or more, or a scaled-out virtual-
ized BI environment using multiple
two-socket servers, SAS and Intel
provide a simplifi ed business intel-
ligence environment. The result:
lower operational costs and maxi-
mum use of resources to derive and
supply meaningful business intel-
ligence to decision makers.
HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT
SAS BI applications running on
Intel’s newest server platforms help
you transform massive amounts of
raw data into true forward-looking
enterprise business intelligence.
Other vendors provide business
intelligence solely in the form of
historical reports that give you
hindsight but limited insight. SAS
Business Intelligence allows you to
understand the past, monitor the
present and predict outcomes as
you address your changing busi-
ness needs. SAS and Intel are
committed to providing innovative
enterprise business intelligence
solutions that are easy to deploy,
generate a high return on invest-
ment and deliver better answers faster. To learn how, visit us at
www.sas.com/sasintelbi.
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