

“SAS analytics in the cloud gives our customers a distinct advantage, whether they’re using SAS Viya or an industry solution.” SAS helps progressive customers see results in the cloud more easily “Our customers don’t need to stress about data complexity or the details of running analytic workloads in the cloud, because SAS gives them the expertise they need,” said Jay Upchurch, SAS Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer – who also leads the SAS cloud business. “At the end of the day, we want our platform and industry solutions to be a critical part of every customer’s analytic innovation.”īecause SAS is both cloud-first and cloud-agnostic, helping customers manage the complexity of analyzing intense data in the cloud is second nature. “We transformed our portfolio to be cloud-native and cloud-portable so customers can accelerate their move to the cloud and expand their use of analytics, machine learning and AI,” said Bryan Harris, SAS Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. More recently, SAS joined new partner Cosmo Tech to fortify its digital twin simulation capabilities. That endeavor ran in sync with ongoing strategic partnership investments, including Microsoft Azure.

1 was to develop SAS ® Viya ® as a cloud-first analytics platform. Using its decades-long legacy as a bridge to the future, step No. SAS’ cloud-first transformation didn’t happen overnight. In fact, one company more than tripled its investment in three years, results that will be explored during the May 18 webinar, Driving 204% ROI With SAS Viya On Microsoft Azure. What’s driving this investment? Forrester Consulting’s new Total Economic Impact ™ study, shows organizations deploying SAS ® Viya ® on Microsoft Azure can see significant returns in as little as 14 months. The public cloud computing market is projected to grow to $800 billion by 2024, with implementations across all industries – retail, media, telecom, education, banking, insurance and more. With results like this, SAS is deepening its broad industry portfolio with solutions that support life sciences, energy and martech.Īccording to McKinsey & Company, 70% of companies using cloud technology plan to increase their cloud budgets. And SAS’ cloud momentum is building: Despite the pandemic’s pressure and uncertainty, SAS’ global cloud revenue jumped 19% in 2021. It’s the analytics and AI leader’s cloud-first approach that eases customers’ digital transformations. SAS boldly stakes its future on a powerful cloud analytics platform and AI-driven, cloud-first industry solutions.
