Customers benefit from easier cloud migration and management of analytic workloads; SAS continues to strengthen its partnership with Microsoft Azure
Analytics leader SAS continues to innovate by making it easier to access its powerful, cloud-native SAS Viya platform. Recent product developments help customers more efficiently democratize analytics throughout their organizations while seamlessly managing analytic workloads and building SAS into a variety of applications.
“Among analytics providers, SAS is a recognized leader for reimagining the way analytics and machine learning are consumedย soย usersย realizeย optimalย results thatย solve business challenges fasterย with more accuracy,”ย saidย Ritu Jyoti, Program Vice President of Artificial Intelligence Researchย atย IDC.ย “Thisย iteration ofย theย SAS Viya platform gives usersย at all levels of an organizationย an agile, powerfulย advanced machine learning engine to help masterย theย complexย dataย that’sย in cloud environments.”
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Recognizing thatย so many organizations have struggledย withย theย globalย pandemic and its effects, SAS CEO andย founderย Jimย Goodnightย says SAS Viya can helpย in the toughest times.ย “SAS Viya helps organizations seeย their data, customers and operationsย in new ways that encourage confident decisionย making,” said Goodnight.ย “Leadingย organizationsย like Hanesbrands, Mercy, Banco Bradesco and Qualitas Insurance Companyย rely onย SAS Viyaย each day.ย Organizations expect to accelerate innovation and reduce costs when they operationalize analytics.”ย SAS Viya provides the missingย layerย between models developed in multiple languages and the systemsย whereย they’re deployed, eliminating the need for time-consuming recoding to deploy models.
SAS Viya now offers deep integration with Microsoft Azure services
SAS Viya is now available on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, marking the latest momentum in SAS’ strategicย partnership with Microsoftย announced last year. This integration between Azure and the SAS Viya analytics platform will empower customers to stand up SAS analytics in their cloud environments with ease, run them reliably, easily give users access to the latest innovations and enhancements and centrally manage everything with tools they are already familiar with. All of this will enable IT to focus less on routine analytics workloads and more on high-value, strategic workloads that help business leaders make better decisions.
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“The partnership we have with SAS has helped our customers accelerate growth and expand their digital transformation initiatives” saidย Casey McGee, Vice President of Global ISV Sales at Microsoft. “We’re excited about this latest innovation of SAS Viya which provides a seamless customer experience with Microsoft Azure and will bring the power of analytics to our customers, across industries, enabling them to make business decisions faster and more effectively in a cloud experience that’s unique to SAS and Microsoft.”
As for joint solutions, theย Predict & Plan Consumer Demandย offering built on SAS Viya is available on theย Microsoft Azure Marketplaceย now. SAS’ legacy of helping retail and consumer goods companies increase forecast accuracy, improve margins, reduce stock levels and connect to customers more meaningfully, combined with the flexibility of Microsoft Azure automates complex planning tasks that improve supply chain efficiency. It’s the first of many industry-specific cloud analytics solutions SAS and Microsoft Azure plan to build together.
Goodnight and Microsoft CEOย Satya Nadellaย discuss SAS Viya and the SAS partnership in aย recorded conversation. You can learn more about SAS Viya and the SAS partnership with Microsoft at the virtual eventย Travel to Faster, Trusted Decisions in the Cloud.
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