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

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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.