Mission statement from (http://www.sas.com/company/about/index.html):
"SAS helps organizations anticipate and optimize business opportunities. We do this through advanced analytics that turn data about customers, performance, financials and more into meaningful information. The result? Fact-based decisions for undeniable bottom line impact – this is how we transform the way our customers do business.
Why we are different
Driven to solve customer business problems, privately-held SAS works closely with customers in all stages of research and development to ensure that they get the most out of new offerings. More than 12,000 employees across more than 400 SAS offices provide local, hands-on support for customers whenever and wherever they need it. Customer loyalty, evidenced by long-standing SAS user communities and a strong renewal history, echoes this customer partnership and our shared commitment to a successful future.
What truly differentiates SAS is its "creative capital," in the words of Chief Executive Officer Jim Goodnight. The technical and domain expertise of SAS employees allow the company to serve nearly all industries in multiple cutting-edge analytical capacities, including cloud and high-performance computing, in-database processing and taking full advantage of the value hidden in unstructured data.
How we do it
SAS' technology infrastructure – spanning data management, analytics and reporting – gives customers THE POWER TO KNOW® within the context of how they need to know it.
This solution-driven approach provides the reliability, depth and breadth needed to solve nearly any real-world business issue. Every organization, regardless of industry, comes to SAS for an integrated approach to their most pressing challenges, such as combatting fraud in Financial Services, expediting drugs to market in Life Sciences and identifying cross-sell opportunities in Retail.
SAS = the analytics of the future
Customers see tangible results time after time with SAS software and services. So it’s no surprise that the company celebrates 35 years of consistent revenue growth this year. SAS is used at more than 50,000 sites in over 127 countries, including 93 of the top 100 companies on the 2011 Fortune Global 500® list. What next generation approaches will your organization use?"
Brief History (Info found on: http://www.sas.com/company/about/history.html):
SAS, the company name in the 1970s use to stand for "statistical analysis system". This company was created in North Caroline University originally as a project to analyze agricultural research. Since the company became more widely known, SAS was created and helped a more diverse set of customers. As decades went by, the company continued to grow as it set a multiplatform which could help all it customers prosper but at the same time keeping the corporate culture of th company stay the same.
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