The
SAS Cloud is a private cloud hosted by SAS Solutions OnDemand that
provides ready access to and easy management of SAS software. Customers
can use applications in the SAS Cloud without investing the time and
resources that are required to support their own SAS installation.
Within the SAS Cloud,
your organization is licensed to use one or more dedicated SAS environments.
A SAS environment is a complete, self-contained, fully functioning
deployment of SAS applications. Environments in the SAS Cloud are
deployed using virtualization technology, which makes the environments
easy to create and manage. A typical environment includes the following:
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data storage that can be populated
with your organization’s data
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virtualized software, servers,
and services that perform various types of processing
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virtualized client applications
through which users can access SAS functionality
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administrative interfaces for uploading
data, organizing SAS content, and managing permissions