The SAS Business
Analytics Framework encompasses the full range of business solutions,
technologies, and services from SAS. Through this framework, organizations
can address their most critical business issues and then add new functionality
over time to enable continuous performance improvement. All of the
functionality is available from one vendor and through one framework,
thus reducing the total cost of ownership.
The technologies that
provide the foundation for the SAS Business Analytics Framework, as
well as for industry and line-of-business solutions offered by SAS,
are delivered through the SAS Intelligence Platform. The SAS Intelligence
Platform is a comprehensive, end-to-end infrastructure for creating,
managing, and distributing enterprise intelligence. It includes tools
and interfaces that enable you to do the following:
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extract data from a variety of
operational data sources on multiple platforms, and build a data warehouse
and data marts that integrate the extracted data
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store large volumes of data efficiently
and in a variety of formats
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give business users at all levels
the ability to explore data from the warehouse in a Web browser, perform
simple query and reporting functions, and view up-to-date results
of complex analyses
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use high-end analytic techniques
to provide capabilities such as predictive and descriptive modeling,
forecasting, optimization, simulation, and experimental design
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centrally control the accuracy
and consistency of enterprise data
With the SAS Intelligence Platform, you can implement
an end-to-end intelligence infrastructure using software that is delivered,
tested, and integrated by SAS. Using the tools provided in the SAS
Intelligence Platform, you can create applications that reflect your
unique business requirements and domain knowledge.
Building on the technologies
in the SAS Intelligence Platform, SAS offers solutions for industries
such as financial services, life sciences, health care, retail, and
manufacturing, as well as line-of-business solutions in areas such
as customer management, enterprise risk management, and financial
management. The solutions incorporate predictive analytics, industry
and domain expertise, and specialized data structures.
A complete set of documentation
for deploying and administering the SAS Intelligence Platform is available
at
http://support.sas.com/93administration. The site provides the primary administrative documentation
for the following software offerings:
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SAS Data Integration Server
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SAS Enterprise Data Integration
Server
Administrators who manage SAS products that use the
metadata server should use the documentation at this site. Supplemental
guides provide additional details for other products and domains.