What are the advantages of using SAS Studio?
In the SAS Studio Basic and SAS Studio Mid-Tier (the enterprise edition) configurations, data files are stored on the server, and programs are executed remotely on a SAS server. There are several reasons why companies prefer a distributed environment with SAS on a shared, remote server:
- centralize computing and data resources
- adopt SAS grid technology to scale processing
- apply security policies to prevent sensitive data from residing on individual users' machines
- facilitate better control and auditing for data access
- simplify SAS software updates