SAS has been titled as a leader in big data analytics in a recent report by Forrester Research titled ‘The Forrester Wave: Big Data Predictive Analytics Solutions, Q1 2013.”
The report says that among the 10 vendors evaluated, SAS is "an analytics powerhouse" and, along with another vendor, an "unshakable leader" in the analysis of big data predictive analytics solutions. The ratings were based on three categories including current offerings, strategy and market presence
Forrester evaluated 26 SAS products in its study, demonstrating the breadth of the SAS analytics portfolio. Other vendors had from one to 12 products evaluated. According to Forrester, vendors in the leader category offer a rich set of algorithms to analyze data, architectures that can handle big data and tools for data analysts that span the full predictive analytics lifecycle.
Commenting on this accomplishment, Sudipta K. Sen, Regional Director – South East Asia, CEO & Managing Director - SAS Institute (India) says, “We are proud to be recognized as global leaders in predictive analytics solutions. Leveraging big data analytics for effective business planning has become an industry-wide strategic imperative in India, as organizations are increasingly depending on fact-based decisions for realizing their corporate objectives.”
"Since 1976, SAS has provided enterprises with the industry's most powerful analytics which continue to support the world's largest data sets, now called big data. With innovative new products such as SAS High-Performance Analytics Server, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS DataFlux Event Stream Processing Engine we are leading the charge to meet new and fast-evolving customer needs," said Jim Davis, SAS Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.
