Planning SAS Architecture

How I can assist in planning your SAS Architecture

  • If you do not have SAS software, explore if you should license SAS Intelligence server product suites or one of the workstation packages
  • If you are using SAS on a workstation, examine if you would better off upgrading to SAS Intelligence Platform on a server
  • If you already have SAS Intelligence infrastructure, ensure that you are getting the best use of all licensed products
  • Explore hardware systems, operating systems and network connectivity options best suited for your organization's SAS installation
  • Determine components of your information processing needs are best met by SAS software versus other software products
  • Assess if a SAS industry solution is a better fit than developing your own SAS based solution
  • Install and mantain SAS Software after you license them

SAS Intelligence Platform

SAS Institute Inc. offers a versatile set of software solutions designed to meet an organization's information processing needs. This set of software, broadly referred to as the SAS Intelligence platform, has a multitier architecture with numerous products in each tier. Built on the foundation of the SAS Intelligence Platform and incorporating long standing domain experience, SAS offers solutions for industries such as banking, insurance, life sciences, health care, retail, and manufacturing. SAS has hundreds of products across business applications, industry sectors and size of businesses. Of these I have referenced below a few commonly used products.

The core technologies from SAS Institute deliver practical solutions to ensure that your organization achieves an excellent return on investment by offering the following capabilities:

  1. Universal data storage and management in Data Tier
  2. In depth quantitative analysis in SAS Server Tier
  3. Rapid applications development in Middle Tier
  4. Diverse information delivery options in Client Tier








Server Solutions

Most of the following products require one or more hardware servers for the Data and SAS tiers. Some of these products also require a software server for the Web tier. All software servers can reside on the same hardware server. Pricing varies depending on the number of CPUs on the server and is available only from a SAS representative.

  • SAS Analytics Pro for Midsize Business - Includes Base SAS, SAS/Stat, SAS/Graph, SAS/Enterprise Guide
  • SAS Business Intelligence for Midsize Business - Includes Base SAS, SAS/Stat, SAS/Graph, SAS/Enterprise Guide SAS BI Dashboard, SAS BI Web Services, SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office
  • SAS Office Analytics for Midsize Business
  • SAS Data Integration for Midsize Business
  • SAS Data Quality for Midsize Business
  • SAS Visual Analytics

Desktop Solutions

SAS Institute offers compact software packages that run on a desktop computer and cater to relatively smaller needs. They can be licensed online from SAS web site.

  • SAS Analytics Pro - Includes Base SAS, SAS/Stat, SAS/Graph, SAS Enterprise Guide
  • SAS Visual Data Discovery - Includes Base SAS, SAS/Stat, SAS/Graph, Enterprise Guide, SAS JMP
  • SAS/Access products add on to SAS Analytics Pro and SAS Visual Analytics
  • SAS JMP
  • SAS JMP Pro

Following products run on a desktop but have to be licensed through a SAS representative.

  • SAS Desktop Data Mining for Midsize Business
  • SAS Forecasting for Midsize Business

Cloud Based Products

SAS increasingly offers software services via cloud computing. Some products are listed below.
  • SAS Ondemand: Drug Development
  • SAS Ondemand: Adaptive Customer Experience
  • SAS Ondemand: Campaign Management
  • SAS Visual Analytics
  • SAS Life Science Analytics Framework
  • SAS Marketing Operations Management
  • IdeaS Revenue Management System
  • IdeaS Forecasting Management System
  • SAS University Edition