Predictive analytics can play a pivotal role in the planning and day-to-day operations of your business.

SAS has been named a leader among nine vendors in  The Forrester Wave: Predictive Analytics and Data Mining Solutions, Q1 2010. SAS predictive analytics and data mining solutions were evaluated by Forrester against 53 criteria in three categories through vendor surveys, product demonstration and vendor-reference interviews. SAS earned top overall ranking in all three categories – current offering, strategy and market presence – including perfect scores for functionality, professional services, licensing and cost, direction, and company financials criteria.

As per the Forrester report, “SAS provides a diversified solution portfolio with comprehensive feature-rich modeling/mining and statistical analysis tools, as well as model and data governance platform, for mining complex structured and unstructured information.” The report also notes that “SAS offerings integrate out of the box with a wide range of third-party data warehouse platforms and with the vendor’s own analytics platform and wide range of prepackaged analytical applications.”