SAS is
proclaiming the fact that it has emerged as the only company in a
report by analyst firm IDC to boost its share of the worldwide
business intelligence market.
According to
IDC’s “Worldwide
Business Intelligence Tools 2006 Vendor Shares” report, SAS’s
revenue from BI tools rose to US$678.9 million, an increase of
16.6% over the previous year’s sales figures. SAS’s growth outpaced
the overall market for BI tools, which increased 11.5% to $6.25
billion.
Despite consolidation and increased
competition for
BI software, SAS was the only vendor of the top three in the
IDC report to increase its market share in BI tools, growing from
10.4% in 2005 to 10.9% in 2006. The report also ranks SAS as the
leading provider of advanced analytics, a position held by the
company for the tenth year in a row.
Focussing on SAS, Dan Vesset, vice
president IDC commented, “SAS’s strength has always been in its
advanced analytics, which is evidenced by the company’s
consistent leadership of this BI tools market segment. However,
SAS’s effort to revamp and more aggressively market its query and
reporting tools has paid off, creating synergies among its product
lines that are enabling SAS to provide a broad portfolio of
business analytic solutions.”
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