Software Product
| Software | Vendor | Category | Windows | Solaris | Macintosh | Linux | Lab Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | SAS Institute, Inc. |
Statistics Math |
9.1.3 | 9.1.3 | 6.12 | 9.1.2 or 9.1.3 | 9.1.3 |
Product Information
SAS offers data management and predictive analytic capabilities that tell an organization not just where it has been, but where it should go next. It delivers the foresight and understanding that is required to outperform the pack.
SAS expands the definition of business intelligence, enabling enterprises to break through to a higher level of understanding, beyond the hindsight offered by traditional BI tools. SAS is the only BI software that delivers these advantages:
- A single technology platform. The SAS Intelligence Platform builds on an organization’s existing technology investments to deliver high-quality information to every desktop or departmental server. This revolutionary platform provides a broad set of integrated software for unmatched data integration, easy-to-use business reporting and unparalleled analytics.
- Expanded access. SAS reaches across the enterprise to deliver industry-leading SAS analytics, for understanding an organization’s business past, monitoring and communicating the present, and reliably predicting the future.
- Targeted user interfaces. SAS interfaces are "fit to task," designed and tailored to the varying skill levels and usage patterns of information consumers, domain experts, executives and technologists.
- An ever-expanding range of SAS solutions. These industry- and business problem-specific solutions built on the SAS Intelligence Platform will help organizations better harness and exploit data about their customers, supply chain and other operations. They integrate easily with systems already in place to help you make faster and more accurate decisions about where to go next.
SAS takes an organization’s intelligence operations to a new level. It delivers vital knowledge into the hands of the broadest possible user population throughout the enterprise efficiently and at a lower cost than ever before.
How to Get This Software
License or Agreement
SAS Institute, Inc.and NC State University entered into a 5 year, $1 million Master License Agreement (MLA) for SAS software and services. This program ensures that students, faculty and staff have access to SAS Institute's software, consulting and training.
Authorized Uses
SAS is available for academic and administrative users who meet the following qualifications:
- Academic users (Teaching and Research) - To qualify as an academic user, you must be a registered NC State University student or a member of the NC State University faculty or staff and must use the software in support of classroom work, classroom instruction or academic research within an academic department of NC State University.
- Administrative users (Internal)- To qualify as an administrative user, you must be an NC State University employee who will use the software in support of NC State University internal administrative purposes.
Campus Locations Where You May Use This Software
SAS is typically installed in all Unity Computer Labs.
Documentation and Training
Internet Resources
SAS Institute, Inc. SAS Web Site
- NCSU-SAS Software and Services webpage maintained by OIT
Local Resources
If you have questions, contact: the NC State Help Desk, help@ncsu.edu
Telephone: 919-515-HELP (4357).