Whitepapers

Business intelligence is about asking simple questions of the past, and it can answer questions such as "What happened?" and "At a basic level of understanding, why?" Analytics, however, add even more value by helping you anticipate the future.

Analytics provide the potential to answer questions of greater complexity, including "How are today's decisions likely to affect us tomorrow?" and "What will be the best courses of action as we move forward?"

SAS Analytics provide answers to complex questions with efficiency and certainty. Capabilities include predictive and descriptive modeling, forecasting, optimization, simulation, experimental design and more. Point-and-click interfaces with data mining, text mining and visualization tools are part of the SAS Analtyics software suite.

SAS Analytics enable you to leverage your existing data and infrastructures to empower effective decision making. Best-in-class modeling capabilities support very complex analyses, yet the results can be shared with non-statistical users through open integration with SAS and third-party business intelligence applications such as Microsoft Office.