Bangkok--12 May--Core & Peak Intense demand for analytics-powered business intelligence propelled BI leader SAS to its 31st straight year of revenue growth. 2007 revenue totaled US$2.15 billion, up 15 percent over 2006 results, SAS announced today. “With structured and unstructured data growing faster every day, it’s a great time to be SAS,” said CEO Jim Goodnight. “While the dust settles from the BI market consolidation, we’re free to focus on what organisations want — raw data assets transformed into useful, trustworthy, timely information for fact-based decisions.” Software industry pundits have predicted slower future growth in the BI market. BI applications accounted for 29 percent of SAS’ 2007 revenue. “We are not seeing a downward trend,” Goodnight noted. ”Our enterprise intelligence platform, deep analytics and industry solutions set us apart from other BI vendors that specialise in query and reporting applications.” ANALYSTS VALIDATE SAS DIRECTION Recent reports from industry analysts affirm SAS’ strategic direction. Leading firm Gartner Inc. placed SAS in the Leaders Quadrant of its “Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008. In The Forrester Wave: Business Performance Solutions, Q4 2007, Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst Paul D. Hamerman reported that SAS business performance solutions are “well integrated on its business intelligence platform.” He also noted that SAS business performance offerings have “particular depth in predictive analytic forecasting, cost and profitability management and industry-specific solutions.” CROSS-INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC SALES STRENGTHEN SAS continued to see significant gains in sales of cross-industry business solutions, highlighted by a 50 percent jump in sales of customer intelligence solutions. SAS saw a 28 percent spike in sales of industry solutions, which help bankers spot fraud, retailers stock the right merchandise, and more. More than 200 financial institutions worldwide now rely on SAS? for Enterprise Risk Management to turn risk concerns, such as regulatory compliance, into a springboard for innovation and competitive advantage. ASIA PACIFIC HIGHLIGHTS “The Asia Pacific operation is the strongest performing region” says Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific, Mikael Hagstr?em: “more than doubling in size for SAS in the past five years, Asia Pacific’s share of the SAS revenue pie has grown over 25 percent in the last five years. Profits have increased by more than 200 percent allowing SAS to invest in future growth”. SAS continues to expand in the region with new offices in Indonesia and expansion planned in Vietnam. SAS already operates in China, India, Japan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Philippines and also has two major R&D centres in China and India. CUSTOMER BASE GROWS; EXISTING CLIENTS INCREASE SAS USE SAS Asia Pacific contributed 11 percent to worldwide revenue with 322 new customers in 2007, some of which ranked in the top 25 sales globally. The number of sales valued over half a million dollars has grown by 130 percent since 2006. This growth in BI investment is evidence that SAS continues to be recognised for offering comprehensive industry solutions addressing the needs of senior executives of leading organisations. SAS gained more than 1,100 new customers from around the world in 2007. Existing customers that increased their SAS investment and those new to SAS include: Parkson Malaysia, ICBC China, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Arbejdsmarkedsstyrelsen, Arcor AG & Co. KG, Credit Agricole, Danone, Danske Bank, Dresdner Bank, Equifax Do Brasil LTDA, Grundfos, Haven Holidays, HSBC, Korea Power Exchange, National Geographic Society, National Health Service, Sanofi Aventis, Sephora USA Inc., Teleflora, Vejle Kommune, and Vestas. PARTNERING YIELDS RESULTS SAS' growing network of alliance and channel partners played an integral role in 17 percent of sales. Of note are strategic deals announced in 2007 that: - Deeply integrate SAS solutions and enterprise data warehousing products of Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC). Both companies are also coordinating marketing, sales and services. - Expand business intelligence capabilities of Accenture and SAS through increased collaboration. A reseller program announced in 2006 was extended globally in 2007 and is having a growing impact on SAS software sales. SAS' Asia Pacific growing network of alliance and channel partners played an integral role in over 20 percent of the result, with a new venture to address the Small to Medium Business (SMB) market space through a reseller channel. This venture has commenced and will have an impact on the increase of incremental revenue streams in the coming year as it matures. RECOGNISED BEST EMPLOYER SAS has for the 11th consecutive year been recognised as one of FORTUNE’S "100 Best Companies to Work For 2008". SAS China has been recognised as one of “China's Top Employers...2008 Shanghai Region”. SAS employees are empowered to make a difference in the world we live in: Sports teams use SAS to determine match play strategies in real time; Surgeons use SAS to predict and protect patience against surgery complications; SAS helps researchers manage environmental sustainability; Cotton farmers use SAS to identify the best performing crop varieties to grow and gain optimal yield; Shipping giants use SAS to reduce the time it takes to build a ship from years to months. About the Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. About SAS SAS is the leader in business intelligence software and services. Customers at 40,000 sites use SAS software to improve performance through insight into vast amounts of data, resulting in faster, more accurate business decisions; more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; compliance with governmental regulations; research breakthroughs; and better products. Only SAS offers leading data integration, intelligence storage, advanced analytics and business intelligence applications within a comprehensive enterprise intelligence platform. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW. www.sas.com SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. ? indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Copyright ? 2008 SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved. 1. Gartner, Inc.. Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008, James Richardson, Kurt Schlegel, Bill Hostmann and Neil McMurchy, February 1, 2008