SAS To Host High-Performance Analytics Event In Mumbai

SAS, the leader in Business Analytics, is hosting India's first High-Performance Analytics event on Monday, July 9th, at the Trident, Nariman Point hotel.

SAS, the leader in Business Analytics, is hosting India's first High-Performance Analytics event on Monday, July 9th, at the Trident, Nariman Point hotel. During a half-day of high-level discussions, SAS will showcase groundbreaking high-performance analytics technology that helps speed time to decisions from days to hours and even minutes, transforming big data into business value.

At the event, SAS founder and CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight will launch SAS® High-Performance Analytics in India. Also in Mumbai will be Mr. Mikael Hagstrom, Executive Vice President for SAS Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific; and Mr. Jim Davis, SAS Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

Mr. Sudipta K Sen, SAS Regional Director for South-East Asia and CEO and Managing Director of SAS India, said, "India is a very important market for analytics. High-performance analytics involve using solutions, tools and statistical methods within a group of clustered or distributed computers to solve complex computational problems. With SAS High-Performance Analytics, Indian industries can get relevant data quicker, revealing previously unseen patterns, sentiment and relationships that will speed the time to insights."

About SAS India
SAS has been in India since 1997 and has two wholly owned subsidiaries in the country, SAS Institute (India) Pvt. Ltd. and SAS Research & Development, witha team of over 500 technology and domain experts. SAS India operations are headquartered in Mumbai with regional offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and Pune. SAS works with organizations across Industries and offers them analytics and business Intelligence to fuel innovation and meet their business objectives. Year on year, SAS has led the Advanced Analytics market in India with majority market share. It has also been recognized and awarded as one of the best workplaces by the Great Place to Work Institute. Information on SAS India can be found at www.sas.com/india.

About SAS
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 60,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.