Editing SAS Institute (section)

==Software==
{{Main|SAS (software)|SAS language}}
It develops, supports and markets a suite of analytics software also called SAS (statistical analysis system), which captures, stores, modifies, analyzes and presents data.<ref name="ccomputerworld">{{cite news|pages=91|first=Gary|last=Anthes|title=Pillar of the community|newspaper=Computerworld|date=November 24, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Develop and support analytic software |url=https://it-rating.com/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=IT Rating USA |language=en}}</ref> The SAS system and [[SAS language|SAS programming language]] are used by most of the [[Fortune 500]].<ref name="seventyeight"/> The SAS software includes a Base SAS component that performs analytical functions and more than 200 other modules that add graphics, spreadsheets or other features.<ref name="jane"/><ref name="Schermerhorn2011">{{cite book|author=John R. Schermerhorn|title=Exploring Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qNVP2L6iKi0C&pg=SL3-PA22|date=October 11, 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-87821-7|page=3}}</ref>

Some of the uses for SAS' software include analyzing financial transactions for indications of fraud, optimizing prices for retailers, or evaluating the results of clinical trials.<ref name="seventyeight"/><ref name="nytt">{{cite news |last=Lohr |first=Steve |date=March 26, 2012 |title=BITS; Seeking an Edge in Data Analysis |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E3D7103DF935A15750C0A9649D8B63 |access-date=April 17, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> As of 2012, SAS is the largest market-share holder in the advanced analytics segment with a 36.2 percent share and the fifth largest for [[business intelligence]] software with a 6.9 percent share.<ref>
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=== SAS Viya ===
{{Main|SAS Viya}}
The company develops SAS Viya, an artificial intelligence and analytics platform that launched in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-20 |title=SAS Viya unveiling signals future of analytics software firm {{!}} IT World Canada News |url=https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/sas-viya-unveiling-signals-future-of-analytics-software-firm/382519 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.itworldcanada.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The platform includes several modules for AI development, including Viya Workbench, Viya Copilot, and App Factory.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=SAS Institute debuts its first generative AI assistants, plus tools to help companies build their own |url=https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/17/sas-institute-debuts-first-generative-ai-assistants-plus-tools-help-companies-build/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=SiliconANGLE |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== JMP ===
{{Main article|JMP (statistical software)}}
Under its subsidiary, JMP Statistical Discovery LLC, SAS Institute also sells the JMP suite of statistical analysis software, which consists of JMP, JMP Pro, JMP Clinical and JMP Genomics.<ref name="thirtyeight">{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=James |date=August 10, 2011 |title=First Look – JMP Pro |url=http://jtonedm.com/2011/08/10/first-look-jmp-pro/ |access-date=May 31, 2012 |publisher=JTonEDM}}</ref>