Editing SAS Institute (section)

=== 1980–2018 ===
SAS started building its current headquarters in a forested area of [[Cary, North Carolina]] in 1980.<ref name="timeline">{{cite news|url=http://www.wral.com/business/story/9211429/|title=SAS corporate timeline|date=March 3, 2011|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=WRAL}}</ref><ref name="appp">{{cite news|title=Cary software firm handles growth without losing human touch|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19920628&id=NlNIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1817,4937752|publisher=Associated Press|first=Paul|last=Nowell|access-date=April 8, 2014|date=June 28, 1992}}</ref> Later that year, it began providing on-site daycare in order to keep an employee who had planned to leave her job to care for her child at home.<ref name="seventyeight"/> By 1984, SAS had expanded the benefits programs it offered to employees and their families,<ref name="fifty">{{cite news |last=Maney |first=Kevin |date=April 21, 2004 |title=SAS Workers Won When Greed Lost |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-04-21-sas-culture_x.htm |access-date=October 17, 2011 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref><ref name="alap" /> and begun building a fitness center, medical center, on-site cafe and other facilities.<ref name="seventyeight"/> SAS became known as a good place to work<ref name="alap">{{cite news|date=June 15, 1997|publisher=Associated Press|first=Paul|last=Nowell|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19970615&id=tbgeAAAAIBAJ&pg=3563,4292867|title=Software company SAS Institute evolving along with its customers|access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> and was frequently recognized by national magazines like ''BusinessWeek'', ''Working Mother'' and ''Fortune'' for its work environment.<ref name="crnn"/><ref name="little"/>

The company began its relationship with Microsoft and development for Windows operating systems in 1989. Shortly afterwards it established partnerships with database companies like [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Sybase]] and [[Informix]].<ref name="jane" />

During the 1980s, SAS was one of [[Inc. Magazine]]'s fastest growing companies in America from 1979 and 1985.<ref name="incinc">{{cite news|first=Leigh|last=Buchanan|newspaper=Inc. Magazine|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/201109/inc-500-james-goodnight-sas.html|title=How SAS Continues to Grow|date=September 2011|access-date=September 28, 2011}}</ref><ref name="little" /> It grew more than ten percent per year from $10 million in revenues in 1980<ref name="observer" /> to $1.1 billion by 2000.<ref name="little">{{cite news|title=Little-known software giant to raise its profile|first=Emery|last=Dalesio|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=20010505&id=nPpIAAAAIBAJ&pg=3476,727402|date=May 5, 2001|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2007, SAS revenue was $2.15 billion, and in 2013 its revenue was $3.02 billion. By the late 1990s, SAS was the largest privately held software company.<ref name="fifty" /> The [[Associated Press]] reported that analysts attributed the growth to aggressive [[research and development]] (R&D) spending.<ref>{{cite news|title=SAS Institute continues rapid growth|publisher=Associated Press|date=July 13, 1992}}</ref> It had the highest ratio of its revenues spent on R&D in the industry for eight years, setting a record of 34 percent of its revenues in 1993, as it was working on a new menu-based interface.<ref name="jane" /> In 1998, a larger proportion of its revenue was spent on R&D than at most other software companies;<ref name="fastc" /> in 1997, this figure was more than double the industry average.<ref name="ccomputerworld" />

SAS created an education division in 1997 to create software for schools, including the newly formed [[Cary Academy]]. In 2003 the Bank of America Foundation purchased and donated licenses for the software to 400 schools in North Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press|title=SAS to offer free software to schools|first=Emery|last=Dalesio|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=20030819&id=nu4bAAAAIBAJ&pg=6772,4165778|date=August 18, 2003|access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> SAS funded its first advertising program in 2000 with a $30 million television and radio campaign.<ref name="little" />

The company considered making 25 percent of its ownership stake available on the stock market and providing employees with stock-options during the [[dot-com bubble]] before the following downturn, but ultimately chose not to.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harvey |first=Fiona |author-link=Fiona Harvey |date=July 6, 2001 |title=SAS Institute delays plans for partial flotation |newspaper=Financial Times |pages=24}}</ref> SAS was one of the few technology companies that did well during the downturn and hired aggressively to take advantage of available staff.<ref name="fifty" />

In 2009, SAS filed a [[SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd|lawsuit]] against World Programming Ltd., alleging [[World Programming System]]—a software product designed to use the features of the SAS language—violated their copyright as it was reverse engineered from the functionality of SAS Learning Edition.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-02/copyright-can-t-block-software-reverse-engineering-court.html | title = Copyright Can't Block Software Reverse Engineering: Court | author =  Aoife White | publisher = Bloomberg | date = 2012-05-02 | access-date = 2014-09-23 }}</ref> The [[European Court of Justice]] ruled that functionality and language elements<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Vezzoso|first1=Simonetta|title=Copyright, Interfaces, and a Possible Atlantic Divide|journal=Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law|date=2012|volume=3|issue=2|pages=153–161|url=http://www.jipitec.eu/issues/jipitec-3-2-2012/3444/vezzoso.pdf}}</ref> were not protected and the case was discussed in [[Oracle v. Google]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Garling |first=Caleb |url=https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/judge-oracle-google/ |title=In Oracle v. Google, Judge Holds Fate of Java APIs|website=Wired.com |date=2012-05-07 |access-date=2014-09-23}}</ref>

SAS introduced its first reseller program intended to grow sales with small to medium-sized businesses in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|first=Emery|last=Dalesio|date=August 28, 2006|title=SAS Institute targets smaller businesses|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=20060828&id=NYcqAAAAIBAJ&pg=3954,4633203|access-date=April 8, 2014|publisher=The Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=SAS Institute Shakes up BI Space with Reseller Effort; Company changes course after years of selling products direct|date=August 28, 2006|newspaper=Computer Reseller News|first=Stacy|last=Cowley}}</ref> Leading up to 2007, SAS provided funding and curriculum assistance to help start the Master of Science in Analytics program at nearby [[North Carolina State University]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Problems-and Solutions|first=Emily|last=Glazer|date=October 24, 2011|access-date=April 9, 2014|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204479504576636841227735016|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> The company's cloud-based products grew in revenues by 35 percent in 2014<ref>{{cite news|title=SAS foresees adding 600 workers in Cary over next 3 years|first=David|last=Rani|date=October 22, 2014 |url=http://www.carynews.com/2014/10/22/4255158/sas-foresees-adding-600-workers.html|newspaper=The Cary News|access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref> and the construction of Building Q was completed late that year to house its corresponding operations.<ref>{{cite news|title=SAS expands cloud analytics business|first=Nestor|last=Arellano|date=October 22, 2014|url=http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/sas-expands-cloud-analytics-business/98450#ixzz3IzvMFJ9l|newspaper=IT World Canada|access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref>

In March 2014, SAS launched its SAS Analytics U<ref>{{cite news|title=SAS Launches SAS Analytics U|first=Leila|last=Meyer|date=March 24, 2014|access-date=August 11, 2015|url=http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/03/24/sas-launches-sas-analytics-u.aspx|newspaper=Campus Technology}}</ref> initiative to provide free foundational technologies and support to teachers and students.