SAS brings Visual Analytics data exploration to the cloud

Grazed from CloudComputingIntelligence. Author: Marcus Austin.

SAS Visual Analytics on-premise data exploration tools are now available in the cloud with five different versions for public, private, and hybrid clouds SAS has launched a new cloud version of their Visual Analytics data exploration product, allowing anyone in a business to get access to SAS data visualisation on any device, with the ability to analyse over a billion rows of data in seconds.

The tool which combines data exploration and visualisation with advanced analytics was first unveiled in March 2012 and is designed to address big data challenges and use the scalability of industry-standard blade computing systems, as well as database appliances from EMC Greenplum and Teradata. SAS Visual Analytics now comes in five operational environments: an internal cloud, SAS-hosted systems, public cloud, single server on-premise, and powerful on-premise grid architectures…

"SAS Visual Analytics gives organisations of all sizes the power to gain insights and answers from their information, without needing to add to the workload of the IT department. A powerful solution merging BI and analytics, business leaders can quickly and efficiently design meaningful reports and share via the web and mobile devices,” said Rob McManus, head of visual analytics, SAS UK & Ireland. "By deploying SAS Visual Analytics in the cloud, companies can avoid hardware, administration and implementation costs, and focus on making the most of the advanced insights that this solution provides."…

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