SAS is now offering SAS® Viya® Essentials, a standardized and secure deployment of its data and AI platform on Microsoft Azure. This ready-to-use offering, backed by SAS Managed Cloud Services, is designed to make it easier for customers to access SAS's leading analytics software quickly and cost-effectively, with a guaranteed 99.5% uptime SLA.
Quick Intel
SAS launched Viya Essentials, a standardized deployment on Microsoft Azure.
It is a managed service with a guaranteed 99.5% uptime SLA.
The offering includes predefined architectural profiles for faster setup.
It features a low, fixed cost to simplify budgeting and reduce IT workload.
The launch is a key milestone in the extended SAS-Microsoft partnership.
It aims to help customers maximize AI investments quickly and easily.
Simplifying Access to Enterprise AI and Analytics
SAS Viya Essentials addresses a common challenge for companies: the complexity and time required to deploy and manage advanced analytics platforms. By offering a pre-configured, managed service on Azure, SAS allows users to skip the learning curve and complex customizations. The service includes predefined profiles with core products like SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Visual Statistics, enabling organizations to get up and running rapidly. Jay Upchurch, CIO at SAS, said: "It provides an easy-to-use way for customers to get the trusted answers they need in a fast, flexible and cost-effective way so they can stay ahead of their competition."
Delivering Tangible Business Value
The managed model with a low fixed cost and dedicated support teams is designed to minimize disruptions and reduce the burden on internal IT resources. This allows customers to focus on deriving insights rather than managing infrastructure. Anindita Sinha, VP of Commercial Operations at Shionogi Inc., a customer, stated: "SAS Viya Essentials enables us to process larger data sets with speed and efficiency so we can continue to generate key insights, accelerate business success."
A Deepened Strategic Partnership
This offering is a significant development within the broader, five-year extended partnership between SAS and Microsoft. It complements other joint innovations, including the SAS Viya Copilot AI assistant, the SAS Viya Workbench coding environment, and the SAS Decision Builder workload now available in Microsoft Fabric. Brett Tanzer, Vice President at Microsoft, said: "By combining SAS' capabilities with our cloud infrastructure, organizations can realize value faster, accelerating their unique AI transformation journey."
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