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Notes to Editors: The world's largest independently-owned software company, SAS Institute is now in its 24th year of business and is ranked the ninth largest software company in the world. With turnover for 1996 of over $650 million and an average year-on-year growth rate of 25 per cent, the Institute is ranked the world's leading vendor of information delivery software. The Institute's success is due in part to its customer solution orientated investment in R&D - $209 million in 1996 and more than $1 billion since its formation - an average annual investment in excess of 30 per cent of revenues and the highest in the industry. SAS Institute's integrated suite of information delivery software for business decision making incorporates capabilities and tools for data warehousing including the management, organisation and exploitation of the warehouse; business intelligence software that includes EIS, online analytical processing, application development and decision support; and applied analysis software with sophisticated data visualisation capabilities covering data analysis, data mining and neural networking. The software, which is fully web enabled, can be used for a wide range of business applications such as customer relationship management, risk management; financial consolidation and reporting, clinical trial analysis and IT performance monitoring. Established in 1976 with headquarters in Cary, USA, SAS Institute has a presence in nearly 60 countries and services more than three and a half million customers. SAS Institute UK is based in Marlow, Bucks, with regional offices in Manchester and Glasgow. Further information on SAS Institute and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at www.sas.com For further information, please contact the SAS press office on: tel: 01442 252518 fax: 01442 252502 e-mail: [email protected]