SAS Oil & Gas Solutions Receives Positive Reaction at The Middle East Oil & Gas Show in Bahrain

Solutions Displayed Best-of-Breed Business Intelligence Applications

(PRWEB) April 18, 2005 -- SAS Middle East, the leader in Business Intelligence applications, has announced its participation in the Middle East Oil & Gas Show that was held between 12th and 15th March in Bahrain was a success. MEOS (Middle East Oil & Gas Show) is considered the regions most specialized exhibition in its category attracting the major players in the petroleum field.

SAS is the world's leader in business analytics software, delivering the breakthrough technology needed to transform the way companies do business. SAS software provides one integrated process for analyzing data from every source and gaining the predictive power to drive change at every level.

The show managed to attract top decision-makers and specialists in the oil and gas industry from the Middle East. SAS first-time participation caused quite a stir in the exhibition as the only Business Intelligence solution provider in the show. SAS participation in MEOS 2005 emphasizes the companys strategy of providing the regional oil and gas companies with the latest, cutting-edge business intelligence technology available through its Intelligence Platform.

The information economy is much talked about, but in practical terms, competitive advantage comes through using intelligence to realise the value of operational investments, says Mitri Muna, Business Development Manager 'Oil & Gas, Manufacturing Market SAS Middle East. 'At SAS, we offer a comprehensive range of Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions specifically tailored to the Oil and Gas Industry divided into four main categories: Operational & Asset Intelligence, Investment & Financial Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence and, finally, Subsurface Intelligence. None of these solutions are possible, though, without a solid base capable of extracting, transforming, storing, manipulating and analysing the source data- that solid base is SAS Intelligence Platform."

During the show, SAS successfully introduced SAS®9 the latest version of SAS software to the region. SAS®9 is an open and extensible Intelligence Platform that integrates component capabilities into a single, unified framework which SAS calls SAS Intelligence Value Chain. It supports a wide range of open standards that makes it easy to integrate SAS solutions into a companys existing IT infrastructure and in-house skills. SAS Multi Vendor Architecture allows any SAS process to run on any host, and to be distributed across multiple hosts, while still retaining a central point of management and control.

What we have seen at MEOS proves that the Oil and Gas Industry in the region is thirsty for Business Intelligence and Analytics solutions and applications, says Mitri Muna. 'With decades of data gathered and information collected, companies are now looking for the right tools to extract and turn raw data into knowledge and understanding - to be able to see the bigger picture, basically."

SAS Business Intelligence and Analytics tools help companies to anticipate the need to grow, plan their next generation of information capabilities and execute an information management plan that satisfies current and future needs. They take an organizations intelligence operations to a new level. They deliver vital knowledge into the hands of the broadest possible user population throughout the enterprise efficiently and at a lower cost than ever before.

At MEOS 2005, we were able to showcase our best-of-breed Business Intelligence and Analytics Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry and explain how cost-effective they are. SAS works with the customers Return-on-Investment in mind, says Mr. Muna. 'Predictive analytics deliver high ROI and is a key differentiator for SAS. Most BI vendors either have no predictive analytics capability or lack the intellectual capital to apply predictive analytics into verticals and lines of business applications," he adds.

As SAS has seen a pleasantly surprising high demand for their solutions and applications in the regional Oil and Gas Industry during MEOS 2005, the company is actively engaged in numerous activities in this sector around the region at the moment. So, to get in touch with the SAS team, and to learn how your organization can make reliable decisions amid hundreds or even thousands of variables -- while improving profitability, controlling costs, and enhancing operational efficiency visit the SAS website at: http://www.sas.com

About SAS
SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites -- including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500® -- to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know ®. For further information, please visit the Website: http://www.sas.com

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