SAS Insight 2024 Reveals Expanded SaaS Portfolio to Attract AI Application Developers

This IDC Market Note focuses on pre-released technology offerings that may expand SAS' market reach past its traditional AI life-cycle users. SAS Insight 2024 revealed an expanded SaaS portfolio aimed at attracting AI application developers. The company is evolving its software ecosystem to meet diverse user needs with innovative products. New offerings include SAS Viya Workbench, an on-demand analytics environment; SAS App Factory, a rapid application development environment; and SAS Models as Products, out-of-the-box working models for specific business use cases. These offerings aim to increase productivity, enhance performance, and build trust among AI developers."SAS is evolving its portfolio to meet wider user needs and capture market share with innovative new offerings," said Kathy Lange, research director for AI Software at IDC. "SAS' efforts to unify AI across its portfolio and open source languages will help address some of the critical challenges impeding organizations' ability to gain value from AI investments."