SAS achieves record $2.26-billion global revenue

MANILA, Philippines - Business analytics leader SAS continued its unbroken chain of growth in 2008, logging global revenue of $2.26 billion, up 5.1 percent over 2007 results.

In the Philippines, total sales revenue experienced 22 percent growth over 2007, with an average revenue growth of 38 percent for the last six years.

“We achieved our 33rd year of revenue growth in the worst economy most can remember,” said CEO Jim Goodnight.

“This growth is a direct result of being a stable privately held company, which allows us to invest in long-term relationships with employees and customers,” he added.

Sonny Halili, SAS Philippines managing director, said, “Crisis is nothing new to us. We have always found ways to be creative, innovative and to execute with excellence.”

SAS’ strongest growth was in analytics, data mining and solutions that help organizations keep current customers and win new ones, manage risk and optimize processes. Goodnight said, “In tough times, companies focus on optimizing their businesses.”

“Companies need solutions to their problems and we provide the solutions,” added Halili.

In the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific ICT Awards, SAS was named the 2008 Business Intelligence Vendor of the Year in the Asia-Pacific. It was the fourth time the company was given the distinction in the five-year history of the awards program.

SAS Philippines was awarded “Top Performing Country of the Year 2007” by the SAS global office.

“The growth can be attributed to the market acceptance of the need for business intelligence,” Halili said. “The market is huge. We have barely tapped it and we are the leader.”