Briefs

By Barney Beal, 09 May 2006. SearchCRM.com

The SAS Institute today joined the rush to provide Software as a Service (SaaS), with the release of five on-demand applications.

Much of the early success with SaaS has come with CRM applications, but the Cary, N.C.-based business intelligence (BI) vendor is making its on-demand move in its specialty, BI, though two of the modules have a marketing focus. SAS is releasing a BI module based on its full on-premise BI platform, along with supplier relationship management, marketing automation, and Veridiem marketing relationship management, based on the company it bought in Marchand an anti-money-laundering application.

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