SAS Platinum Sponsor of Gartner Customer Relationship Management Summit 2005

CARY, N.C.--Oct. 25, 2005--

SAS, Auto Club of California and Cisco Systems to Present on Customer Intelligence

SAS, the leader in business intelligence, today announced it is a platinum sponsor of the Gartner Customer Relationship Management Summit 2005, Oct. 31- Nov. 2 in San Diego. SAS will be in Booth 3 showcasing its suite of customer intelligence solutions. At the booth, attendees can view demonstrations of SAS(R) Marketing Automation, SAS Marketing Optimization, SAS Interaction Management and SAS Web Analytics.

Andy Bober, director of customer intelligence strategy at SAS, and Karyn Metchikian, database marketing manager at the Auto Club of Southern California, will present "Using Customer Intelligence to Improve Profitability" on Monday, Oct. 31, at 4:15 p.m. in Grande Ballroom B. Attendees will learn how to improve the profitability of their organizations by better managing customer life cycles.

SAS customer Jerry Nichols, business development manager of market intelligence at Cisco Systems, will present "Customer Intelligence & CRM Analytics" on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 9:45 a.m. in the Harbor Island III room.

On the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, SAS will host a beach party in the Executive Boardroom 3A, East Tower at the San Diego Sheraton Hotel & Marina. This event will be an opportunity for SAS customers and prospects to relax by the ocean at the SAS Beach Club.

About SAS(R) Customer Intelligence solutions

SAS Customer Intelligence (http://www.sas.com/solutions/crm) comprises a family of solutions that help organizations maintain and grow profitable customer relationships. These fully integrated and extendable solutions provide the knowledge to interact with the right customers at the right time, through the right channel. SAS Customer Intelligence solutions are built on the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform, which serves as the foundation for creating and delivering accurate, in-depth intelligence, and can be extended, customized and integrated with other SAS applications - and other vendors' applications - to deliver new solutions and meet unique business requirements.

About the Gartner Customer Relationship Management Summit 2005

The Gartner Customer Relationship Management Summit 2005 is the most comprehensive compilation of customer strategies and technologies ever held. It offers the latest insights and best practices in all areas of CRM - from business strategy to software implementation, from change management to metrics. The Gartner Customer Relationship Management Summit hits the critical spot between strategic planning and tactical advice for IT organizations as they look to grow their customer bases, cross-sell to existing customers, segment and retain their most valuable customers, and serve them more efficiently. Additional information is available at www.gartner.com/us/crmsummit.

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 40,000 sites - including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500(R) - 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(R).

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