SAS makes a move into data integration

28.03.2006

Keith Gile, an analyst at Forrester Research, said the data integration initiative shows that SAS is maneuvering to expand the definition of what is included under the BI umbrella to include support for the data warehouse.

"This is extending BI to be an information platform ... not just the reporting and analysis part of BI," he said. "It shouldn't be, 'Let's get it out to the BI tools before we realize it's dirty data.'"