Las Vegas, April 20, 2016: Global analytics firm SAS has launched ‘SAS Analytics for IoT’, a package of software products that applies SAS’ core expertise of analysing massive amounts of data to Internet of Things (IoT) connected sensors and devices.
The announcement was made at the SAS Global Forum on Tuesday, the world’s largest analytics conference, with more than 30,000 business and IT users of SAS software participating on-site and Online.
SAS Analytics for IoT, said the company, helped organisations interpret rapidly moving and accumulating data, and “confidently make decisions based on that data”. The resulting gains – such as improved safety and reduced injuries or enhanced product quality – would translate into healthier profits.
“For 40 years, SAS has uncovered meaningful patterns in what appears to be data noise,” said Jason Mann, SAS Director of Product Management for Internet of Things. “We’ve done it by listening to our customers. Now they’re telling us they’re struggling to see value from IoT. By focusing our considerable capabilities toward this business challenge, we’re making it easier for customers like Konecranes to extract meaning out of that data flood.”
Companies using SAS to analyze IoT sensor data include:
- Texas-based CPS Energy, which was building a flexible, sensor-dense power grid for San Antonio.
- By analysing sensor data with SAS, Geneia-supported care teams were interpreting contextual changes in a patient’s condition.
- The heavy truck, bus and military vehicle manufacturer Navistar used SAS to maximize its OnCommand Connection (OCC) system which monitors vehicles in real time.
SAS Analytics for IoT, said SAS, would benefit the manufacturing, energy, retail sectors. Organisations could mine and analyze IoT data throughout the connected ecosystem. Combining IoT data with other contextual data made it easier to detect patterns of interest.
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