Recently SAS announced to the VARs community that it had expanded partner programs at all levels of government.  A leader in business software and intelligence, SAS launched its partner programs for VARs last year.  The expanded partner programs will be offered for VARs, systems integrators and independent software vendors in order to help improve SAS’s presence at local, state and federal levels.  

Spokespeople for SAS state that government organizations are in need of better business intelligence; SAS’ software helps partners bring efficiency to government entities and give them more opportunities.  

The SAS Global Reseller Program was launched in 2006 and reached its initial goal of 50 VARs within the first eight months.  SAS will use its existing infrastructure that consists of development teams for government, internal channel sales teams and systems engineers.  Government teams use the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform.  This program includes data integration, business intelligence and advanced analytics.  

The market strategy focuses on the program’s expansion at the state and local level, but the company hopes to build partnerships with VARs on all levels.  

Last week SAS got the SLED (State, Local and Education) Program of the Year honor from GovernmentVAR magazine.  Its government partner program for VARs also got a 5-Star Award for excellence in March.

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