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$1 Million, 5-Year Software and Services Grant
NC State University is the campus where SAS software was initially developed more than a quarter-century ago.
SAS Institute is the world's largest privately held software company. With more than 3.5 million users at more than 31,000 customer sites in 110 countries. SAS provides software solutions to meet the needs of decision-makers in business, government and education.
SAS SoftwareSAS Institute develops, markets and supports data warehousing and decision support software. Among its software offerings is an integrated suite of information delivery and decision support tools. SAS software collects data from almost every platform and data format; cleans and transforms that data into information decision makers will understand; and stores it in an open data warehouse structure. SAS software also provides multidimensional data analysis (OLAP), query and reporting, enterprise information system (EIS) capabilities, data mining, data visualization and application development capabilities. SAS solutions are client/server and Web enabled.
In addition, SAS Institute delivers solutions that are complete packages for financial consolidation and reporting, clinical trials analysis, human resources management and information technology (IT) services management.
SAS Consulting and Training ServicesSAS Institute provides consulting services that include expertise in software, industry and functional areas. SAS Consulting services are designed to assist clients with maximizing the benefits of SAS software solutions in addressing their unique needs.
SAS Institute also offers comprehensive training curricula consisting of more than 50 courses that address all aspects of SAS software. The courses generally involve interactive training combining lectures, software demonstrations, hands-on computer workshops and course notes. Public training courses are taught at Institute training facilities throughout North America. Institute staff are also available to provide on-site training.
SAS Grant to North Carolina State UniversitySAS Institute $1 Million, 5-Year grant gives NCSU, the campus where SAS software was initially developed more than a quarter-century ago, faculty, staff and students unlimited access to SAS software.
NC State University Grant OverviewSAS Institute has established a Master License Agreement with the University of North Carolina System. The following is an overview of the SAS Institute Master License Agreement (MLA) entered with NCSU. The entire MLA, Grant Agreement for SAS Institute Software and Services is available in the Information Technologoy Division (ITD) office. Contact the ITD HelpDesk to request access to the SAS MLA.
SAS Institute's Grant to North Carolina State University SAS Institute has granted $1 million to North Carolina State University to ensure that faculty, staff and students have access to SAS Institute's software, consulting and training.The "Grant Term" is for a 5 year period beginning January 1, 2000 and expiring on December 31, 2004.
There are four major activities associated with the grant:1) Software licenses. All NCSU faculty, staff and students will be provided with a license for SAS Institute products (see list below). Licenses are granted for an unlimited number of users and machines. These products range from research software to administrative applications.
2) SAS inSchool. SAS inSchool is an emerging line of software designed for K-12 schools. Students and faculty in NC State University’s Schools, Colleges, and Departments of Education will receive licenses for this software suite. Thus, NC State University’s education faculty and North Carolina's future teachers will have access to content-rich software they are likely to encounter in North Carolina schools.
3) Decision support tools. SAS has developed a series of products for decision support in the areas of finance, human resources and information technology management. We will pilot the use of these products within NC State University.
4) SAS Certification. SAS Institute is interested in developing a higher education certification program. UNC campuses will bring together a group of interested individuals to advise SAS on the development of this program.
Through the grant, SAS will provide licenses to NC State University for software in the following categories:
Silver Tier (for Internal or Administrative use and for Teaching & Research use)
Gold Tier (for Teaching & Research use only)The Silver Tier of software includes the following products:
(These products are automatically licensed for Internal, Administrative, Teaching and Research use unless otherwise noted)Base SAS® 8.2 including the following modules:
SAS/AF®
The Silver Tier* contains SAS/TOOLKIT Software ("Silver Tier*")
SAS/ACCESS®
SAS/ASSIST®
SAS/CONNECT®
SAS/EIS®
SAS/ETS®
SAS/FSP®
SAS/GIS®
SAS/GRAPH®
SAS/IML®
SAS/INSIGHT®
SAS/LAB®
SAS/OR®
SAS/QC®
SAS/SHARE®
SAS/SPECTRAVIEW®
SAS/STAT®
SAS/Secure
SAS OnlineTutor™The Silver Tier+ contains SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server Software ("Silver Tier+").The Silver Tier* Software may only be licensed with the Silver Tier Software. It may not be licensed on a stand-alone basis. NC State University presently does NOT license SAS/TOOLKIT.
The Silver Tier+ Software may only be licensed with the Silver Tier Software. It may not be licensed on a stand-alone basis. NCSU presently does NOT license SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server Software.
- The Gold Tier I of software includes the following modules:
(These products are automatically licensed for Teaching and Research use only unless otherwise noted)SAS/Warehouse Administrator™
Enterprise Miner™
WebHound™ (not licensed for NC State University)
IT Service Vision® (not licensed for NC State University)
IT Charge Manger (not licensed for NCSU)
SAS/ACCESS® interface to R/3 (not licensed for NC State University)
SAS/ACCESS® interface to BAAN (not licensed for NC State University)
SAS/ACCESS® interface to PeopleSoft (not licensed for NC State University)
- The Gold Tier II of software includes the following modules:
(These products are automatically licensed for Teaching and Research use only unless otherwise noted)SAS/IntrNet®*
SAS®Integration Technologies (not licensed for NC State University)
AppDev Studio™
Scalable Performance Data Server® (not licensed for NC State University)
SAS/MDDB®*
Enterprise Reporter™
Enterprise Guide®
SAS/ACCESS® interface to R/3 (not licensed for NC State University)· The Platinum Tier of software includes the following products:
(NC State University has not licensed any products from this Tier of Software)CFO Vision®*
SAS Solution for SRM*
Risk Dimensions™*
HR Vision™*
Strategic Vision** Denotes products that include additional license terms and conditions, costs and are subject to special ordering procedures. Contact the NC State University Information Technology Division Help Desk at 515-HELP(4357) or help@ncsu.edu for more information.
Other products and services may be added during the term on the agreement.