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SAS Signs National Deal With Time Warner Cable Commercial Services for Suite of Business Solutions

Posted on: Monday, 13 March 2006, 18:00 CST

Time Warner Cable Commercial Services today announced is has signed a national contract with SAS, the leading provider of business intelligence software, for a package of business services. This agreement builds on the companies' relationship by adding teleworker services, Dedicated Access and MetroLan services to multiple SAS locations around the country.

"We wanted to enhance our teleworker offering to our employees while also supporting our continuity-of-business efforts and addressing growing demand by our customers for Internet-based services," said Suzanne Gordon, Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for SAS. "Being able to do all of that with a trusted provider like Time Warner Cable Commercial Services made the decision an easy one."

Time Warner Cable Commercial Services provides SAS with a package of teleworker accounts that includes consolidated billing and fiber optic MetroLan services for load balancing. The Dedicated Access solution provides high-bandwidth connections that include robust point-to-point and Internet connectivity - critical for the ever-growing teleworker and branch office market.

"We are excited about the opportunity to provide innovative solutions to SAS, the world's largest privately-owned software company. Our unique capabilities will provide SAS, its associates and customers the high standards of speed and quality of service required in today's and tomorrow's business environments," said Tom Adams, Division President, Time Warner Cable Raleigh.

Time Warner Cable Commercial Services offers a full suite of communications solutions, including data, video and security to businesses of all sizes. Its services include high-speed access, fiber optic network connectivity, managed storage, security and teleworker solutions.

"Time Warner Cable is pleased to provide an integrated solution to SAS," said Ken Fitzpatrick, Senior Vice President, Time Warner Cable Business Services. "Being able to bring the local and national resources to the table gives our customers the security of working with one provider."

About Time Warner Cable Commercial Services

Time Warner Cable Commercial Services delivers business communications solutions including the nation's number one commercial cable broadband service, Road Runner Business Class. Time Warner Cable also offers Metro Ethernet, Security and Video services to provide its customers with a full complement of communications tools available in 31 major U.S. urban and suburban areas nationwide. Road Runner Business Class was awarded the J.D. Power and Associates "Highest Customer Satisfaction with Business Broadband Data Service Providers" in April 2005*.

About SAS

SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS(R) 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 three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know(R).

SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. (R) indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies.

* J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Major Provider Business Telecommunications Services Study(SM). Broadband Data segment includes services such as DSL, cable modem, ISDN, T-1, ethernet and videoconferencing services. Study conducted among 5,178 businesses with 2-500+ employees that subscribe to major providers in the broadband business telecommunications market. www.jdpower.com

Source: Business Wire

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