SAS Canada Selects Environics Communications

TORONTO, April 25, 2008 – Environics Communications, Inc. today announced it has been hired as the Canadian public relations agency of record for SAS Canada, the world leader in business intelligence and predictive analytics software.

SAS is one of the largest privately held software companies in the world. With consistent revenue growth and profitability since 1976, SAS has the depth of resources to sustain excellence in product development and customer support. While many competitors have merged, changed ownership or simply vanished, privately held SAS has remained focused on their primary mission – delivering superior business intelligence (BI) and analytics software and creating value for its customers.

“SAS is a longstanding leader in the BI and predictive analytics field and is an invaluable resource for businesses looking to make the best, smartest, and most informed decisions for their future success,” said Bruce MacLellan, president, Environics Communications. “SAS is not only renowned for its innovation, but also for its management and social responsibility best practices - we look forward to working with them.”

Environics will deliver a comprehensive range of communications services including media relations, materials development, social media, and strategic and creative counsel to support the many areas in which SAS technology operates.

About SAS

SAS is the leader in business intelligence and analytical software and services. Customers at 44,000 sites use SAS software to improve performance through insight from data, resulting in faster, more accurate business decisions; more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; compliance with governmental regulations; research breakthroughs; and better products and processes. Only SAS offers leading data integration, storage, analytics and business intelligence applications within a comprehensive enterprise intelligence platform. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®. www.sas.com

The Canadian subsidiary of SAS has been in operation for 20 years. Headquartered in Toronto, SAS employs more than 200 people across the country at its Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City and Montréal offices. For more information, visit SAS Canada.

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