SAS Viya’s New Horizons
SAS, renowned for its prowess in AI and analytics, has just pulled the curtains back on the augmented capabilities of its esteemed SAS® Viya® (SAS Viya) platform. These revelations, which were the talk of the town at the SAS Explore technology conference, are set to revolutionize the way we approach AI model and application development.
Bryan Harris, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at SAS, remarked, “The intensity of today’s environment demands organizations to be outcome-driven, and AI is critical to scaling human productivity. We are constantly evolving the SAS Viya ecosystem with products to meet the emerging needs of data scientists and developers – for increased productivity and faster innovation.”
Analytics On-The-Go: The New Additions
SAS Viya Workbench is a groundbreaking development environment designed for swift and efficient code execution in a cloud-native setting. This multi-language platform allows users to craft high-performance models in Python, R, or SAS. What’s more, it’s set to integrate three clients: Jupyter Notebook, Visual Studio Code, and SAS® Enterprise Guide®. While it’s currently under private preview, the general availability is anticipated by early 2024.
On the other hand, the SAS App Factory is all about rapid application development. This environment, tailored for crafting AI-centric applications, streamlines the setup and integration of a cloud-native tech stack. Developers can eagerly await its general availability in 2024.
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AI and Analytics: The New Service Paradigm
Utility companies, in their quest to integrate renewable energy sources, face the challenge of balancing their diverse energy portfolios. Enter SAS Energy Forecasting Cloud. This pioneering product, built on the SAS App Factory, equips utility planners with AI-powered models to predict power demand peaks and furnish precise forecasts.
In the healthcare sector, Cambridge University Hospitals is harnessing the SAS App Factory. Their goal? To amplify the success rates of kidney transplants. By leveraging computer vision and AI, their application ranks kidney biopsies, enabling histopathologists to swiftly pinpoint the most viable kidneys for transplantation.
A Unified AI Ecosystem: Collaboration at its Best
The SAS Viya evolution, inclusive of the new SaaS offerings, is geared towards ensuring that SAS’s robust algorithms are accessible everywhere. At its core, SAS Viya is an all-encompassing AI, analytic, and data management platform. It offers a range of coding options and invites individuals from various professional backgrounds to partake in the analytics journey.
This monumental announcement was made at SAS Explore, SAS’s flagship technology conference. For the latest updates from SAS, follow @SASsoftwareNews on X/Twitter.
