SAS and Hexaware Technologies tie-up

Mumbai, May 29 (UNI) Leading IT&BPO services provider Hexaware Technologies and SAS, a world leader in business intelligence (BI), have tied-up to offer comprehensive business intelligence and analytical software solutions globally.

A release issued here today said joint clients will benefit from Hexaware's deep experience in deploying BI and analytics combined with SAS' extensive technology leadership.

''The alliance with Hexaware aligns with SAS' worldwide goal of driving 20 per cent of revenues through its alliance partners,'' the release said, adding that ''the companies will jointly work to deliver a common solution-specific strategy to help organisations gain unique and strategic insights into their customers, suppliers and internal operations to deliver value and gain competitive advantage.'' On the tie-up with Hexaware Technologies, SAS' Director of Global Outsourcing and Alliances Ratish Panicker said, ''SAS India's partnership with Hexaware Technologies builds on the complementary strengths of the two companies by combining SAS' powerful BI and analytics software with Hexaware's proven technical and industry best practices to deliver industry-specific solutions.'' Hexaware's vice president (consulting&analytics) Narasimham V Peri said, ''Hexaware serves several Fortune 500 clients including some of the world's largest global institutions. Our partnership with SAS is an important step in Hexaware's strategy to deliver business value to our customers by leveraging integrated analytics. It helps our customers leverage our strong domain competence and delivery capabilities with the comprehensiveness and strength of the SAS solutions and platform.'' Hexaware's business analytics and intelligence group works with over 50 global customers to enhance the overall business value by providing integrated and connected analytics strategies and solutions. Through this partnership, Hexaware joins the SAS alliance outsourcing programme, the release added.

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