SAS/ACCESS vs. SAS Viya

SAS/ACCESS is a software solution that enables seamless integration between SAS and various third-party databases, allowing users to read, write, and update data across different platforms without needing to learn database-specific query languages. This integration facilitates efficient data management and analysis by providing transparent access to diverse data sources. Key Features and Functionality: - Seamless Data Access: Enables direct interaction with multiple databases, treating external data as if it were native to SAS.

SAS Viya is a cloud-native data and AI platform that enables teams to build, deploy and scale explainable AI that drives trusted, confident decisions. It unites the entire data and AI life cycle and empowers teams to innovate quickly while balancing speed, automation and governance by design. Viya unifies data management, advanced analytics and decisioning in a single platform, so organizations can move from experimentation to production with confidence, delivering measurable business impact that is secure, explainable and scalable across any environment.