San Diego, CA, August 2, 2005 -- Evalubase Research (www.evalubase.com), an innovator an in IT market information services, today announced that SAS Institute (www.sas.com), the world's largest privately-held software company and leading supplier of business intelligence software, has contracted Evalubase to provide SAS access to its continuous array of field-based insights and metrics on the enterprise technology market.

"The aggregate voice of the customer needs to be heard above the din of other forms of research and news," said John McIntyre, Director of Market Intelligence, SAS. "Evalubase's unique empirical research method offers SAS user-based insights that are a welcome complement to research from IT analyst firms." Evalubase's vice president of business development, Steve Girling, embraces the opportunity to assist SAS with its market intelligence needs, "We're pleased to support SAS's customer-focused mission by helping it evolve and market its solutions in-step with the explicit requirements and experiences of users throughout the world."

Evalubase's ongoing study of the enterprise technology market offers IT vendors continuous access to live ratings, ROI data, selection criteria, and over 60 satisfaction and performance related metrics supplied by actual users and implementers (not analysts or vendors themselves). This objective information about themselves, their competitors and their markets can be used by vendors to optimize product planning and marketing strategies. Similarly, Evalubase metrics can be used by IT departments to select and implement IT solutions more successfully.

Business and IT professionals who participate in Evalubase's confidential study (www.evalubase.com/evaluate) are rewarded with instant, dynamic online scorecards comparing their experience and performance against peer groups.

About SAS Institute

SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500® 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 nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know®.

About Evalubase Research, Inc.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Evalubase is a market information services firm operating in the information technology (IT) sector providing market research, enterprise technology ratings, field expert analyses, real-time scorecards, and consulting. The firm's rating measurements are based exclusively on responses from actual technology users. Evalubase helps IT vendors and IT departments optimize decision-making by "Telling IT like it is" ®. Evalubase can be reached via its website at www.evalubase.com .

John McIntyre
Director, Market Intelligence, SAS Institute
(919) 531-7170
john.mcintyre@sas.com

Doug Laney
CEO, Evalubase Research
760-579-2626
doug.laney@evalubase.com