Viya (company)

Viya is a modern, cloud-native analytics platform offered by SAS Institute. It provides a unified environment for data exploration, discovery, and deployment of analytical models. Viya is designed to handle a wide range of analytical tasks, from basic reporting and data visualization to advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Overview

Viya distinguishes itself from traditional SAS offerings through its architecture and deployment options. Built on a containerized, microservices-based architecture, Viya allows for flexible deployment across various environments including public clouds (such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform), private clouds, and on-premises infrastructure. This flexibility enables organizations to scale resources dynamically based on their analytical needs.

Key Features and Capabilities

• Cloud-Native Architecture: Viya's containerized architecture facilitates rapid deployment, scaling, and updates.
• Unified Analytics: Offers a single platform for data preparation, exploration, modeling, and deployment.
• Open APIs: Provides open APIs that allow integration with other applications and programming languages, including Python, R, and Java.
• In-Memory Processing: Utilizes in-memory processing for faster data analysis and model training.
• Scalability: Designed to handle large datasets and complex analytical tasks by leveraging distributed computing.
• Lifecycle Management: Supports the complete analytical lifecycle from data ingestion to model deployment and monitoring.
• AI and Machine Learning: Offers a wide range of machine learning algorithms and techniques for predictive analytics and AI applications.

Deployment Options

Viya offers various deployment options to suit different organizational requirements:

• SAS Cloud: A fully managed cloud service offered by SAS.
• Public Cloud: Deployment on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Private Cloud: Deployment within an organization's own data center or private cloud infrastructure.
• On-Premises: Deployment on traditional on-premises hardware.

Target Audience

Viya is aimed at data scientists, analysts, business users, and IT professionals who need a comprehensive platform for data analytics, model development, and deployment. It caters to organizations across various industries looking to leverage data for better decision-making, improved efficiency, and enhanced business outcomes.

Relationship to SAS 9

Viya represents the next generation of SAS analytics platforms. While SAS 9 is a mature and widely used platform, Viya is designed with a modern architecture and cloud-native capabilities to address the evolving needs of the analytics market. Both platforms can co-exist, with organizations often migrating workloads from SAS 9 to Viya over time.