Claim: SAS, an American multinational developer of analytics software based in Cary, North Carolina, spent 2.5 times the industry average on R&D; and as of 2010 revenues come relatively evenly from Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.
Evidence: SAS Institute (or SAS, pronounced "sass") is an American multinational developer of analytics software based in Cary, North Carolina. In 1994, Computerworld found that out of the world's 50 largest software companies, SAS spent 2.5 times the industry average on R&D. As of 2010 revenues come relatively evenly from Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.