I have been doing a bit of research around SAS 9.2, whats coming and when.
There was an interesting presentation over at http://www.sascommunity.org/mwiki/images/3/3c/NewsCorner_SAS_Club_16.pdf which (apart from not being in English) was dated Nov 2007 and outlined a road map for the delivery of 9.2. It outlined:
Phase 1 (Classic) – Q1 2008
- Base, ETS, Graph, STAT, OR, QC, Share, Access,Connect
Phase 2 (Platform) – Q3 2008
- Enterprise Guide, Data Integration Studio, Web Report Studio, Olap Server,
Phase 3 (Solutions) – Q4 2008
- SAS Solutions
- SAS Analytics: Enterprise Miner, Forecast Server, Model Manager
Ignoring the dates (they have obviously slipped but no official news on how much that I could find) the phasing seems to still be true, with Phase 1 already released.
In trolling around I did manage to find some information on what is being delivered in Phase 2, so I have posted them over on our main site at :
Of course if you were lucky enough to attend SAS Forum 2008 and have anymore information feel free to post a comment with some juicy details.
Unfortunately phase 2 has been postponed to Q1 2009 a few weeks ago.
Thanks Laurent
Is there an official announcement somewhere I can link to?
Also wonder if Q1 means January is or 31st March 2009?
SAS made no announcement of the delay online AFAIK.
Q1 could mean next year’s Global Forum, like the 9.2 Foundation release this year.