Press Release

SAS Publishing Joins With iUniverse to Offer eBooks; New Partnership to Extend SAS' Reach

June 24, 2002

CARY, N.C., -- SAS Publishing's eBook site is now hosted by and cobranded with iUniverse, a new SAS Publishing partner. With the convergence of the Internet and new technologies, the way people access and use information is being revolutionized. iUniverse, the leading digital on-demand publishing company, and SAS Publishing stand at the forefront of this rapidly changing world of publishing.

The new cobranded site provides security for SAS eBooks and the ability to easily add new titles. Delivered in Portable Document Format (PDF), SAS e- books are attractively priced and provide customers with zero delivery costs and immediate access to SAS books using Adobe e-Reader.

"SAS Publishing has the technology and infrastructure to take advantage of the changes taking place in the publishing industry," said Sean Gargan, director of SAS Publishing. "Our goal is to partner with other industry leaders and innovators to make SAS books available from a variety of sources, in a variety of formats. Cobranding our eBook site with iUniverse is a win- win for SAS Publishing and SAS users around the world."

Initially, iUniverse will host 18 popular SAS titles on the new site with plans to add more upon customers' requests. For a complete list of eBooks available for sale, please visit: http://corppub.iuniverse.com/marketplace/sas

About SAS Publishing

SAS Publishing is a full service publishing house within SAS that provides software documentation in a complete range of delivery methods and formats to meet the varied needs of researchers, programmers, analysts, executives, professors and students. Offerings include eBooks, online documentation, CD- ROM (HTML and PDF), Web-based training, and traditional hardcopy printed books. For more information, visit http://www.sas.com/pubs

About SAS

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 38,000 sites -- including 99 of Fortune 100 businesses -- to develop more profitable relationships with their customers and suppliers, to make better, more accurate and informed decisions, and to drive their organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics, and traditional business intelligence applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For more than 25 years, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know. For more information, visit http://www.sas.com

About iUniverse

iUniverse is a value-added service provider that helps businesses and individuals publish, produce and promote their content. The company offers a unique platform that maximizes the value of content through seamless assembly, production and distribution. iUniverse has printed more than one million books and documents on demand and has a wide range of customer and partner relationships with industry leaders including Adobe, Barnes & Noble, Kluwer Academic Publishers, SAS Publishing, and Sun Microsystems. The company maintains operations in Lincoln, Neb., New York City, and Shanghai, China. The company is headquartered in Campbell, Calif. For more company news and information, visit http://www.iuniverse.com.