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- PASW Statistics 18.0 (Windows)
- Receive answers spreadsheets and databases can't give you. PASW Statistics provides you with a broad range of capabilities for the entire analytical process. With PASW Statistics, you can generate decision-making information quickly using powerful statistics, understand and effectively present your results with high-quality tabular and graphical output, and share your...
- Tags: Decision-making, SPSS Inc., Microsoft Windows, PASW Statistics, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management
- Software downloads 2009-10-09
- Stories that warrant watching: SPSS, HP, Acer, Google, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite
- Wedding bells for a Chicago software firm Last week, IBM offered to pay $1.2 billion for SPSS, nee Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. SPSS was one of those niche firms with a lot of brilliant folks on board. They possessed a number of slick apps that...
- Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., NetSuite Inc., SPSS Inc., SAP AG, Acer Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- SAP: cautious optimism going forward
- Following on from this morning's earning announcement, it was a calm, cautious but emphatic SAP board fielding a set of disappointingly soft questions on today's earnings call. First some selected quotes: Leo Apotheker, CEO: "Things are still tough...closure rates are more volatile then in the past...I am...
- Tags: SPSS Inc., SAP AG, Leo, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sales, Finance, Investment, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Verizon Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Apple Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Planning, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- IBM goes deeply predictive, announces acquisition of SPSS
- IBM dropped a big bombshell at the start of any already action-packed day for the analyst community. At this moment, I’m sitting, along with several dozen of my peers from Forrester and other firms, at the IBM Smart Analytics System launch event in Hawthorne NY. I’ll blog on IBM’s other...
- Tags: Acquisition, Analytics, SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., PA/DM, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Corporate Law, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, James Kobielus
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- IBM buys SPSS in move to bolster analytics portfolio
- IBM buys SPSS in move to bolster analytics portfolioIf they will do SPSS the same they did to RationalThis is terrible news
- Tags: Financial Planning, SPSS Inc., analytics portfolio, IBM Corp., analytics
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- IBM buys SPSS in move to bolster analytics portfolio
- IBM is paying $1.2 billion in cash for SPSS, a company with technology that will bolster Big Blue's business analytics line-up. SPSS makes predictive analytics and data mining software that models customer interactions. IBM said the deal, which values SPSS at $50 a share, is expected to close...
- Tags: Analytics, SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., Financial Planning, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Applying Predictive Analytics to Physician Detailing
- Producers of prescription drugs face high R&D, and sales and marketing costs. This three-page technical paper describes how predictive analytics can help them optimize their sales and marketing efforts to improve the return on their investment.
- Tags: Physician, Predictive Analytics, SPSS Inc., Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales
- White papers 2009-06-03
- Demonstrate Accountability for Your Analytical Assets Throughout Your Organization
- If you use data mining or rules-based models to make key decisions, you may need to explain the basis for these decisions to satisfy compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, and other regulations. This executive brief explains how you can address regulatory compliance by using proven analytics management technology to automatically...
- Tags: Asset, Analytics, Compliance, SPSS Inc., Accountability, Asset Management, Basel II, Financial Planning, Regulatory Compliance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Services, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2009-06-03
- Increasing marketing campaign profitability with predictive analytics
- Discover how predictive analytics can help your company move from large, unfocused marketing campaigns with low response rates to smaller, targeted campaigns that help you increase revenues and customer satisfaction. Download this executive report to find out how Predictive Marketing enables you to optimize your outbound marketing campaigns to decrease...
- Tags: Predictive Analytics, SPSS Inc., Marketing Research, Marketing
- White papers 2009-06-03
- Making Critical Connections: Predictive Analytics in Government
- Predictive analytics helps your agency make critical connections between information from multiple sources, and provides a foundation for strategic and tactical decision making.
- Tags: Government, Predictive Analytics, SPSS Inc.
- White papers 2009-06-03
- Maximize customer insight to achieve your goals
- EFM is a system for centralizing the collection, management, and use of feedback throughout your organization. It enables you to fully engage with people through targeted feedback programs or by asking questions during naturally occurring interactions. Through EFM, you can deliver insights to guide planning and improve processes. ...
- Tags: SPSS Inc., EFM, Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2009-06-03
- Predictive Analytics for the Claim Handling Process
- Predictive Analytics for the Claim Handling Process: Understanding the Analytics Behind Predictive Claims This 12-page technical brief serves as a guide for understanding how Predictive Claims' predictive modeling capabilities can help your company optimize the claim handling process and improve the detection of suspicious claims.
- Tags: Predictive Analytics, SPSS Inc., Claim, Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-06-03
- The How's and Why's of Survey Research
- Survey research is much more than simply asking someone a few questions. It's a multiple step process with a clearly defined protocol at each step. This white paper discusses survey research by breaking it up into a seven-step process—and clearly detailing how you maximize your efforts every step of the...
- Tags: SPSS Inc., Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Predictive Analytics for the Detection of Suspicious Claims
- Predictive analytics helps streamline the process of identifying potentially fraudulent claims, increasing the efficiency of investigators while rewarding honest customers with faster claims payouts. To learn more, download this white paper.
- Tags: Predictive Analytics, SPSS Inc.
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Missing data: the hidden problem - Draw more valid conclusions with SPSS Missing Value Analysis
- Just about everyone doing analysis has some missing data, especially survey researchers, market researchers, database analysts, researchers and social scientists. Missing data includes questions without answers or variables without observations. Even a small percent of missing data can cause serious problems with your analysis leading you to draw wrong conclusions....
- Tags: SPSS Inc., Analysis
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Statistics in government
- Why use statistics? What are the benefits of using an advanced statistical tool? This white paper highlights the strategic advantages of using statistical analysis techniques
- Tags: SPSS Inc., Government, Productivity, Vertical Industries
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Satisfaction survey analysis using statistics: You'll be delighted with the results
- Satisfaction surveys are an important tool for assessing the satisfaction of your customers, employees, patients and readers. Without a reliable way to analyze the responses, however, you risk making important decisions based on incomplete or superficial information.
- Tags: SPSS Inc., Survey, Analysis, Satisfaction Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing
- White papers 2009-06-01
- The Top 10 Secrets to Using Data Mining to Succeed at CRM
- Companies that have successfully used data mining to boost their CRM efforts have a wealth of experience to share. This white paper provides 10 tips that your organization can benefit from if you're looking for ways to initiate or improve CRM activities.
- Tags: SPSS Inc., CRM, Data Mining, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- White papers 2009-06-01
- SPSS 17.0.1 (Mac)
- Solve business and research problems using SPSS for Mac OS X. Designed to run on your Mac, this data analysis and data management package enables you to uncover key facts, patterns, and trends. With this release, you'll have access to a host of new capabilities while still enjoying the familiar...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, SPSS Inc., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-12-15
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