IBM (news, site) has just released an upgrade to the SPSS predictive analytics tool that will enable users to analyze text gathered from social media sources, including Twitter, Facebook, blogs, wikis ...

When IBM (news, site) announced that they had come to an agreement on the terms of a deal that would see IBM buy out predictive analytics company SPSS for US$ 1.2 billion, some commentators suggested ...

Two of IBM’s most popular analysis products, the Cognos Business Intelligence and the SPSS predictive analytics package, are headed for the cloud, the latest in an ongoing push by IBM to port its vast ...

SPSS, Inc., a global provider of predictive analytics software and solutions, has introduced the latest versions of its data mining workbench and text analytics software products, and renamed them to ...

A successful data-driven organization has to provide the right tools for its data analysts, developers, and business end users. Increasingly, this means leveraging open-source software. The R or ...

Sarcasm, emoticons, slang, and idioms are usually difficult for software to interpret, which makes it tricky for companies to analyze huge amounts of customer feedback through comments, blogs, and ...

IBM has agreed to acquire SPSS, a Chicago-based analytics software specialist, the companies said Tuesday. The two have come together quickly: Only last month, IBM announced plans to embed technology ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - IBM plans to buy business analytics company SPSS Inc for $1.2 billion in cash to better compete with Oracle Corp and SAP AG in the growing field of business intelligence.

For a sticker price of $1.2 billion, IBM has purchased SPSS, a company with more than 30 years of experience in the analytics field under its belt. Traditionally, SPSS focused on statistical analysis, ...