Now you are interested. So what about your organization. Do you have the right toolset, dataset, skillset and mindset for analytics? Do you want to enable end users to get access to their data without having to go through intermediaries?
Every business recognizes that a better understanding of data (particularly as a predictor of the future or as an identifier of existing issues) can create new opportunities and make a significant difference to managing performance.
How do we change status quo and take the next step? As seen in the figure, predictive analytics is the natural evolution of BI processes, tools and technologies to answer these questions. While BI focuses on historical analysis, analytics builds upon this set of technologies and techniques to re-focus on the future; helping predict future trends, opportunities and threats.
The focus of tools providers is move you away from doing basic technical stuff and focus on higher end activities. The good effective tools hide the complexity, volume, velocity and variety of data that is growing exponentially.
The shift from the underlying manipulation of data to decision making is essentially what the tool vendors are enabling. More transparent decisions, timelier actions, better resource utilization and continuous learning are vital to value creation.
The centerpiece of the predictive analytics strategy is the SPSS Predictive Analytics software helps organizations predict future events and proactively act upon that insight to drive better business outcomes.
Commercial, government and academic customers worldwide rely on IBM SPSS technology as a competitive advantage in attracting, retaining and growing customers, while reducing fraud and mitigating risk.
The overall objective of IBM Business Analytics software is to delivers information that decision-makers trust to improve business performance. A comprehensive portfolio of industry specific analytics, predictive analytics, financial performance and strategy management, and analytic applications provides clear, immediate and actionable insights into current performance and the ability to predict future outcomes. Combined with rich industry solutions, proven practices and professional services, organizations of every size can drive the highest productivity, confidently automate decisions and deliver better results.
Acxiom is a leader in marketing services and technology that enable marketers to successfully manage audiences, personalize consumer experiences and create profitable customer relationships. Our superior industry-focused, consultative approach combines consumer data and analytics, databases, data integration and consulting solutions for personalized multichannel marketing strategies. Acxiom leverages over 40 years of experience in data management to deliver high performance, highly secure, reliable information management services. The skills and dedication of our employees transformed Acxiom from a small data processing company into a market leader. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, and serves clients around the world from locations in the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and South America.
Revolution Analytics delivers advanced analytics software at half the cost of existing solutions. The company brings high performance, productivity, and enterprise readiness to open source R, the most powerful statistics software in the world. To equip R for the demands and requirements the modern data-driven business, Revolution Analytics builds on open source R with innovations in big data analysis, integration and user experience. Leading organizations including Merck, Bank of America and Mu Sigma rely on Revolution R Enterprise for their data analysis, development and mission-critical production needs. Revolution Analytics is committed to fostering the growth of the R community, and offers free licenses of Revolution R Enterprise to academia. Revolution Analytics is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. and backed by North Bridge Venture Partners and Intel Capital.
Statsoft founded in 1984, is one of the largest producers of enterprise and desktop software for Data Analysis, Data Mining, Quality Improvement, and Web-enabled Analytics. Its products are used worldwide at most major corporations, universities, and government agencies and are supported with training and consulting services by 29 offices on all continents. STATISTICA Enterprise is a highly scalable, web-enabled platform, used by a variety of industries in mission-critical applications wherever predictive modeling helps increase productivity and profitability. The StatSoft platform has enjoyed unprecedented record of recognition from end-users (also, winning all major independent surveys of users) and reviewers for more than two decades. These independent ratings show that while easier to use and more cost-effective than its competitors, the StatSoft analytics platform offers unmatched performance, scalability, uncompromising attention to detail and overall quality, which ensures success for its users.
PROS (NYSE: PRO) is the world leader in profitability management and optimization software solutions. With our software your company can increase revenues, market share, and profitability by removing uncertainty from complex pricing processes and decisions. Science-based software provides you the ability to precisely and efficiently analyze, optimize, and execute prices to meet your strategic financial objectives. PROS is known for delivering rapid and significant value to our customers, with ROI that increases over time, and low total cost of ownership.
TIBCO Spotfire products offer a visual and interactive experience that helps professionals quickly discover new and actionable insights in information. Distinguished by its speed to insight and adaptability to specific business challenges, Spotfire rapidly reveals unseen threats and new opportunities, creating significant economic value. Spotfire customers include industry leaders among the Global 2000 that have deployed Spotfire analytics to gain an information advantage over their competitors. The TIBCO Spotfire product family includes S+ and Miner. Spotfire Miner intuitive drag-and-drop user interface enables users to rapidly develop sophisticated data mining and predictive models without complicated scripts or programming languages. Users can quickly create visual workflow diagrams by selecting icons representing every stage of the data analysis process, from import through data cleaning, manipulation, and transformation. New analytic methods can be developed using Spotfire S+ and applications can be deployed and automated using Spotfire S+ Server.
Fuzzy Logix pioneered in-database analytics and leads the market with the most comprehensive high-performing library of in-database analytic functions available. With support for many databases including IBM (Netezza & Informix), Teradata (Aster Data), SQL Server, MySQL, SAP/Sybase IQ and ParAccel, and strategic partnerships with IBM, Sybase (SAP), and Quest software, and with many Fortune 1000 customers, Fuzzy Logix has become the standard for in-database analytics in the market. Our GPU Appliance, TANAY, makes accessing the power of GPU technology easy and includes a library of over 300 functions that can be invoked from DLLs or Shared Objects. In addition to our products, we offer a full set of consulting services for customers who need help in adopting analytics.
Combine advanced predictive analytics, machine learning science, and deep domain expertise to create and provide ongoing delivery of solutions that drive productivity and profitability improvement for global top-tier companies. Opera builds and delivers solutions through its advanced Big Data analytics and processing platform, Vektor. The company serves a range of industries and functional areas, including Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Supply Chain, Marketing, Retail, Media/Entertainment, and Travel/Lodging.
Mu Sigma is a provider of decision sciences and analytics services, helping companies institutionalize data-driven decision making. Mu Sigma works with market-leading companies across multiple verticals, solving high impact business problems in the areas of Marketing, Supply Chain and Risk Analytics.
CustomerThink is a global online community of business leaders striving to create profitable customer-centric enterprises. Main areas of coverage are Customer Relationship Management, Customer Experience Management and Social Business.
The independent authority on search vendors, topseos.com, evaluates and ranks the top internet marketing companies. Categories ranked by topseos include: search engine optimization, pay per click management, affiliate marketing, social media optimization, and many more.
Visibility Magazine, is a guide to latest trends in internet marketing. Visibility conducts interviews with CEOs, shares opinions, reviews products, and provides a wealth of information about the movements in the industry. Additionally, Visibility will reach many fringe businesses that may have been contemplating entering or expanding their Internet marketing campaigns. Visibility is published quarterly and covers a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, organic optimization, pay-per-click marketing, website analytics, affiliate marketing, and press release distribution.
Data Science Central is an online resource for Big Data Practitioners. Featuring news, commentary, and social networking, DSC covers analytics, visualization, integration, tools and trends, and also provides an outlet for career opportunities.
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