IBM® SPSS® delivers a comprehensive predictive analytics platform, SPSS Predictive Analytics Enterprise 4.0, for a holistic approach to predictive analytics. This holistic platform brings  predictive intelligence to decisions made by individuals, groups, systems, and the enterprise.  It includes SPSS Modeler V18.0 for enterprise-scale predictive analytics, SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services V8.0 for model management, and SPSS Analytic Server V3.0 for access to big data environments.

SPSS Modeler V18 offers the following benefits:

• Flexibility to use multiple environments for predictive analytics including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid.
• Easy-to-use visual interface that gives users of all levels access to a wide array of algorithms to discover patterns and trends in structured, unstructured, and even geospatial data.
• Access to a wide assortment of data sources, such as flat files, databases, data warehouses, and even big data sources that use Hadoop.
• An extensive range of analytics to address a variety of business problems; uses analytics ranging from descriptive analytics to advanced algorithms, including automated modeling, text analytics, entity analytics, social network analysis, decision management, and optimization.
• The ability to combine and optimize predictive scores and business rules to affect those decisions that can directly increase revenues and customer loyalty; prevents threats, mitigates risk of fraud, or reduces cost.
• Deployment to operational systems to maximize the impact of predictive analytics across an organization.

SPSS Modeler V18 can scale from desktop deployments to integration within operational systems. This enables organizations to improve their business process and help people or systems consistently make the right decisions to deliver recommended actions at the point of impact. The result is a rapid return on investment and the ability to proactively and repeatedly reduce costs and increase productivity.

SPSS Modeler V18 is supported by complementary products, such as SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services V8.0, and SPSS Analytic Server V3.0 that extend its depth and breadth of functions.

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