5 posts and columns on data analysis

Software Finds Place in Posse

in Voices on November 4, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Law-enforcement and intelligence agencies are increasingly relying on information from the Web and electronic records to help solve crimes and evaluate threats, producing a stream of new business for companies that can help them crunch the data.

May the Best Algorithm Win…

in News on March 16, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Amid a larger effort to use medical data to improve health care, one company is trying something new: offering $3 million in prize money for the algorithm that can best predict when people are likely to be sent to the hospital.

LOL @ AOL

in News on July 28, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

IBM to SAS: From Hell’s Heart I Stab at Thee

in News on July 28, 2009 at 8:44 am PT

According to IDC, the worldwide market for business analytics software will swell to $25 billion this year. Little wonder, then, that IBM is beefing up its presence in that sector with the $1.2 billion acquisition of data analysis software maker SPSS. Business analytics powerhouse SAS best watch its back.
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