Users can run Cognos against data they keep in the IBM cloud, or against data they store on premises. A full commercial version of the online IBM SPSS Modeler will be available within 30 days.

SPSS uses a hybrid interface, which means that you can use pull-down menus to issue and combine commands for data processing, or input instructions directly in a special language called 4GL.

IBM has made no secret of its ambition to become the world's data-crunching accountant. Now it's beefing up its credentials as a fortune teller. The computing giant on Tuesday acquired SPSS, a ...

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 ...

Given the ever-increasing amount of data companies deal with, not to mention the complexity of that data, analytics and BI become more important. In beefing up its BI offerings, IBM is looking to ...