Infoworld’s Pete Babb has an article about IBM to acquire analytics firm SPSS. Pete sees this acquisition by IBM in line with the earlier acquisition of Cognos also by IBM. He underlines that the key aspect of this acquisition is the focus on predictive analysis. IBM clearly shows a preference for solutions that work best with its core information platform DB2. Some analysts question whether IBM will fund development for compatibility on competing information platforms such as Oracle and the emerging Open Source options. According to SAS – one of the main competitors of SPSS in that field – they may have an opportunity to increase they market share over SPSS if IBM will focus on DB2 at the expense of other information platforms.
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