IBM 15 Preface

Preface

IBM® SPSS® Modeler is the IBM Corp. enterp rise-strength data mining workbench. SPSS

Modeler helps organizations to improve customer and citizen relationships through an in-depth

understanding of data. Organization s use the insight gained from SPSS Modeler to retain

proﬁtable customers, identify cross-selling opportunities, attract new customers, detect fraud,

reduce risk, and improve government service delivery.

SPSS Modeler’s visual interface invites users to apply their speciﬁc business expert ise, which

leads to more powerful predictive models and shortens time-to-solution. SPSS Modeler offers

many modeling techniques, such as prediction, classiﬁcation, segmentation, and association

detection algorithms. Once models are created, IBM® SPSS® Modeler Solution Publisher

enables their delivery enterprise-wide to decision makers or to a da tabase.

IBM Business Analytics software delivers complete, consistent and accurate information that

decision-makers trust to improve business performance. A comprehensive portfolio of business

intelligence,predictive analytics,ﬁnancial performance and strategy management, and analytic

applications provides clear, immediate and actionable insights into current performan ce and the

ability to predict future outcomes. Combined with rich industry sol utions, proven practices and

professional services, organizations of every size can drive the highest productivity, conﬁdently

automate decisions and deliver better results.

As part of this portfolio, IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics software helps organizations predict

future events and proactively act upon that insight to drive better business outcom es. 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 m itigating

risk. By incorporating IBM SPSS software into their daily operations, organizations become

predictive enterprises – able to direct and automate decisions to meet business goals and achieve

measurable competitive advantage. For further information or to reach a representative visit

http://www.ibm.com/spss.

Technicals upport is available to maintenance customers. Cu stomers may contact Technical

Support for assistance in using IBM Corp. products or for installation help for one of the

supported hardware environments. To reach Technical Support, see the IBM Corp. web site

at http://www.ibm.com/support. Be prepared to identify your self, your organization, and your

support agreement when requesting assistance.