Department of Information Services Awards Contract to SPSS for Clementine Data Mining Tool; Agencies Throughout the State of Washington Can Now Purchase Clementine Off DIS' Contract.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2001 Adding extra muscle to the State of Washington's analytic an·a·lyt·ic or an·a·lyt·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics. 2. Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner. 3. Psychoanalytic. capabilities, the Department of Information Services See Information Systems. (DIS (Data Instrumentation Systems) See DST. Dis god of nether world; identified with Pluto. [Rom. Myth.: Leach, 315] See : Underworld ) awarded a statewide contract to SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. BI, a division of SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS). The potential three-year agreement enables state agencies, counties and local governments throughout Washington State to purchase Clementine Clementine forty-niner’s drowned daughter; “lost and gone forever.” [Am. Music: Leach, 236] See : Grief , SPSS' leading data mining software, through DIS' Technology Brokering Services division. The state's Department of Revenue is the first agency to use the data mining power of Clementine. Auditors will use the software to maximize their tax audit selection process. "The government agencies face innumerable challenges and it's exciting to see how Clementine can add value to the auditing effort," said Fiona McKenna, industry marketing manager for SPSS BI. "For example, by using Clementine to review tax returns, auditors can increase the amount of money recouped from tax fraud. This gives agencies the opportunity to re-invest those funds in programs within those communities." Clementine, SPSS BI's enterprise-strength data mining workbench, helps government and businesses improve citizen and customer relationships through in-depth understanding of data. Organizations use the insight gained from Clementine to detect fraud, reduce risk, improve government service delivery, retain profitable customers, identify up- and cross-selling opportunities, attract new customers, and detect fraud. Clementine also helps organizations better understand their citizens' and customers' behavior, resulting in improved Web site design, increased e-store sales and more effective delivery of online services. Clementine was the first data mining workbench aimed at business users and is used in a wide range of industries including e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. , telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , finance, retail, health care, government and higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . More than 500 organizations worldwide use Clementine including the Internal Revenue Service Defense Finance Accounting Service, Health Care Finance Administration and numerous state and local agencies across the country. For more information about this contract, please visit http://emall.dis.wa.gov/Contracts/Software/Software.htm and select contract number T01-TSD-309. About SPSS BI SPSS BI helps people solve business problems using statistics and data mining. This predictive technology enables customers in the commercial and public sectors to make better decisions and improve results. SPSS BI software and services are used successfully in a wide range of applications, including customer attraction and retention, cross-selling, survey research, fraud detection, Web site performance, forecasting and scientific research. SPSS BI's market-leading products include SPSS, Clementine, AnswerTree, DecisionTime and SigmaPlot. About SPSS BI in the Public Sector SPSS BI analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. solutions for the public sector enable government agencies at all levels to deliver better service to citizens, and enable higher education institutions to better meet students' educational needs and improve the quality of life for students on campus. Government agencies using SPSS BI analytical solutions develop a deeper understanding of citizens to improve service delivery, as well as develop better e-government initiatives. With SPSS BI analytical solutions, higher education institutions understand their students, better enabling them to improve recruitment, retention and matriculation ma·tric·u·late tr. & intr.v. ma·tric·u·lat·ed, ma·tric·u·lat·ing, ma·tric·u·lates To admit or be admitted into a group, especially a college or university. n. . About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc., (Nasdaq: SPSS) headquartered in Chicago, IL, USA, is a worldwide provider of analytical technology for business, government, and higher education. The company's solutions and products enable customers to make better decisions by learning from the past, understanding the present and anticipating the future. With this insight, organizations gain a true competitive advantage: the ability to manage the future. SPSS analytical technology is brought to the market through five divisions: CustomerCentric Solutions (for integrated analytical CRM (business) analytical CRM - Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them. solutions); SPSS BI (for data mining and statistical products and services used to solve business problems); ShowCase (for analytical products operating on IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) iSeries/AS400 platform); SPSS MR (for analytical solutions in the market research industry); and SPSS Enabling Technologies (for integration of SPSS technologies in third party solutions through strategic partnerships). For more information, visit www.spss.com SPSS information is available on the World Wide Web through the SPSS Press Center at: http://www.spss.com/press |
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