The European software developer will help organizations obtain predictive insights by easily integrating social media data with information from other sources
Miami, Florida -- February 16, 2012. – Quiterian, the leading European developer of advanced and predictive analytics software for business and non-technical users announces that their “Customer Analytics” Solution providing consumer behavior knowledge now integrates data from social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) at record breaking speeds.
Quiterian Analytics, a self-service and agile platform that integrates data from multiple sources (social media, web, CRM, ERP, campaigns, emailing), is specially designed for non-expert users that want to make faster and better decisions based on consumer behavior knowledge. Through advanced and predictive analytics techniques, Quiterian identifies patterns and profiles of the most profitable customers, performs smart segmentations and executes automated marketing campaigns with customized offers, all with total independence from the IT department.
Pentaho Corporation has made freely available under open source all of its big data capabilities in the new Pentaho Kettle 4.3 release, and has moved the entire Pentaho Kettle project to the Apache License, Version 2.0. Because Apache is the license under which Hadoop and several of the leading NoSQL databases are published, this move will further accelerate the rapid adoption of Pentaho Kettle for Big Data by developers, analysts and data scientists as the go-to tool for operationalizing big data.
Pentaho Corporation announced that Proniño, Fundación Telefónica’s charitable social action program, has implemented Pentaho Business Analytics to explore and visualize its data in real time and help define targeted measures for eradicating child labor in Latin America.
Recently, IBM formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM 5 in 5" (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years:
Combined best-of-breed technologies to address customers’ data quality requirements
IBM and DemandTec have entered into a definitive merger agreement for IBM to acquire DemandTec in an all cash transaction at a price of $13.20/share, or at a net price of approximately $440 million, after adjusting for cash.
The acquisition of DemandTec will extend IBM’s Smarter Commerce initiative by adding cloud-based price, promotion and other merchandising and marketing analytics to help companies better define the best price points and product mix based on customer buying trends.
Do Not Track Approach Balances User Preferences with Personalized Web Experiences
The new Canadian partner complements its current portfolio of Business Intelligence tools with Quiterian’s Visual Data Mining technology and the business solutions built around it.
To help customers integrate and maximize the value of Big Data, Oracle announced the Oracle Big Data Appliance today at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. Offering customers an end-to-end solution for Big Data, the Oracle Big Data Appliance, in conjunction with Oracle Exadata Database Machine and the new Oracle Exalytics Business Intelligence Machine, delivers everything customers need to acquire, organize, analyze and maximize the value of Big Data within their enterprise.
Wacom is delighted to announce its partnership with Samsung’s Mobile Communications Business in providing digital pen interface technology for their premium product GALAXY Note.
This is the first smart phone that brings Wacom’s world leading digital pen technology to portable mobile devices giving users greater freedom, precision and creativity.
Users can now use both simple and direct touch navigation with precise and flexible pen input for a wide range of applications such as taking memos, sketching ideas, editing photos or personalizing communications including emails, tweets, blogs and posts.
“Our mission is to provide the best user interface experiences that are creative, natural, precise and intuitive to use. Our partnership with Samsung is an important step for us to introduce a new way of user interaction, enabling people to enjoy their own creativity. From now on, technology will feel different.” says Masahiko Yamada, President & CEO of Wacom Co., Ltd.
Wacom’s feel IT technologies include high precision digital pens, multi-touch sensors, controllers and device drivers, which can all be integrated into a wide range of mobile systems to provide natural, intuitive user experiences.
