Articles with the keyword “IBM”

Predicting an outcome for Dimensions under IBM

By Tim Macer on 29th Sep 2009.

Now that the dispute with SPSS founder Norman Nye has been settled, it looks very likely that the IBM takeover of SPSS will go ahead. Though SPSS spokesperson Heena Jethwa put up a spirited defence in Research magazine (Commitment to MR ‘as strong as ever’, says SPSS) last month, the question remains for the hundreds [...]

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A final goodbye to Quantime

By Sheila Wilson on 12th Aug 2009.

A fond farewell to Quantime, warts and all, which was taken over by SPSS more than ten years ago. SPSS has in turn been taken over by IBM this year. Quantime’s original software product, Quantum, still lives on after more than 30 years.

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Predictive and precarious

By Tim Macer on 28th Jul 2009.

So the news breaks that SPSS has pulled off a marriage with an IT industry behemoth. While many have speculated that SPSS was hoping to get bought by Microsoft, the big surprise is it’s the sober suits at IBM that have carried off the bride. Now, the real reason for the big name change is [...]

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