In my last blog I wrote about why you’re always going to be better off buying SPSS from an IBM partner such as Smart Vision than from IBM itself (and why IBM is perfectly happy with that arrangement!). However there may be some situations where IBM should still be your first port of call. In …
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If you want to buy SPSS and you know that it’s developed by IBM then you might think (not unreasonably!) that IBM should be your first port of call. However, unless you’re planning a massive investment in SPSS along with a whole range of other IBM products, IBM will then direct you to a specialist …
When budgets and time are both limited it can be hard to justify investing in training, particularly training for things you’re already using. However, investing time and money in exchange for the right training generally pays for itself (both financially and in terms of time saved) through attendees gaining additional skills which allow for more efficient and accurate work.
NHS Trusts (and their predecessors) have always been some of the most loyal and regular users of IBM SPSS Statistics since its launch in 1968. Back in 1968 the process for buying SPSS was straightforward but as time has gone on the product itself has become much more sophisticated and the options for how to …
With v29 of IBM SPSS Statistics just released, should you consider an upgrade if you are running an unsupported version of SPSS? In terms of eagerness to upgrade, our customers fall in to a few categories: Some will upgrade as soon as they feasibly can – either due to IT policy or because they would …
Here is an interesting confession. I work for an analytics company but I would really rather not think about or talk about analytics. Let me explain. I once worked with an operations director. He had a great team of analysts. He valued their work and was interested in the information they gave him but the …
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