Close To the Edge: How to Prepare for the Internet of Things Active Blog – Predixion Team Mar 11 2015 0 0 Big Data Data Mining Analytics Internet of Things Iot From beginning to end, Predixion offers a superior ability to create, collaborate, deploy and continually improve the predictive analytics that make IoT possible. It’s the most direct path for organizations that need to overcome IoT challenges and push ever closer to the edge. Read more …
Think Like an Industrialist Active Blog – Predixion Team Aug 28 2014 0 0 Big Data Predixion Predixion Insight Predictive Analytics Data Mining Tom Blomfield was named one of the Top 5 Entrepreneurs Under 30 in Europe; in addition to developing for the Ruby programming language and co-founding GoCardless, he recently wrote a column for TechCrunch about “x-as-a-service” startups. He notes that tech startups are taking advantage of “more specialized and niche services” to get themselves off the ground faster and easier than ever before; he then compares the trend to the brick-and-mortar world, where it is significantly harder to access outsourced services without size to back you up. Here is his take on these differences: Read more …
Dell acquires StatSoft and the list of predictive platform vendors gets even shorter… by Simon Arkell, CEO, Predixion Software Active Blog – Predixion Team Mar 25 2014 0 0 Big Data Predixion Predictive Analytics Data Mining Statistics Yesterday it was announced that Dell acquired StatSoft, a 30+ year old business analytics software provider. Yes, you read that correctly. 30+ years old. That means that this innovative analytics company existed before the Internet, before mobile, before SaaS, before big data… So, why would Dell acquire an old analytics company? It’s no secret that big data and advanced analytics is the hot market to be in right now. Clearly one motive for a hardware-laden company like Dell is to continue to buy recurring revenue streams and nice margins, both of which they get from StatSoft. However, there is more going on here just below the surface. StatSoft, though old and not entirely innovative, has what very few companies in the market today have: a predictive platform. And, software vendors with an actual platform for building and deploying predictive analytics are a rare breed indeed. Read more …