SPSS uses a hybrid interface, which means that you can use pull-down menus to issue and combine commands for data processing, or input instructions directly in a special language called 4GL.

Users can run Cognos against data they keep in the IBM cloud, or against data they store on premises. A full commercial version of the online IBM SPSS Modeler will be available within 30 days.

IBM is buying analytics software and solutions provider SPSS in an all cash transaction at a price of $50/share - a 42 percent premium to Monday's closing price of $35.09 on Nasdaq - resulting in ...

Chicago-based SPSS develops software that analyzes statistical data to make predictions.