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Conference features case studies and demonstrations highlighting the significant business value Linguamatics I2E software provides in mining unstructured data in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare fields CAMBRIDGE, England and BOSTON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Linguamatics, successful pioneers in natural language processing based text mining, are proud to report their most successful Spring Users Conference ever. The annual spring conference attracted the largest...

Digital Trowel, a global leader in next generation text mining and semantic web technology, is pleased to announce that its co-founder and chief scientist, Professor Ronen Feldman, one of the world’s leading authorities in the field of text-mining, has been selected as one of five finalists to compete for the prestigious 2013 AQR Insight Award. New York, NY (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 The AQR Insight Award recognizes outstanding unpublished papers that provide the most significant and...

FICO Economic Impact Service will help lender improve capital management and regulatory reporting LONDON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, today announced that Motor Finance Corporation (MFC), part of the Nedbank Group in South Africa, is using FICO analytics to predict the future performance of its auto loan portfolio. This project extends Nedbank's use of the groundbreaking FICO(®) Economic...

Agreement also calls for free access to FICO solutions in exchange for professional collaboration on major projects BANGALORE, India, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, today announced that it will provide the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) with an annual scholarship and research grant over a three-year period. The Institute will also receive free licenses to two FICO analytic software...

IBM Supported Master's Program Prepares Students for Big Data and Analytics Jobs?? ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining forces to offer a new graduate program in fall 2013, to prepare students for the expanding scope of careers requiring Big Data and analytics skills. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) Nearly two million information technology jobs will be created by...

More Powerful Version of Credit Optics Combines Traditional and Alternative Credit Data to Enable Better Credit Decisions and Manage Risk; Can Function as a Stand-Alone or Supplemental Credit Score SAN DIEGO, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ID Analytics®, a leader in consumer risk management, announced today the newest version of Credit Optics(TM), a credit score designed to give organizations a more complete picture of consumer behavior and creditworthiness and enable more accurate...

Combined solution leverages Adobe Analytics for powerful, real-time digital analytics across online and offline channels to enable enhanced data-driven decision-making CHICAGO, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- hybris, the world's fastest-growing commerce platform provider ranked "leader" by both principal analyst firms, today announced that Adobe® Analytics, a key component of Adobe Marketing Cloud, has been integrated with hybris Commerce Suite to enhance digital marketing...

Leading Software Analytics Company Raises Enterprise Sales Productivity to New Levels SAN MATEO, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstRain, the global leader in advanced customer intelligence analytics for the enterprise, has announced the release of a new set of capabilities to seamlessly raise the efficiency and productivity of the enterprise sales workflow within the salesforce.com CRM platform. Using these unique analytics-based actions, sales professionals can instantly...

IBM's Director of Information Management Scott Sampson to deliver keynote address; IBM's Chief Economist Dr. Martin Fleming to provide economic outlook MALVERN, Pa., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Micro Strategies Inc., named Top IBM® Business Partner in North America, today announced that it will host the IBM Business Analytics & Optimization Roadshow on May 21st at the Philadelphia Marriott West in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. During this exclusive one-day event, IBM...

Melicent Castillo Joins as Vice President of Finance SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SignalDemand(®), the leader in predictive analytics and optimization for commodity-based value chains, today announced that Melicent Castillo has joined the company as vice president of finance and corporate controller. In her new position, Ms. Castillo is responsible for overseeing the company's financial and administrative functions including planning and analysis, accounting,...