02/11/2006
Participate in the CRISP-DM 2.0 Special Interest Group
Calling all data miners! Your insights can shape upcoming updates to CRISP-DM,
the industry-standard data mining methodology first introduced in 1999. As a
participant in the CRISP-DM 2.0 Special Interest Group (SIG), you’ll help
guide the evolution of the methodology—and be among the first to benefit
from its refinements. When you sign up for the CRISP-DM 2.0 SIG, there’s
no cost or required time commitment. However, being a member gives you the opportunity
to share your expertise and contribute to the development of this data mining
methodology.
For more information click
here. 01/11/2006
David Norris, Associate Analyst at analyst firm Bloor Research,
today published the following article on IT-Director / IT-Analysis: ‘SPSS
continue to develop as a solutions provider’.
For more information click here. 09/10/2006
Proud to Be a Data Miner
For more information click here. 20/09/2006
Mining For Love In Myriad Places
Can predictive analysis be used
to find true love? Researchers at eHarmony have begun using such tools to
build the algorithmic models that power the online matchmaker's relationship
services.
For more information click here. 14/09/2006
TARP Worldwide Strengthens Feedback Management Capabilities
Customer experience research firm TARP Worldwide has implemented additional technology
to enhance its capabilities for measuring and reporting the data it gathers for
clients.
For more information click here. 12/09/2006
Insurance fraud evades leaky net.
For more information click
here. back to top 20/04/2006
Bank assesses risk processes
Alliance & Leicester makes use of probability models which enables them to
identify potential loan defaulters on its books. For more information click here. 18/04/2006
Maximize Customer Insight to Achieve Your Goals
Gain a more accurate, complete understanding of customer preferences,
motivations, and intentions by integrating customer feedback data--a
key corporate asset - with your transactional data and operational information.
Download this free white paper to learn how enterprise feedback
management enables you to take customer feedback and turn it into increased
profits for your organization.
For more information click here. 15/04/2006
Predictive analytics how does it work?
It is hard to envision what predictive analytics will do. Although you've
probably heard many times that predictive analytics will optimize your
marketing campaigns. This article explains, in more concrete terms, how
predictive analytics works. For more information click here. 30/03/2006
Web seminar 'Improve Insurance Claim Handling
and Fraud Detection’
On Wednesday May 10th 2006 Dennis Parker will give a web seminar about how you
can improve your claim handling process and detect fraudulent claims. Backed by case studies, you will discover ways to: - Improve claims handling with real-time risk assessment
- Increase customer satisfaction with fast-track claims approval
- Reduce claims handling costs and loss adjustment expenses
(LAE)
- Improve claims fraud detection cost-effectively
This web seminar will be done in English and people from across
the world will attend. For more information and if you want to sign in click here. back to top 03/03/2006
What’s Needed? An Olympian Effort
When it comes to implementing strategic data initiatives, insurers first need
to master the basics--no small task considering the industry's long-standing
struggle with all things data. For more information click here. 28/02/2006
SPSS provides predictive analytics software to Avis
Europe Plc
SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of predictive
analytics software, today announced that Avis Europe Plc has deployed
SPSS Clementine software to improve insight into its customer activity. The car rental group, which operates in 3,000 locations across
108 countries worldwide, is using SPSS’ data mining software
as part of the development of its customer relationship activity. For more information click here. 14/02/2006
IDC comes up with a top ten with predictions for the
Applications Markets in 2006.
IDC published a new study in which they predict that platform and
technology change are the major trends in the applications market.
Also intermarket tactical convergence will have a focus. For more information click here. back to top 25/01/2006
SPSS Positioned in the Leader Quadrant for Customer Data Mining
by Leading Industry Analyst Firm.
SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS),
a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software, today
announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned SPSS in the leaders’ quadrant
for customer data mining. For more information click here. 24/01/2006
The move from traditional analytics to predictive analytics.
The market
can witness a shift in the BI market. It is moving from traditional
analytics to predictive analytics. Predictive analytics is becoming
a new software sector although it belongs to the BI family. For more information click here. 12/01/2006
Destinationcrm.com asked several consultants
about what the most common CRM mistakes are and how to avoid them. This resulted in eleven different tips to make your CRM implementation a success.
For more information click
here. 15/12/2005
CRM Daily.com has published an article about
customer loyalty. The article tells about organizations that don’t focus on customer loyalty anymore. They focus on building market share through things like low value, having product at low costs and offer low cost services.
For more information click here. 13/12/2005
Australia's Direct Mail Provider Virid Achieves
200 Percent Campaign Profitability with predictive analytics software. Virid has achieved 200 percent campaign profitability in one year using predictive analytics for marketing campaign optimization. The software has also enabled Virid to reduce mail costs by 50 percent.
"Predictive analytics enables us to segment our database into several customer tiers and highly target mailings within each segment. We received response rates as high as 50 percent in some segments, which is almost unheard of," said Ian Daley, Marketing Manager at Virid. "Through better segmentation, we've halved our variable mailing costs while boosting revenues, effectively doubling our profitability over the first year."
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