Data Management

This week, IBM announced plans to acquire SPSS Inc. for approximately $1.2 billion; a wise move according to IDC estimates, which show that the worldwide market for business analytics software will swell to $25 billion this year. Read exclusive industry analyst reactions here.

The buy may prove to be a wise move according to IDC estimates, whichshow that the worldwide market for business analytics softwarewill swell to $25 billion this year.

As the No. 1 ranked designer and manufacturer of corrective lenses, Essilor extended its competitive advantage by implementing a manufacturing operations management system flexible enough to manage the production of 450,000 products across 15 facilities.

The new release is meant to focus on individual, application and IT productivity, with a variety of enhancements throughout the entire portfolio.

The program is expected to help transform BAT's solution delivery function into a global, simplified and standardizedoperation.

Kalypso announces the launch of PLM Vivo, a new pre-configured product lifecycle management solution designed for the food and beverage industry.

HCL will provide IT application and infrastructure operations and management for the beverage company.

With a single data source, California Custom Fruits & Flavorsexpects to improve its data accuracy and have the ability to drill downthrough summary reports to view transactional details.