IBM turns SPSS China lab into global analytics R&D hub

25.03.2010
announced Tuesday in , China that the previous SPSS lab in the city of Xi'an has become Big Blue's global hub for analytics development.

Big Blue paid US$1.2 billion to buy the Chicago-based high-end analytics software company in mid-2009.

According to Steve Mills, senior vice present and group executive of IBM Software Group, the Xi'an facility now serves as a gateway to China's remote western region and well as a global hub for analytics development that will help clients around the world adopt predictive analytics capabilities tailored for their industry-specific requirements.