Learn valuable analytical skills at SPSS Directions 2005
When you attend the SPSS Directions 2005 user conference, November 16-19, in Las Vegas, Nevada, you'll have the opportunity to build skills in multiple areas through optional training courses taught by certified SPSS instructors. Enhance your abilities in survey research, predictive modeling, statistical analysis, business intelligence, and more. Both pre- and post-conference courses are available�sign up soon to guarantee your spot! If you register for the conference by August 20, you'll save $300 on the registration fee (conference registration is required to attend training courses; the discount does not apply to training courses). Click the link below to find out more about the training opportunities at SPSS Directions 2005.
Learn more about the SPSS Directions 2005 training opportunities.

Dow Benelux reduces absenteeism and improves employee well-being
Dow Benelux is the largest Dow Chemical Company plant outside the U.S., with more than 2,100 employees. To maintain good working conditions and reduce absenteeism, the plant's internal Health Service uses an SPSS survey research application to evaluate and report on employee satisfaction at individual, organizational, and local levels. Dow has received several awards for its innovative approach to employee welfare, and more importantly, has seen a dramatic decrease in absenteeism since implementing the program.
Read the full Dow Benelux story.

Improve analytic efficiency with better model management
New SPSS Predictive Enterprise Services� enables your organization to better meet ROI and compliance commitments by efficiently managing analytic processes. You'll increase productivity, security, and accuracy by managing models in a central location, and minimize IT costs with a services-oriented architecture. Designed for use with the Clementine® data mining workbench, SPSS Predictive Enterprise Services makes it easy to collaboratively create and reuse models, store SPSS and SAS® code for quick retrieval, and schedule common analytic tasks. For more information, click the link below.
Learn more about SPSS Predictive Enterprise Services.

SPSS honored for best marketing automation solution
CRMGuru.com, the world's largest customer relationship management (CRM) information portal, named SPSS the most customer-centric solution provider as part of its CRMGuru Summit Awards for CRM Solution Excellence. The awards recognize the most customer-centric CRM solution providers, based on input from customers, users, and partners. To learn more about why CRMGuru.com chose SPSS, and how the Summit Awards are determined, click the link below.
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Butler Group confirms PredictiveClaims' benefits for insurers
A technology audit by independent analyst firm Butler Group confirmed that SPSS' PredictiveClaims� application enables insurers to both reduce claim processing costs and improve customer service quality. The report also highlighted PredictiveClaims' ability to detect both existing and emerging types of claims fraud at an early stage, as well as its ease of integration with existing claims management systems and workflows. To read the full PredictiveClaims technology audit, click the link below.
Read the full Butler Group Technology Audit of PredictiveClaims.

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