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Abstract: Data
mining and predictive analysis applications can help you make knowledge-driven decisions and improve efficiency. But the user adoption of these tools has been slow due to their lack of business intelligence (
BI) functionality, proactive information distribution, robust security, and other necessities. Now there’s an integrated enterprise
BI system that can deliver data
mining and predictive analysis. Learn more.
PubDate: 9/22/2009 4:27:00 PM
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