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IBM Buys SPSS, Ounce Labs

SPSS makes software that lets companies analyze trends in consumer buying patterns, apparently. It must have done something right, as IBM paid $1 billion-plus for the company. Oh, and Ounce Labs does compliance stuff. It will become part of Big Blue's Rational software operation. 

Posted by Lee Pender on July 29, 2009


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