IBM Buys SPSS, Ounce Labs -- Redmond Channel Partner

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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 at 11:55 AM

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