Business analytics

Make informed and optimised decisions everywhere, to improve outcomes and control risk.  

Become analytics-driven and achieve breakthrough results

Studies show that organisations that apply analytics outperform their peers. And those with a high “Analytics Quotient” – that is, a broad-based, analytics-driven culture – perform, on average, three times better.

Business analytics helps your organisation recognize subtle trends and patterns so you can anticipate and shape events and improve outcomes. Not only can you drive more top-line growth and control costs, you can also identify risks that could derail your plans – and take timely corrective action.

IBM business analytics software uniquely enables your organisation to apply analytics to decision-making, anytime, anywhere. You can:


  • Business intelligence

    Business intelligence

    Harness the data explosion, meet your organisation’s needs for flexible business intelligence deployment options and satisfy user expectations with powerfully simple analytics you can’t outgrow.

  • Financial performance and strategy management

    Financial performance and strategy management

    Guide management strategy in the most profitable directions with timely, reliable insights, scenario modeling and transparent and timely reporting.

  • Predictive and advanced analytics

    Predictive and advanced analytics

    Discover subtle patterns and associations and develop and deploy predictive models to optimise decision-making.

  • Risk analytics

    Risk analytics

    Gain deep insight into all aspects of risk management, including governance, risk and compliance, with an integrated solution that adapts to your organisation’s unique risk profile and methodologies.

  • Analytic applications

    Analytic applications

    Provide line-of-business managers with actionable insights through packaged analysis and reporting solutions.


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Take the lead with business analytics.

IBM’s comprehensive, unified portfolio of Business Analytics software (Cognos, SPSS, OpenPages and Algorithmics) provides a host of capabilities that help your organisation achieve your objectives and exceed expectations. Based on open standards, IBM business analytics products can be used independently, in combination with each other, and as part of broader solutions to key business challenges.

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Business Anaytics Software

  • IBM SPSS

    IBM SPSS products (US)

    With IBM SPSS predictive analytics software, you can use statistical analysis, data and text mining, predictive modeling and decision optimisation to anticipate change and take action to improve outcomes.

  • IBM Cognos

    IBM Cognos products (US)

    IBM Cognos business intelligence and performance management software, you have the integrated dashboards, scorecards, reporting, analysis, and planning and budgeting capabilities you need to gain and act on fact-based insights.

  • IBM OpenPages

    IBM OpenPages products

    OpenPages GRC software allows your organisation to manage enterprise operational risk and compliance initiatives using a single, integrated solution.

  • IBM Algorithmics

    IBM Algorithmics products (link resides outside of ibm.com)

    Algorithmics software enables businesses like yours to gain transparency into financial risks in advance, providing information that is vital to your organisation.

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