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:
- Tap into all types of information
- Empower people in all roles to explore and interact with information and deliver insights to others
- Optimise all types of decisions – whether they’re made by individuals or are embedded in automated systems -- using insights based on analytics
- Provide insights from all perspectives and time horizons – from historic reporting to real-time analysis to predictive modeling
- Improve business outcomes and manage risk, now and in the future
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
Guide management strategy in the most profitable directions with timely, reliable insights, scenario modeling and transparent and timely reporting.
Predictive and advanced analytics
Discover subtle patterns and associations and develop and deploy predictive models to optimise decision-making.
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
Provide line-of-business managers with actionable insights through packaged analysis and reporting solutions.
See how analytics software helps others outperform
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Better understand, anticipate and adapt to drive better business outcomes.
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.
Featured products
Business Anaytics Software
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 products
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 products
OpenPages GRC software allows your organisation to manage enterprise operational risk and compliance initiatives using a single, integrated solution.
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.
All products - Business intelligence
- Business Intelligence Pattern
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Cognos Analytic Applications
- Cognos Customer Performance Sales Analytics
- Cognos Financial Performance General Ledger Analytics
- Cognos Financial Performance Payables Analytics
- Cognos Financial Performance Receivables Analytics
- Cognos Supply Chain Performance Procurement Analytics
- Cognos Workforce Performance
- Cognos Workforce Performance Talent Analytics
- Cognos Enterprise
- Cognos Enterprise Data Management
- Cognos Enterprise Development and Deployment
- Cognos Express - Overview
- Cognos Insight

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