Data Mining

Cranes Software International, a leading provider of specialized scientific software products & services, has announced a strategic alliance between its wholly owned subsidiary Systat Software, the leading provider of SVM based predictive modeling software.The partnership will allow SYSTAT customers to take advantage of Equbits' Support Vector Machines (SVM) modeling capabilities, including model building and tuning and enhanced enterprise level integration between the company's products.

As a result of the partnership, researchers in the areas of Genomics, Computational Chemistry, Image Analysis, Market Analysis and Fraud Detection will be able to solve core classification and regression problems in a more accurate manner.The integrated module will be marketed under the SYSTAT brand with over 65,000 users globally and distributed in 2006.

SYSTAT is an integrated desktop statistics and graphics software package that provides an extensive selection of reliable statistics and high-quality interactive graphics enabling Scientists, Engineers, and Statisticians to efficiently analyze, visualize and present their data. EQUBITS Foresight is an easy to use desktop and enterprise predictive intelligence and analytics software built on SVM technology that provides high predictive accuracy, interpretation and discovery.

Commenting on the partnership, Ravi Mallela, Founder, Equbits LLC. said, "Equbits is excited to work with Cranes Software in bringing novel machine learning technologies to the data mining community. By incorporating Equbits technology within the Systat product line, Equbits continues to demonstrate success in commercializing novel approaches to serving the data mining community."

Mueed Khader, Director, Cranes Software International, said, "With this initiative, we have addressed a new market in the data mining space. We are very excited about this engagement and are looking forward to working with Equbits in developing better products to address the needs of the scientific and engineering community."