StatSoft
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StatSoft is a global provider of enterprise and desktop software for data analysis, data management, data visualization, data mining (also called predictive analytics), and quality control.
Company History
The company was established in 1984 as a partnership of a group of university professors and scientists. Its first products had menu-driven libraries of flexible statistical procedures and ran on microcomputer platforms such as Apple II, CP/M, Commodore, and PC DOS 1.0.
Today StatSoft, Inc. is a privately owned corporation headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, with offices in 24 countries including Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
With the release of Statistica 9 in May 2009, both 32-bit and 64-bit native versions became available.[1] Its current product suite, Statistica 10, was released in November 2010. [2] The software runs on Microsoft Windows. Statistica (trademarked in capitals as STATISTICA) is used worldwide at major corporations, government agencies, and universities.
StatSoft's products
Statistica Enterprise: The Enterprise line of Statistica products is designed for multi-user, collaborative analytic applications. Statistica Enterprise allows connections to data repositories and interactive filtering of data, contains analysis and report templates, and allows for management of security and permissionsCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)..
This collection of data mining and machine learning algorithms includes: Support Vector Machines, EM and k-Means Clustering, Classification & Regression Trees, Generalized Additive Models, Independent Component Analysis, Stochastic Gradient Boosted Trees, Ensembles of Neural Networks, Automatic Feature Selection, MARSplines, CHAID Trees, Nearest Neighbor Methods, Association Rules, and Random Forests.
Statistica Desktop: The Statistica Desktop line of products is designed for deployment on a single workstation. Statistica spreadsheets, configurations and macros are all stored on the User's local workstation as a stand-alone application. Statistica includes general purpose statistical, graphical, and analytic data management procedures.
StatSoft’s services
StatSoft's professional services groups provide a range of services to complement the Statistica software. StatSoft provides software integration and customization services, development of custom Web applications based on WebStatistica Server technology, as well as installation of a general-purpose Web Server system. StatSoft also offers deployment of data mining solutions designed to work with specific data warehouses and solve particular ranges of problems. Additionally, statistical consulting services are available. StatSoft offers both introductory and advanced training courses in major cities in the United States and overseas. StatSoft's training classes provide hands-on experience with its line of software products as well as an introduction to real-world example applications. StatSoft, through its Technical Services group, provides software validation services as part of the deployment of Statistica applications. These services include requirement gathering and documentation, validation planning, installation qualification, operational qualification, and performance qualification.