IBM today announced that it is enhancing several of its existing software products with the Apache Spark open-source data processing engine, including the SPSS predictive analytics software.
IBM bought SPSS for $1.2 billion in 2009. SPSS itself started at Stanford University in 1968 and is widely used in statistics courses at universities.
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Spark is also being applied to IBM’s BigInsights, Streams, and DataWorks software, according to a statement.
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The Sparkification of IBM comes after Big Blue announced a major commitment to the open-source software in June. At the time, IBM announced Spark as a service on its Bluemix cloud; that service is now generally available.
IBM has made more than 60 contributions to Spark since the June announcement, according to the statement.
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