The Register’s take on Microsoft and Oracle / Sun
Today I read an article on The Register by Gavin Clarke. This was about Microsoft’s potential response to Oracle’s proposed…
Day II: 10th Annual Panel of Peers Conference
Yesterday included great networking and sharing of ideas… it even spilled over into our dinner event at STATS. Here’s the…
New Command to Focus on Cybersecurity for DoD and IC
The Wall Street Journal just ran an article titled: "New Military Command to Focus on Cybersecurity." In it they…
Stylin’
In my last blog post I shared some templates that added functionality — specifically, maps. That is one use of…
A Lesson about Optimization
In my last post, I wrote about the productivity achievable with Python, telling the story of creating the SPSSINC TURF…
How to Speak Visualization
In English, we use many different words to describe the same basic objects. In one survey, researchers Dieth and Orton…
Viewer Outline and Title Content and Formatting
As I mentioned last time, some production users spend a lot of time editing and formatting the text in the…
Would You Prefer Prettier Pivot Tables?
I have heard from users that they often need to enhance the formatting of SPSS Statistics pivot tables beyond what…
Maps are Just Another Element
For the VizML visualization system used in SPSS products, maps are simply another element that can be used within the…
Would You Prefer Prettier Pivot Tables II?
In a previous post, I discussed the SPSSINC MODIFY TABLES command and dialog that can easily automate pivot table formatting.…