RE: DM: DM Software Vendors

[Collier, Ken]

Thomas,
The DataQuest arm of the Gartner group wrote a report in 1997 
presenting
data mining tool market share. Here is the reference:

Schroder, Norma "Data Mining Market Share 1997", Dataquest, 8 June 
1998,
http://www.gartner.com 

Obviously this is very outdated considering the rapid advancements 
made in
this technology and by the mergers and acquisitions of vendor 
companies
(e.g., ISL Decision Systems was recently bought by SPSS). However, 
perhaps
this reference will help you find a more current analysis of its type.

BTW, I'm only assuming that by "Top 5..." you mean those with the most
market share. However, you may want to consider other factors as well 
since
"most market share" doesn't necessarily mean "most robust" or "richest
algorithm set" or...

Good luck.
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Ken Collier
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KPMG LLP
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tjen-Sien Lim [mailto:limt@stat.wisc.edu]
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Subject: Re: DM: DM Software Vendors


You can visit www.kdnuggets.com for a list of data mining vendors.

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   Hi,

   Does anyone know where I can get a (sourced) list of the Top 5 
data 
   mining software vendors?

   I'm an IT student doing a dissertation on data mining and would 
like to 
   give a profile of the top data mining software vendors and their 
   products.

   Thanks in advance,

   Thomas Bradley
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