The $1.2 billion acquisition of analytics and data mining vendor SPSS by IBM is a move with positive repercussions for the rest of the industry, says KXEN founder and CEO Roger Haddad. KXEN pioneered next-generation analytics and as a result of the IBM deal moves up to rank second among the world’s independent vendors. Haddad says the IBM deal has placed the spotlight firmly on the sector, with analysts, investors and user organisations now looking...