Angoss Software Corporation, headquartered in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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, with offices in the
United States
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and
UK, acquired by
Datawatch and now owned by
Altair
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, was a provider of
predictive analytics
Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of statistical techniques from data mining, predictive modeling, and machine learning that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future or otherwise unknown events.
In busin ...
systems through software licensing and services. Angoss' customers represent industries including finance, insurance, mutual funds, retail, health sciences, telecom and technology. The company was founded in 1984, and publicly traded on the
TSX Venture Exchange
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from 2008-2013 under the ticker symbol ANC.
In June 2013 the
private equity firm
A private equity firm is an investment management company that provides financial backing and makes investments in the private equity of startup or operating companies through a variety of loosely affiliated investment strategies including le ...
Peterson Partners acquired Angoss for $8.4 million.
[By Dan Primack, CNN Money.]
Private equity deals.
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Software
* KnowledgeREADER is an integrated
customer intelligence
Customer intelligence (CI) as part of business intelligence is the process of gathering and analyzing information regarding customers, and their details and activities, to build deeper and more effective customer relationships and improve decis ...
product combining visual text discovery and predictive analytics for customer experience management.
* KnowledgeSEEKER is a
data mining product. Its features include data profiling, data visualization and decision tree analysis.
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/ref> It was first released in 1990.
* KnowledgeSTUDIO is a data mining and predictive analytics
Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of statistical techniques from data mining, predictive modeling, and machine learning that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future or otherwise unknown events.
In busin ...
suite for the model development and deployment cycle. Its features include data profiling, data visualization, decision tree analysis, predictive modeling, implementation, scoring, validation, monitoring and scorecard development.
* KnowledgeEXCELERATOR is a visual data discovery software and prediction tool for business analysts and knowledge workers.
* StrategyBUILDER is an add-on module for KnowledgeSEEKER and KnowledgeSTUDIO and is a product to design, verify, and deploy predictive and business rules.
Services
* FundGUARD is software as a service
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
SaaS is co ...
for marketing, sales targeting and predictive leads for mutual funds and wealth management companies.
* ClaimGUARD is a fraud and abuse detection service.
* Cloud on demand Software is offered for KnowledgeSEEKER, KnowledgeSTUDIO and its text analytics module.
* KnowledgeSCORE for Salesforce.com
Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management (CRM) software and applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, a ...
customer relationship management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
CRM systems compile data from a r ...
is a forecasting and predictive sales analytics system for Salesforce users.
See also
* List of statistical packages
Statistical software are specialized computer programs for analysis in statistics and econometrics.
Open-source
* ADaMSoft – a generalized statistical software with data mining algorithms and methods for data management
* ADMB – a softwa ...
* Predictive analytics
Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of statistical techniques from data mining, predictive modeling, and machine learning that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future or otherwise unknown events.
In busin ...
See also
*FICO
FICO (legal name: Fair Isaac Corporation), originally Fair, Isaac and Company, is a data analytics company based in Bozeman, Montana, focused on credit scoring services. It was founded by Bill Fair and Earl Isaac in 1956. Its FICO score, a measu ...
References
External links
*{{official website, angoss.com
Companies formerly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
Software companies of Canada
Companies established in 1993
Data mining and machine learning software
1993 establishments in Canada
Software companies established in 1993