Over the course of the morning you'll learn what predictive analytics is, how it works and how it plays a key role in helping you achieve and exceed business goals. Hear our customer experiences and how they have achieved real return on investment. You'll also have the chance to speak to an SPSS expert.

Here are a few gains that organisations have achieved with predictive analytics:

• Increased marketing offer acceptance rate by 300 percent
• Identified fraudulent claims 30 days faster than before
• Anticipated equipment maintenance problems before they go critical
• Focused resources and lowered crime rates by 27 percent
• Identified 50 percent of fraud cases within an hour
• Increased net promoter scores by 53 percent
• Improved policing effectiveness, reducing homicide rates by 40 percent

IBM Rational Software Group will be combining forces with Premier Business Partner, CM-Logic to host two complimentary events suitable for both senior and middle management to discover how:

• Removing waste can improve operational efficiency enabling shorter cycles thus improving competitiveness and responsiveness in the market place.
• IBM has created a test automation strategy that encourages reuse, building a flexible solution that uses Rational Quality Manager as a hub to coordinate other products with various automated test capabilities.
• Rational Jazz Technology will help to implement a collaborative framework to manage work with external providers of services.

Delivering Value from SharePoint - A strategy for driving the best return from your implementation

You are invited to participate in this Forum where Avanade and Microsoft will present the Avanade Connected Collaboration approach for your business in the Microsoft offices in Edinburgh.

Collaboration and information provisioning strategies will not deliver business goals with technology alone.  For the greatest success, implementation should be aligned with an organisation’s vision, culture and capacity to change.  

Avanade have deployed SharePoint and Microsoft collaboration services with thousands of customers around the globe.  This experience has allowed us to develop our unique strategy for successful solutions.  

• Understand what SharePoint can do for you
• Define a Roadmap for greatest value.
• Align Investment with Results.