S-PLUS Server Customer Application Stories

S-PLUS Server is built on Insightful’s pioneering StatServer® and Analytic Server™ technologies, which have been used by Global 1000 companies for over 7 years to drive better decision making by integrating business analytics with their business processes. Insightful was the first company to provide software solutions which integrate statistical analysis with distributed web-based interfaces for dramatic business value. Here are just a few example applications:

Pillsbury

Pillsbury centralized their data analysis portal and has revolutionized the way it develops new products to how it capitalizes on consumers' tastes. Independent analysis (as reported in Business Week) concludes that Insightful’s server solution “could save tens of millions of dollars in working capital”.

Time Distribution Services Inc. [PDF]

Time Warner achieved a ROI of 282% by creating an web-based portal to analyze and report sales and distribution data for their catalog of 400 magazine titles. Insightful’s server-based analytic solutions “nicely complemented our Oracle® Discover and Cognos® reports of our data portal so we could build an end-to-end analysis and reporting system.”

Lipper [PDF]

Lipper (a Reuters company) has been able to accelerate the product development lifecycle by 300% with Insightful’s analytic prototyping environment. “We’ve been able to move initial business concepts to working prototypes within a month.” Lipper’s mutual fund reports are automatically updated in production, leveraging S-PLUS batch-mode computations.

Pfizer

Pfizer deployed statistical data analysis company wide using Insightful server technology. Their custom solution helped to streamline their clinical trial analysis and improved the quality and reduces the time to create FDA submissions.

Merck

Merck deployed a Web-based visualization and data analysis solution enhancing drug discovery efforts. Insightful’s server solution "… has become a cornerstone part of our department operations and has revolutionized how we work with our scientific colleagues."

Quantros

Quantros’ Web-based analytic portal provides a standard platform automating resource-intensive manual processes for over 500 hospitals. With Insightful’s technology, Quantros was able to incorporate new guidelines for staffing effectiveness within three weeks, beating their competition to market.