SPSS WebApp Framework - Return On Investment

Generate High IT Returns With Low Costs

SPSS WebApp Framework is designed for a high return on existing information technology investments with a low total cost of ownership. SPSS WebApp makes it easy and cost-efficient to build custom applications for your organization. Because SPSS WebApp uses a standard framework, custom applications can be built without the time-consuming development and high implementation costs of other solutions.

Minimize IT headaches

SPSS WebApp minimizes the demands on IT departments and maximizes return on investment with easy installation, minimal training requirements, and low ongoing maintenance. SPSS WebApp's true thin-client architecture means that there is no need for your IT staff to install any software on the user’s desktop. The centralized system and data makes administration easy and ensure that all users have the latest and greatest information at their disposal.

SPSS WebApp online administration tools allow administrators to remotely control and change properties including categories, documents, and access. All online administration is available through a browser-based, thin-client interface.

Reduce implementation cost per desktop

Customized SPSS WebApp applications are accessed via the Web using a Web browser—so you don't waste time installing software on individual workstations. This lowers your cost per desktop and helps maximize return on investment.

Lower training costs

Thanks to SPSS WebApp's standard framework, applications are easily built to cater exactly to each end-user's skill level and analytical needs. By tailoring information to the user, you minimize training needs and their associated costs.

Tailor the look and feel of applications
Make interacting with SPSS analytical technology as intuitive as possible by tailoring SPSS WebApp applications to match the look and feel of existing Web sites—or any look that's familiar to the end user. Application developers have complete control over colors, logos, layout, and interaction. Standard "looks" are included to get you up and running quickly.

Keep data in context with XML

SPSS WebApp applications use XML for metadata to keep data in the right context throughout the analytical process—from accessing data for analysis to formatting the results. This makes SPSS WebApp applications compatible with other applications that use XML in the same way.

Control data access

SPSS WebApp's centralized system and security administration gives IT complete control over which end users have access to data—as well as which databases they can use. SPSS WebApp applications access relational databases via JDBC and ODBC drivers and read native SPSS (SAV) files.

Secure your applications

To protect your organization's analysis, the SPSS WebApp security suite includes three forms of security:

Authentication: through user IDs and passwords, SPSS WebApp enables organizations to control access to WebApp applications and data. Facilitate authentication by using native SPSS security tools, an existing Windows Active Directory Service, LDAP—or a combination of any of these authentication systems.
Authorization: SPSS WebApp provides document and category-level authentication assigned at the end-user level. You select who can list and access applications and view published reports.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol: the SSL protocol is the de facto standard for encryption of traffic between Web servers and browsers. The SPSS WebApp server is SSL ready—allowing you to apply another level of security to sensitive data and analysis traveling between distributed users over the Web.

Develop customized applications quickly and easily

Building SPSS WebApp applications is an easy task with a short learning curve for anyone familiar with Web scripting languages. An application developer need only know HTML, JavaScript and JSP fundamentals and SPSS syntax. The developer builds SPSS WebApp applications using one or a combination of the analytical techniques available within the SPSS product line. Java developers can also extend SPSS WebApp applications by adding whatever functionality users need, such as integration with another Web-based application.

SPSS WebApp Framework is specifically designed to distribute analytical applications and interactive, Web-enabled content. The system is based on Sun Microsystems' Java 2 Enterprise Edition standard. J2EE is an industry-supported standard used for defining and creating multi-tiered applications in which all processing takes place on a server.

The SPSS WebApp Framework provides an extensible development platform that should appeal to both ISVs and IT departments. Now developers can create customizable, Web-based analytical applications that can leverage the complete SPSS product line's predictive, reporting, and OLAP functionality.
Andrew Braunberg
Senior Analyst, Data Warehousing
Current Analysis Inc.

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