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ORIGIN 8.6 AND ORIGINPRO 8.6
Reviews We present some of Felix Grant’s expert verdicts
OriginLab has announced the release of Origin and OriginPro version 8.6. This latest version provides a series of upgrades and feature enhancements that have been developed based on customer feedback on the previous version, 8.5.1. The most significant new feature is the availability of a native 64- bit version, which will support customers as they work with large datasets. In addition to increased
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data storage, version 8.6 also features new gadgets that provide an intuitive interface for performing data analysis immediately on a selected region of data in a graph. Three new gadgets were developed for Origin 8.6, namely Vertical Cursor, Sigmoidal Fit, and Curve Intersection. OriginPro includes all the new Origin features in addition to advanced statistical tools in the area of Principal Component Analysis and Cluster
uRiKA GRAPH APPLIANCE
Case Studies An exploration of real-world applications of statistical software
YarcData, the newly-created division of Cray dedicated to providing Big Data solutions for enterprise customers, has announced the launch of the YarcData uRiKA graph appliance – a purpose- built solution for Big Data relationship analytics – at the 2012 Strata Conference in Santa Clara, California. While many critical Big
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graphs, most of the current solutions are based on partitioned data structures that scale out on clusters. These current approaches, including graph databases, result in low performance on graphs since they are hard to partition across cluster nodes, are non-deterministic and are highly dynamic. The launch of the uRiKA solution addresses the challenge of delivering insightful analytics on graphs, not only in terms of its ability to handle size and complexity of relationships, but also in terms
THE UNSCRAMBLER X 10.2
Interviews SAS’s Laurie Miles and NAG’s Stephen Langdale share their insider views
Camo Software has announced a new version of its all-in-one Multivariate Data Analysis (MVA) and Design of Experiments (DoE) software, The Unscrambler X. Version 10.2 has improved performance and is optimised for greater usability, security and reliability. Among the new
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features are digital signatures for enhanced data integrity, an Interpolation function and a compliance mode that has been added as an installation option for organisations that must meet the requirements of electronic signature and records handling. Further improvements include the addition of Recalculate With New as a new feature to PCA, PCR, PLS, which allows new data to be added to an
and Discriminant Analysis. More Normality Test methods have also been added to this version.
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of its response time and speed of processing.
By bringing together data and relationships from multiple sources and enhancing these relationships through automated inference and deduction, the uRiKA graph appliance builds up a relationship warehouse. The system supports both real-time visualisation of relationships for interactive discovery and real- time searches for relationships based on partially-specified patterns and templates.
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existing model; Support Vector Machine Regression (SVMR); and three new spectroscopy vendor-specific imports in the form of DeltaNu, rap-ID and Visiotec. Current users of The Unscrambler are encouraged to upgrade to the new version. A free 30-day trial version of The Unscrambler X 10.2 is available for download from the company’s website.
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SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING WORLD
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