We are looking at acquiring Data Mining software to primarily run predictive analysis processes.
How does SQL Server Data Mining solution compares to other solutions like SPSS from IBM?
Since SQL Server DM is included in SQL Server Enterprise license - what would be the justification to spend extra couple 100K to buy separate software just to do DM?
Depending on what you are looking to accomplish, and obviously your budget, there are certainly some great things being done in R. Check out Rattle for R and Revolution Computing.
I am a big fan of SPSS, and unfortunately have not used their Modeler package, but it seems like it may be worth considering. I have used SAS Enterprise Miner, and while it is powerful, I am not a big fan.
I haven't dabbled with Weka that much, but I found RapidMiner to have a steep learning curve, but does have alot of capability.