| Software | Web Site | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft SQL Server | http://www.microsoft.com/sql | Main site for SQL Server--Need the database and Business Intelligence server. |
| Microsoft Developers Network | http://msdn.microsoft.com | Programming and detailed support information. |
| MSDN Academic Alliance | http://www.msdnaa.net | Sofware for teaching and for your students at reasonable prices. |
| Weka | http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/ | General purpose data mining software--open source. |
| gretl | http://gretl.sourceforge.net | An open source econometrics package with regression and time series tools. |
| R | http://www.r-project.org | An open source system for building data analytic tools. Powerful but it requires many modules. |
| Rattle | http://rattle.togaware.com | Graphical user interface for R. |
| SAS Enterprise Manager | http://www.sas.com/technologies/analytics/datamining/miner/ | Powerful and expensive data analytics. |