As an option to Oracle 11g, Oracle Data Mining helps users integrate and build BI application with predictive information—giving good reason for Forrester Research to state that Oracle is a leader in predictive analytics and data mining (PA/DM). From Forrester, Senior Analyst James G Kobielus stated that
| “Oracle provides a PA/DM solution portfolio that is built into its own widely adopted DBMS, DW, data integration, and BI platforms, with a wide range of prepackaged predictive applications, and it provides a powerful assortment of algorithms for mining complex structured and unstructured information types.” |