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PlanetRisk Agrees To Acquire Enterprise Analytics Firm Analytic Strategies

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

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PlanetRisk Agrees To Acquire Enterprise Analytics Firm Analytic Strategies

Paul McQuillan, president and CEO of PlanetRisk. Photo: PlanetRisk

Big data analytics firm PlanetRisk on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire another analytics firm, Analytic Strategies, in a deal that adds capabilities and new customers in the defense and intelligence sectors.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.“At the core of this acquisition are highly valuable data analytics capabilities that will allow PlanetRisk to further expand its robust services in big data engineering, advanced analytics, geospatial business intelligence, social network analysis and enterprise risk modeling,” Paul McQuillan, president and…

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