BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hurwitz & Associates today announced the findings of The Hurwitz Victory Index Report for Advanced Analytics. Designed as a market research assessment tool, The Hurwitz Victory Index highlights the diverse uses for advanced analytics technology and the vendors who make those applications possible. Some current uses of advanced analytics include predicting customer behavior and preferences, sales and industry forecasting, predicting failures in machinery, and predicting and reducing fraud.