SPSS Announces SPSS 10.0 for Macintosh

Answering the need for better statistical software on the Macintosh platform, SPSS Inc announces SPSS 10.0 for Macintosh. The first Mac release of SPSS since 1995, the software gives Macintosh users the power to apply accurate predictive modeling to their data and create easy-to-read reports through an all-new, native Mac user interface. The product is expected to ship in the United States and Canada in September.

SPSS worked with software developer Software MacKiev to deliver the new Mac version. Software MacKiev re-engineered SPSS 10.0 for Windows to run as a native Macintosh application, compatible with the Windows version. The company also modified the user interface according to standard Macintosh guidelines to make it comfortable for the platform's users.

"This release marks a triumphant return to the Macintosh platform for SPSS," said Mark Battaglia, executive vice president of marketing for SPSS. "I'm very pleased that we, once again, can offer the latest and greatest version of our market-leading software to the Macintosh community. We are grateful for the cooperation and tenacity of Software MacKiev in overcoming the technical challenge presented by the complexity of a product as sophisticated as SPSS."

"Apple is dedicated to delivering the absolute best computing solutions for the education marketplace and to remaining the number one provider of products to educators as well as students worldwide," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of worldwide developer relations. "We are very pleased that SPSS is back on the Macintosh platform with SPSS 10.0, a powerful tool that enables users to visualize, interpret and report results efficiently and precisely."

SPSS 10.0 is a modular, integrated product line for data access, data preparation, reporting, graphics and advanced analysis through statistical techniques. The new release updates Macintosh users to the latest version and delivers significant new capabilities in all areas of the product line, including: new modules; predictive capabilities for data mining; and dynamic, interactive graphics for the first time on the Macintosh. The software will also be available in a distributed analysis architecture (DAA), which provides users with dramatically improved performance with very large datasets. The server version is expected to ship in the fourth quarter of 2000.

Pricing and Availability

SPSS 10.0 for Macintosh is expected to ship domestically in September, with an English language version shipping internationally in October. The commercial list price of the software in the United States and Canada is $999. Academic pricing is $499. International pricing varies and upgrade pricing varies by the number of modules being upgraded. Site licenses and other pricing programs are available.

Minimum System Requirements

• Power Macintosh G3 or Power Mac G4 233 processor, including all iMacs and iBooks
• 64MB memory
• Color monitor 800x600 resolution
• Mac OS 9.04 or higher
• 68MB disk space

About SPSS

SPSS Inc provides solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence that enable its customers to interact with their customers more profitably. SPSS' solutions integrate and analyze marketing, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications, health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, market research and the public sector.

Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 900 employees and 1999 revenues of $142 million. The company also has won the following awards: No. 70 on Forbes 1999 list of the "200 best small companies" and as the 22nd most profitable company on the Nasdaq exchange by Equities magazine; 1999 World Class Solution award in business intelligence and named "best decision support system for business intelligence" in the 1999 RealWare award competition; No. 14 in DM Review's 1999 Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Softo letter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 97 in the 1999 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine.

About Software MacKiev

Software MacKiev, a Ukrainian corporation with offices in Cupertino, Calif., employs over 100 Macintosh engineers in its development labs in Kiev, Ukraine. Spun off four years ago from Apple Computer's sole authorized hardware distributor in Ukraine, Software MacKiev is today the world's largest company specializing in converting Windows software to Macintosh. The company has converted more than one hundred software applications to the Macintosh platform including the World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia for IBM Corporation which is currently bundled on every iMac and iBook computer shipped by Apple Computer. Other prominent education market customers of Software MacKiev include The Learning Company, Knowledge Adventure, Houghton Mifflin, Siboney Learning, Recognix/MathXpert, and Chancery Software. For more information, visit www.mackiev.com.

Contact SPSS Inc, Susan Kalell, 800-525-4980, pr@spss.com.