SPSS Inc Ships SPSS 10.0 for Macintosh

The highly anticipated release of SPSS 10.0 for Macintosh from SPSS Inc is here. The first Mac version of the world's best-selling desktop statistical software since 1995, SPSS 10.0 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 currently shipping worldwide.

SPSS collaborated 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. The company also modified the user interface according to standard Macintosh guidelines to make it comfortable for the platform's users.

"We are happy to be delivering the latest and greatest version of SPSS to users on the Macintosh platform," said Marcus Hearne, associate marketing manager. "Mac users can now call upon SPSS' analytical muscle--including forecasting, scoring, segmentation and profiling--to make smarter, faster decisions."

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

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 233 -- Color monitor 800x600 resolution processor including all iMacs and iBooks -- 64MB memory -- 150 MB disk space -- CD-ROM drive -- Mac OS 9.0.4

About SPSS Inc

SPSS Inc enables organizations to develop more profitable customer relationships by providing analytical solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers analytical solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence. SPSS analytical solutions integrate and analyze market, 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 Softletter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 115 in the 2000 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine; listed on Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers for 2000. For more information, visit www.spss.com.

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 or Matthew Martin, 800-525-4980, pr@spss.com