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SPSS Supports Siebel 7

SPSS Inc, a leading provider of analytical technology and solutions, announced its support for Siebel 7, the seventh major release of Siebel eBusiness Applications from Siebel Systems Inc, a leading provider of eBusiness applications software. SPSS Inc will submit key solutions and analytic products for validation with Siebel 7 within 90 days of general availability, providing organizations with complete eBusiness solutions that increase productivity, maximize revenue and profit, and significantly enhance customer acquisition, satisfaction, retention and customer value.

Siebel Systems enables software vendors to easily integrate solutions through its open, extensible, advanced Smart Web Architecture. Unlike rudimentary HTML clients, Siebel Smart Web Architecture combines a zero-footprint, browser-based Web client and a user interface with levels of interactivity and usability traditionally available only in Windows applications. The Siebel Smart Web Architecture enables organizations to leverage the industry's best eBusiness applications at the lowest total cost of ownership.

Siebel 7 extends the reach and functionality of Siebel Systems' industry-leading suite of integrated, multichannel eBusiness applications, enabling organizations to translate customer relationship strategy into execution by effectively aligning and rapidly integrating channels, employees and partners. Siebel 7 allows organizations to manage, synchronize and coordinate all customer touch points across the Web, call center, field sales and service personnel, and partner channels.

Together, Siebel Systems and SPSS Inc, a Siebel Strategic Partner, provide a best-in-class solution that enable organizations to improve customer lifetime value, analyze Web site effectiveness and personalize customer interactions in real time.

"The integration of Siebel 7 and SPSS Inc analytical solutions and products will enable users to better target, acquire, manage and maximize customer relationships across all channels," said Douglas Dow, vice president, SPSS Inc. "As industry leaders, Siebel Systems and SPSS Inc. provide added value to users through their expertise and industry best practices embedded in software applications which greatly reduce total cost of ownership, accelerate time to return on investment and reduce deployment risks." Siebel Systems and SPSS Inc continue to push the envelope of innovation bringing added value to users. Siebel Systems has raised the bar as demonstrated by the new, Siebel Smart Web Architecture, including a highly interactive Web client. SPSS Inc adds the power of prediction to an organization's ability to leverage the data within their Siebel eBusiness Applications. With this knowledge, a user can tailor interactions with customers today to optimize future results. In addition, users have an opportunity to increase customer loyalty and retention and gain a level of understanding about customers that is not possible without advanced analytical tools. This insight can be valuable in both long-range business strategy and short-term tactical decision-making.

"SPSS is a leader in analytics and we are proud to have them as a Strategic Partner," said Dr. Steve Garnett, vice president and General Manager, Alliances for Siebel Systems. "The combination of our eBusiness applications software and key products and analytics solutions from SPSS Inc enables our customers to increase the effectiveness of their eBusiness solutions and significantly enhance customer satisfaction."

About SPSS Inc

SPSS Inc, headquartered in Chicago, IL, USA, is a worldwide provider of analytical technology for business, government, and higher education. The company's solutions and products enable customers to make better decisions by learning from the past, understanding the present and anticipating the future. With this insight, organizations gain a true competitive advantage: the ability to manage the future. SPSS Inc's analytical technology is brought to the market through five divisions: CustomerCentric Solutions (for integrated analytical CRM solutions); SPSS BI (for data mining and statistical products and services used to solve business problems); ShowCase (for end-to-end business intelligence solutions operating on the IBM eServer iSeries or AS/400 platform); SPSS MR (for data collection and analytical solutions in market research); and SPSS Enabling Technologies (for integration of SPSS technologies in third party solutions through strategic partnerships). For more information, visit www.spss.com.

About Siebel Systems

Siebel Systems Inc is a leading provider of eBusiness applications software. Siebel Systems provides an integrated family of eBusiness applications software, enabling multichannel sales, marketing, and customer service systems to be deployed over the Web, call centers, field, reseller channels, retail, and dealer networks. Siebel Systems' sales and service facilities are located in more than 37 countries. For more information, please visit Siebel Systems' Web site at www.siebel.com.

Contact SPSS Inc, MaryEllen Hartigan, 800-525-4980, mhartigan@spss.com.