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SPSS ETD Provides OEM Partners Core Analytical Technology

SPSS Enabling Technologies, a division of SPSS Inc, announces its Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Partner Program to provide independent software vendors and solutions providers with SPSS Inc's core analytical technology to integrate into their own solutions, quickly building analytical applications that analyze data to measure, predict and optimize business performance. Through this program, SPSS ETD provides partners with key competitive advantages, including a significant reduction in software development time and cost, faster time to market and comprehensive go-to-market support services.

"Strategic partners are enabled to add SPSS Inc's leading analytics to their solutions -- providing end-users with more robust applications," said David Blyer, president of SPSS ETD. "These embeddable technologies deliver advanced analytical and predictive capabilities, backed by SPSS Inc's 30-plus year history in data analysis and unequalled analytical expertise, for a fraction of the usual development time and cost and with greatly reduced risk."

With the addition of SPSS Inc technology into third party applications, end-users will be able to derive greater business value from the volumes of data collected and stored within their own organizations. The resulting, combined solutions enable these organizations to improve customer relationships, discover new sources of revenue, identify cross-selling opportunities, make accurate forecasts, reduce risk and detect fraud, among other benefits.

The OEM Partner Program from SPSS ETD gives solution providers the opportunity to select the technologies and services that best comply with their business objectives and core competencies. Partners can also decide to integrate SPSS Inc technologies into their applications themselves, or leverage the company's unrivaled expertise working jointly with SPSS ETD's Solution Architecture and Solution Delivery teams.

SPSS ETD has already formed strategic OEM partnerships with leading solution providers in key vertical and cross-industry markets, including Unisys Corporation in finance, Lucent Technologies in telecommunications, Azerity Inc in sell-side e-business software and Aspen Technology Inc in supply chain management. These organizations have embedded a variety of proven SPSS Inc analytics into their private-labeled solutions, ranging from custom-built analytical solutions to embeddable components seamlessly integrated into their applications.

About SPSS ETD

SPSS Enabling Technologies (SPSS ETD), a division of SPSS Inc, provides leading solution providers with the full spectrum of proven SPSS Inc analytical and predictive technologies, which can be delivered in a diversity of ways, from specific components to custom-built solutions, seamlessly integrated into their applications. Through a solid OEM partnering strategy, SPSS ETD provides a comprehensive partner support program that includes consulting, sales, marketing, training and technical services for ensured success. For more information, visit www.spssetd.com.

About SPSS Inc

SPSS Inc headquartered in Chicago, IL, USA, is a multinational computer software company providing technology that transforms data into insight through the use of predictive analytics and other data mining techniques. The company's solutions and products enable organizations to manage the future by learning from the past, understanding the present, as well as predicting potential problems and opportunities. For more information, visit www.spss.com.

Contact SPSS Enabling Technologies Division, Sylvia Gastelbondo, 305-627-5700, sgastelbondo@spss.com.