SPSS Seals Clementine Deal with U.S. Defense Information
Systems Agency; Sale is Sign of Smooth Integration
Following December Acquisition of ISL
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SPSS Inc. has announced a sale of its newly acquired Clementine software to the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency. The agency is one of the first Clementine buyers since SPSS acquired the product's maker, Integral Solutions Ltd. in December 1998. The sale by SPSS of the high-end, visual data mining product, completed officially on February 10, indicates that the integration of ISL and SPSS is working successfully.
"With many acquisitions, there can be a question in people's minds about whether it will work regardless of how successful each company is individually," Jack Noonan, SPSS president and CEO, commented. "This sale, which took place shortly after the acquisition, says clearly that we have what it takes to make this work. It's an exciting achievement, and I'm not surprised that it came so quickly. We have seen a flood of interest in this product since we acquired ISL and we expect even greater interest with the introduction of a Client/Server version of Clementine later this year."
SPSS acquired ISL and the Clementine product line on December 31, 1998. Since taking over Clementine, SPSS has announced aggressive development plans for the product including a Client/Server version expected in mid-1999. Clementine was the first enterprise-strength data mining offering aimed at business users and is consistently acknowledged by users and analysts as the leading interactive data mining system.
More than 250 organizations worldwide use Clementine, including companies such as American Century Investments, Daimler-Benz, Glaxo Wellcome, Reuters and Unilever. Clementine has established a leading position in the data mining tools market, and is used in a wide range of industry sectors including finance, retail, telecommunication, pharmaceuticals, utilities, broadcasting, government and higher education. Applications are diverse and include demand prediction, customer profiling, risk assessment, turnover forecasting, process optimization, fault preemption and fraud detection.
The addition of Clementine to the SPSS product line adds to the company's already broad range of analytical solutions. Organizations use SPSS' line of integrated products for the entire analytical process from multidimensional reporting to complex, high-end modeling. By offering multiple analytical techniques and deployment options, SPSS delivers the right product for every person -- from the model builder to the information consumer -- and meets the business intelligence needs of the entire enterprise.
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SPSS Inc. is a leader in the large markets for analytical solutions: business intelligence, survey/market research, quality improvement and scientific research. SPSS products and services transform organizations by helping users leverage information to grow revenues and improve processes. Today, more than 2 million people use SPSS, the world's best-selling software for desktop analysis, to create and distribute information for better decision making.
Founded in 1968, SPSS is one of the most enduring software companies in the world. SPSS has won the following awards: named No. 28 in DM Review's Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 21 on the 1998 Softoletter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 87 in the 1998 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine. Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has offices and distributors around the world. For more information, visit http://www.spss.com.