U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center to Enhance Risk Analysis with SPSS

Business Wire, Oct 3, 2005

CHICAGO -- SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of analytics software, today announced that the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center (CRC), has purchased SPSS predictive analytics software to enhance risk analysis. By implementing SPSS technology, the CRC will be able to identify trends within risk-related data, improving the Center's ability to predict, control and prevent hazards threatening U.S. troops.

Formerly known as the U.S. Army Safety Center, the CRC's mission is to improve combat readiness and preserve combat power on Army bases around the globe. The CRC employs Composite Risk Management, a process that blends tactical, threat-based risks with accidental, hazardous-based risks to create a more thorough evaluation of danger, enabling highly effective risk analysis.

The CRC purchased Clementine(R), SPSS' data mining workbench, and Text Mining for Clementine(TM), linguistic extraction technology, to concurrently access both structured and non-structured data from multiple sources. Implementing predictive analytics software from SPSS will allow the CRC to apply associative and traditional statistical algorithms to discover patterns and relationships that can better assess risk.

"SPSS' predictive analytics enables government agencies, like the CRC, to base decisions on data-driven models that accurately depict both current and developing conditions," said SPSS President and CEO Jack Noonan. "Our software helps public safety and other government agencies anticipate behavior and events to maximize their resources. For CRC, this valuable insight can translate into saving lives."

In February, leading industry analyst firm IDC (www.idc.com) publicly announced a study that confirmed the emergence of predictive analytics as a distinct software sector. IDC projects that this sector will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 8 percent during the next five years. (1)

(1) Source: Worldwide End-User Business Analytics 2004-2008 Forecast: Core Versus Predictive, IDC # 32642, December 2004.

About SPSS Inc.

SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSS) is a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software and solutions. The company's predictive analytics technology connects data to effective strategic action by drawing reliable conclusions about current conditions and critical future events. More than 250,000 commercial, academic, and public sector customers rely on SPSS technology to help increase revenue, reduce costs, improve important processes, and detect and prevent fraud. More than 95 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies are SPSS customers. Founded in 1968, SPSS is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For additional information, please visit www.spss.com.

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