SPSS to Host Web Seminar on Data Mining Next Week

Business Wire, June 16, 2006

CHICAGO -- SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software, will host a free data mining Web seminar next Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at 1 p.m. CDT, featuring Gartner, Inc.

Featured Gartner analyst, Gareth Herschel, Research Director for CRM and Business Intelligence, and SPSS' Tom Khabaza, Director of Data Mining, and will lead the 60-minute presentation. The event will offer practical advice and examples of how companies are using data mining to produce dramatic results.

WHAT:  "Proven Practices for Data Mining: From Analytics to Customer
       Processes"--a free online seminar presented by SPSS and Gartner

WHEN:  Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at 1 p.m. CDT.

WHO:   Scheduled featured speakers on the web seminar include
       - Gareth Herschel, Research Director for CRM and Business
         Intelligence, Gartner
       -Tom Khabaza, Director of Data Mining, SPSS

HOW:   To attend the Web seminar, visit:
       http://www.dmreview.com/web/reg_spss05.cfm and complete the
       registration form.

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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