Spotfire Included in Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant

Business Wire, Jan 29, 2007

Independent Analyst Research Firm Positions Spotfire Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Spotfire, Inc. (http://www.spotfire.com/), the Information Insight Company(SM), today announced its inclusion in Gartner Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 1Q07, as of January 26, 2007.

"We're delivering next generation business intelligence to our customers and are already recognized as the enterprise analytics platform of choice at global enterprises competing on analytics," said Roger Oberg, CMO of Spotfire. "We believe our inclusion in this report indicates Spotfire's increasing influence and momentum in the BI market."

Unlike traditional BI tools or spreadsheet solutions, Spotfire's interactive, visual capabilities for data analysis empower individuals to easily spot trends, outliers, and insights with unprecedented speed and adaptability. With just a few mouse clicks, analysis views and calculations can be added and updated instantly - in a way that makes findings jump off the screen and renders static reports archaic. Spotfire software automatically adapts to a variety of data sources, instantly transforming the interface into an analysis console tailor-made for the specific business data. Spotfire also allows users to easily exchange best practices, enabling teams to standardize procedures and collaborate around an analysis. This makes it easy to rapidly configure analytic applications and spread the power of decision-making throughout the organization.

The "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 1Q07" report is available directly from Gartner. Please note you may have to pay a fee to gain access to the report in its entirety.

About Gartneros Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted January 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Spotfire

Spotfire, the Information Insight Company(SM), is a leading provider of enterprise analytics software for next generation business intelligence. Spotfire software offers a visual and interactive experience that helps professionals quickly discover new and actionable insights in information. Distinguished by its speed to insight and adaptability to specific business challenges, Spotfire software rapidly reveals unseen threats and new opportunities, creating significant economic value. Spotfire's customers include industry leaders among the Global 2000 that have deployed Spotfire analytics to gain an information advantage over their competitors. For more information, visit http://www.spotfire.com.

Spotfire is a trademark or registered trademark of Spotfire, Inc., except in the European Community where Spotfire is a trademark of Spotfire AB. The Information Insight Company is a service mark of Spotfire, Inc. Other company or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.