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SPSS Climbs to No. 16 on Softletter 100

Company Is Highest-ranked Analytical CRM Vendor

CHICAGO, 06/09/00 —

Confirming its leadership in analytical customer relationship management (CRM), SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) rose to No. 16 on the 2000 Softletter 100. The Softletter 100 is a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the U.S., based on calendar year revenues. On the 1999 survey, SPSS was ranked No. 23.

"We are proud to be the highest-ranking analytical CRM vendor on the prestigious Softletter 100," said Jack Noonan, SPSS president and CEO. "This kind of recognition is especially important -- because it acknowledges SPSS as having real solutions that are solving real problems for many companies. I attribute our leadership among most software companies, and specifically among analytical CRM companies, to our expertise that has come from providing solutions that hundreds of thousands of organizations use to analyze their data."

The Softletter 100 is published by Softletter, a twice-monthly industry newsletter that reports on trends in personal computer software publishing. Written for an audience of senior-level industry executives, Softletter tracks emerging technologies, marketing and distribution tactics, company operations, finance and product development. To be ranked, a company must be an independent, U.S.-based company that generates at least 50 percent of its revenues from personal computer software development or publishing.

Company Information

SPSS Inc. provides solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence that enable its customers to interact with their customers more profitably. SPSS' solutions integrate and analyze marketing, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide, including: telecommunications, health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, market research and the public sector.

Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 900 employees and 1999 revenues of $142 million. The company also has won the following awards: No. 70 on Forbes' 1999 list of the “200 best small companies” and as the 22nd most profitable company on the Nasdaq exchange by Equities magazine; 1999 World Class Solution Award in business intelligence and named “best decision support system for business intelligence” in the 1999 RealWare Award competition; No. 14 in DM Review's 1999 Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Softletter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 97 in the 1999 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software magazine.