Briefs

Uncover Hidden Trends, Explain Known Patterns, and Predict the Future with
STATISTICA Data Miner

StatSoft, Inc. recently announced the release of STATISTICA Enterprise-wide
Data Mining System version 6 (Data Miner), a comprehensive and
user-friendly set of complete data mining tools designed to enable users to
more easily and quickly analyze their data to uncover hidden trends,
explain known patterns, and predict the future.

 From querying databases and drilling down to generating final reports and
graphs, STATISTICA Data Miner offers ease of use without sacrificing power
or comprehensiveness.  STATISTICA Data Miner features the largest selection
of algorithms on the market for classification, prediction, clustering, and
modeling as well as an intuitive icon-based interface.

The data mining solutions in STATISTICA Data Miner are driven by powerful
procedures from five modules:  General Slicer/Dicer with OLAP, General
Classifier, General Modeler/Multivariate Explorer, General
Forecaster/General Neural Networks Explorer.  The complete functionality of
STATISTICA, which has received the highest rating in every comparative
review of statistics software in which it was featured since its first
release in 1993, is also available for data mining.  All analyses and
methods are highly optimized for speed and efficiency and can be connected
to quickly compare different approaches.

Users choose between hundreds of graph types to visualize their data after
cleaning, slicing, and drilling down and can even publish these results via
the Web (options for complete Web enablement available).  When data change,
analyses and results can be set to update automatically.

TECHNICAL NOTE
STATISTICA Data Miner is the only data mining product on the market that
offers the ease-of-use of a "point and click" user interface and the
flexibility of programmability and customizability of the system.
STATISTICA Visual Basic allows you to access the complete functionality of
all STATISTICA products via over 10,000 functions comprising one of the
largest development environments available. This open architecture enables
users to access the full power of the analytical routines, hundreds of
analytic and descriptive graphs, specialized routines for data mining in
STATISTICA Data Miner and enables users to customize the system to include
third-party or in-house proprietary algorithms and methods.

Programming STATISTICA Data Miner in STATISTICA Visual Basic is extremely
easy, not only because it is industry standard and comes with a
programmer-friendly development environment, but also because the
"programming" can be done by recording logs of interactive data analyses.
However, for customers who need a complete, deployed, and ready-to-use
solution designed to solve a specific types of problem, STATISTICA Data
Miner is offered optionally with deployment and on-site training services.

ABOUT STATSOFT, INC.
StatSoft, Inc. (www.statsoft.com), founded in 1984, is now one of the
largest producers of enterprise and single-user software for data analysis,
data mining, and quality control. Its products are used worldwide at most
major universities, corporations, and government agencies and are
distributed and supported with training and consulting services by a
worldwide network of StatSoft subsidiaries and a large number of authorized
distributors. STATISTICA has received the highest rating in EVERY
comparative review of statistics software in which it was featured since
its first release in 1993.

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Contact: Susan Portrey, (918) 749-1119 or sportrey@statsoft.com