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Integration of OLAP Hub(tm) and Reporting Services provides expanded report creation, distribution and analysis capabilities

Chicago, January 27, 2004 - SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS), the leading global provider of predictive analytics, today announced that the latest release of the company's OLAP Hub Web-based analytical reporting solution will offer support for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. By providing direct access to Reporting Services, OLAP Hub places relevant, timely information in the hands of decision-makers in a secure, personalized manner.

Using OLAP Hub, customers can reliably perform sophisticated analyses of large volumes of data. The distribution capabilities of Reporting Services enables OLAP Hub customers to access relevant information through a variety of channels, including e-mail, intranets, portals and application-specific repositories. This combination of technologies also enables additional customization capabilities, such as providing users with subscriptions to specific reports.

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