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Purple Insight Ltd Agrees Sales Partnership with SGI Japan for Exclusive Distribution and Reselling of MineSet� software in Japan

Effective 1st July 2006 Purple Insight Ltd (Head office: Gloucester, United Kingdom) and SGI Japan Ltd (Head office: Ebisu, Shibuya ward, Tokyo) announce an exclusive agreement for the distribution and reselling of the Purple Insight market leading Visual Data Mining Software, MineSet, throughout Japan.

"We are extremely excited by this agreement with SGI Japan and the opportunity to extend the reach of MineSet into what is a new territory for us as a company" said Gareth Lane, Managing Director Purple Insight Ltd. "I personally could not be more delighted. Over the past few weeks we have worked closely together to create this agreement and during that process it has become abundantly clear we share a common view of the opportunities present in Japan for MineSet, and a common vision for the delivery of MineSet software and all the services needed to support that effort" added Lane.

Through the agreement SGI Japan will exclusively be able to sell and support the software directly to customers in its core markets including Manufacturing, Media, and Research and will also be able to provide MineSet solutions through its existing partner and systems integrator network across Japan.

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