StatSoft, Inc. Releases STATISTICA 6 -
The Most Comprehensive Data Analysis Tool with an Intuitive New Face

"STATISTICA has long been recognized for its analytical sophistication, accuracy, and all-inclusive set of statistical tools. With the release of version 6, STATISTICA also offers customers a more user-friendly interface and the unlimited customizability and expandability they need to make their work more efficient," says Win Noren, Manager of International Operations.

COMPATIBILITY/PROGRAMMABILITY
STATISTICA 6 features a built-in, industry standard Visual Basic scripting language based on a complete COM architecture (like ms Excel). This feature allows novices to easily record logs of analyses to automate routine tasks and allows programmers to access directly every aspect of the program to develop elaborate custom applications. Direct interfaces can easily be developed between STATISTICA and other applications and databases (e.g., ms Excel, ms SQL Server, Oracle, etc.). The functionality of STATISTICA can be accessed directly using a variety of programming languages (e.g., Visual Basic, C++/C, Java, etc.), and a variety of options are supported to integrate STATISTICA with other applications, including large ERP systems or other enterprise-wide environments.

FULL WEB-ENABLEMENT OPTIONS
Both input and output in STATISTICA 6 can be handled via the Internet. Users can not only automatically publish their output on the Web in easily navigable reports with embedded objects, but also instruct STATISTICA, through their browser, to perform specified analysis and display their output. With the release of version 6, STATISTICA's computational and data querying power can be accessed from practically any computer in the world connected to the Web.

SIMPLIFIED USER INTERFACE
Users of STATISTICA 6 will enjoy a simplified interface that can be individually tailored, allowing more efficient management of output. Simplified analysis selection dialogs, "Quick Tabs," allow for quick access to critical results, while "Advanced Tabs" give users the access to more specialized tools and freedom to further explore and visualize their data. Shortcuts can be created to any part of the program using automation options, and both toolbars and menus can be customized to include the user-defined options, macros, and formats (or any tools, e.g., those utilized most frequently).

CONVENIENT WORKBOOKS AND REPORTS
The output options in the new generation of STATISTICA products have been significantly expanded to include a flexible Workbook and Reporting functionality capable of efficiently managing practically unlimited numbers of active, multimedia documents (both STATISTICA native and ActiveX documents), organized hierarchically and optionally linked together.

"I think our users will especially be excited about the new Workbook and Reporting options in version 6," says Noren. "It is easier than ever to manage large amounts of output in STATISTICA because of the hierarchical structure of Workbooks and their ability to store, access, and open all kinds of files directly from STATISTICA -- not only STATISTICA spreadsheets and graphs, but also ms Excel spreadsheets, ms Word reports, and presentations from other applications."

OTHER UNIQUE FEATURES

Countless other enhancements and new features make STATISTICA 6 unique:

New Stats
General Discriminant Function Analysis, Enhanced Classification and Regression Trees, Nonlinear Estimation Routines, and Advanced Principal Components and Classification Analysis have been added to the already comprehensive selection of statistical techniques.

Graphics
Enhanced graphics technology with hundreds of new options, an array of fully automated graphics styles, and advanced support for active compound graphs gives users more visualization and exploratory functionality. For example, a new unique "interactive 3D explorer" tool allows users to brush or zoom precisely selected subsets of data by "slicing" 3D space (with the mouse).

Speed
STATISTICA 6 features a new generation of optimizations that improve even the fast analysis speeds of the previous version (STATISTICA 5) which was one of the fastest applications available on the market. These optimizations are especially useful when accessing enterprise databases and analyzing large amounts of information.

Unlimited Capacity
Virtually all system limitations from previous versions have been removed. For example, multiple copies of STATISTICA can now run simultaneously, each processing multiple and concurrently open data files. An unlimited number of variables can be stored in the new system data files and text values, labels, variable names and case names can store virtually unlimited number of characters.

Optimized Access to Remote Databases
Enterprise versions of STATISTICA feature new technology to efficiently query and access remote databases of virtually unlimited size without having to import subsets of these data or create their local copies. This is especially useful for processing extremely large databases for data mining.

STATISTICA 6 is compatible with Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP. For additional product and pricing information, please visit www.statsoft.com, email info@statsoft.com, call (918) 749-1119, or fax (918) 749-2217.

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, Quality Control/Six Sigma, and Web-Based Analytics. 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 in which it was featured since its first release in 1993.

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