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2003 Insightful Innovation Awards Recognize Leading Business Intelligence Solutions.


Business Editors

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2003

Analytic Solutions Drive Enterprise Intelligence Including

Accelerating Drug Discovery Processes and Analytic Decision Support

Insightful Corporation (Nasdaq:IFUL), a leading provider of software solutions for analysis of numeric and text data, announced today that it has awarded customers Time Distribution Services Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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"Each year we recognize leading organizations that are building and deploying analytic solutions that improve the richness and reach of information," said Jeff Coombs Coombs can refer to:
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  • Coombs reagent, the reagent used in the Coombs test
  • Coombs' method, a type of voting designed by the psychologist Clyde Coombs
, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Insightful. "These award-winners are using advanced analytics to extract intelligence within their organizations to deliver better information to key decision-makers optimizing business performance."

Examples of winning applications included:

-- One of the world's largest magazine publishers that applied an

Insightful solution to improve customer knowledge and

inventory management. The solution deployed a centralized

analytic solution to improve access to statistical analysis

and research reports improving the quality of information

available enterprise-wide to business decision-makers.

-- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, one the world's largest dredging

contractors, who applied an analytic solution to transform raw

data into actionable intelligence Having the necessary information immediately available in order to deal with the situation at hand. With regard to call centers, it refers to agents having customer history and related product data available on screen before the call is taken.  to improve operational

performance. Increased intelligence and standardized reporting

improved the quality of information delivered to key

decision-makers improving on-site service delivery.

-- A world leader in research and development of products

designed to protect and improve consumer health and

well-being, who applied an Insightful solution to extract

intelligence from research data and text. Better, faster

access to high-quality information accelerated the drug

discovery and development process.

-- Surromed, a leading technology-based therapeutics company

whose distinctive competence is biomarker-enabled drug

discovery and development, who applied an Insightful solution

to facilitate scalable on-line data analysis.

-- A leading bank deployed an Insightful Miner solution that

deployed analytics to less technical users leveraging in-house

analytic expertise more wisely. The self-documenting,

transparent analysis environment improved the quality of

information delivered to key decision-makers making important

risk/reward decisions.

-- The FAA, responsible for issuing and enforcing aviation safety

regulation, applied Insightful Miner in an evidence-based

medicine application to gain greater insight into pilot

performance.

-- The Bioconductor Group, a leading group of academic

statisticians Statisticians or people who made notable contributions to the theories of statistics, or related aspects of probability, or machine learning: A to E
  • Odd Olai Aalen (1947–)
  • Gottfried Achenwall (1719–1772)
  • Abraham Manie Adelstein (1916–1992)
 whose innovative S-language programs are at the

forefront of microarray data analysis.

-- The University of Virginia, who developed S-PLUS methods to

aid in the interpretation of differential expression for

low-replicate microarray experiments.

ABOUT INSIGHTFUL INNOVATION AWARDS

Insightful Innovation Awards are given to enterprises that deploy innovative analytic solutions that demonstrate industry leadership and deliver return-on-investment using Insightful data analysis software. Winners must demonstrate that their application met strategic business goals and increased the richness and reach of information. This year's awards were presented at Insightful's Technology Conference held in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , NV, October 9-10th.

ABOUT INSIGHTFUL

Insightful Corporation (NASDAQ:IFUL) provides enterprises with scalable data analysis solutions that drive better decisions faster by revealing patterns, trends and relationships. The company is a leading supplier of software and services for statistical data analysis, data mining and knowledge access enabling clients to gain intelligence from numeric and text data.

Insightful products include S-PLUS(R),Insightful Miner, StatServer (R),S-PLUS Analytic Server (R) and InFact(R). Insightful consulting services provide specialized expertise and proven processes for the design, development and deployment of customized solutions. The company has been delivering industry-leading, high-ROI solutions for 16 years to thousands of companies in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, telecommunications, manufacturing, plus government and research institutions.

Headquartered in Seattle, Insightful has offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
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Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom with distributors around the world. For more information, visit www.insightful.com, email info@insightful.com or call 1-800-569-0123.

Note to Investors -- Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the capabilities of our software and acceptance of our products in certain vertical markets. Forward-looking statements are based on the judgment and opinions of management at the time the statements are made. Inaccurate assumptions and known and unknown risks and uncertainties can affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements for a number of reasons, including, without limitation, the risks associated with errors or defects in our software and the risks associated with our ability to gain market acceptance of our products. More detailed information regarding these and other factors that could affect actual results is set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 for the year ended December 31, 2002. You should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements which apply only as of the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward- looking statements to reflect new information, events, or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated events.

Insightful, the Insightful logo and "human-like intelligence" are trademarks of Insightful Corporation. "Insightful intelligence from data", S-PLUS, StatServer, InFact and S-PLUS Analytic Server are registered trademarks of Insightful Corporation. Other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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