AstraZeneca Adopts Spotfire as R&D-Wide eAnalytics Platform; Signs Multi-Year, Multi-Million Dollar Agreement with Spotfire.

Business/Technology Editors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001

Spotfire, Inc., the leading provider of Web-based decision analytics software, today announced that, as part of a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with Spotfire, AstraZeneca, a world-leading pharmaceutical company, will deploy Spotfire software globally as a core application for decision makers. In addition Spotfire Professional Services will assist AstraZeneca teams during the global implementation.

"Spotfire's decision analytics technology has been used by AstraZeneca for several years with excellent results," said Goran Wennberg, Global IS Manager, Discovery at AstraZeneca. "This agreement provides us with the ability to now deploy these solutions globally to help us maximize the benefits of the research informatics infrastructure that we've implemented. We have aggressive goals for R&D productivity, and our relationship with Spotfire will help us to provide our staff with the tools to achieve them."

"AstraZeneca is a longstanding customer that has been an outstanding partner for Spotfire," said Christopher Ahlberg, CEO of Spotfire, Inc., "This agreement will allow AstraZeneca to build and deploy a world-leading decision making platform, and we look forward to continuing to work closely with them."

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of ethical (prescription) pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. It is one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the world with healthcare sales of over $15 billion and leading positions in sales of gastrointestinal, oncology, anesthesia including pain management, cardiovascular, central nervous system (CNS) and respiratory products.

About Spotfire, Inc.

Spotfire, Inc. is a leading provider of eAnalytic software and services that puts the power of decision-making at the center of its customers' businesses. Spotfire's solutions enable organizations around the world to improve the efficiency, the speed and the accuracy of their decision-making processes by advancing both individual and networked analysis. The company maintains U.S. headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. and European headquarters in Goteborg, Sweden. Additional information can be found at http://www.spotfire.com.

Spotfire is a registered trademark of Spotfire, Inc. All other names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.