Chicago Software Association Honors SPSS Inc.; Leading Provider of Analytical Solutions Wins CSA's Enterprise Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000 Celebrating SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. Inc.'s (Nasdaq:SPSS) success as a provider of analytical solutions for customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), the Chicago Software Association (CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. ) awarded the company its Enterprise Award at the CSA's 2000 Achievement Awards. The Enterprise Award is presented to the CSA member company which, through sustained growth, national reputation and recognized excellence in products and services, best represents the Silicon Prairie's growing stature as home to quality information technology companies. The winning company must have at least $10 million in annual revenue, be financially strong, exhibit a commitment to customer service and have established a unique place in its market. SPSS also won the Enterprise Award in 1998. "We are proud to receive this honor from the CSA," said Jack Noonan, SPSS 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. . "The Enterprise Award is a testament to our success as a provider of analytical CRM (business) analytical CRM - Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them. solutions and related business intelligence applications. Looking to the future, we expect to continue on this path by leveraging our 32-year history in analytical software Analytical software is software that is designed specifically for and development of a particular environment or object. , the tremendous breadth and depth of analytics within our technology and the expertise of our employees." "It's important to recognize the success of leaders in the Illinois technology sector, who are paving the way to make the area a dominant force in the marketplace," said Candy Renwall, CSA executive director. "SPSS exemplifies this with its continued growth and ongoing development of superior analytical products and services." About CSA The Chicago Software Association (CSA) is an industry trade association dedicated to creating an environment in which software and information technology companies can prosper. The CSA is a regional association with approximately 600 member companies, serving a territory that includes all of Illinois, and a 150-mile radius around Chicago, including southern Wisconsin, and northern Indiana Northern Indiana is the region of Indiana including 26 counties bordering parts of Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. The area is generally sub-classified into other regions. The northwest is economically and culturally intertwined with Chicago, and is considered part of the Chicago . As the recognized voice of technology in Illinois, CSA represents emerging growth to Fortune 500 companies. About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc. enables organizations to develop more profitable customer relationships by providing analytical solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers analytical solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence. SPSS analytical solutions integrate and analyze market, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one , market research and the public sector. Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 900 employees and 1999 revenues of $142 million. The company also has won the following awards: No. 77 on Forbes 2000 list of the "200 best small companies" and as the 22nd most profitable company on the Nasdaq exchange by Equities magazine; 1999 World Class Solution award in business intelligence and named "best decision support system for business intelligence" in the 1999 RealWare award competition; No. 12 on the 2000 DM Review 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Soft-letter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ; and No. 115 in the 2000 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine; listed on Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers for 2000. For more information, visit www.spss.com. SPSS information is available on the World Wide Web through the SPSS Press Center at: http://www.spss.com/press |
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