MathSoft Introduces S-PLUS Software Development Kit for UNIX.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1997--

Company's Statistical Data Mining Product Line Now Includes Solution for Deploying S-PLUS Analytics and Visualization Within UNIX 

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MathSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ:MATH), the provider of the broadest line of quantitative and analytical software for business and academia, today announced the availability of the S-PLUS(r) Software Development Kit (S+SDK)(TM) for UNIX. This new product enables companies to embed the powerful S-PLUS statistical data mining and graphical engine within other UNIX-based software applications. With the S+SDK for UNIX, MathSoft now offers a complete line of customizable statistical data mining solutions for Windows, NT and UNIX-making MathSoft a leader in providing open, cutting-edge analytical and graphical products for knowledge-driven business and technical decision making.

S-PLUS, which has a strong track record as a top analytical tool at most leading Fortune 1,000 companies, is the most effective product for exploring corporate data and enabling precise, knowledge-driven decisions. It is a cornerstone application within the finance and manufacturing industries, which often rely on UNIX's strong multi-tasking environment. By developing the S+SDK, MathSoft provides these core UNIX-oriented customers with a flexible, open development environment for customizing and integrating S-PLUS algorithms within existing programs or proprietary applications. Additionally, these companies can now use the S+SDK to create and deploy customized analysis applications and user interfaces to end users throughout an organization.

"The S+SDK for UNIX furthers MathSoft's goal to deliver the most open environment for building customized or integrated solutions around our S-PLUS statistical data mining engine," said Rick Bohdanowicz, vice president and general manager of MathSoft's data analysis products division. "We now offer all our customers the same ability to design a customized front-end for S-PLUS, or to integrate S-PLUS in other applications, whether they are using UNIX or Windows."

"MathSoft is making great strides in its ability to provide open and easy-to-use tools for data analysis and data mining," said Kathleen Griffin, associate analyst, Summit Strategies. "The S+SDK clearly enhances the powerful analytical capabilities inherent in the S technology and gives organizations a seamless method of tailoring S-PLUS for their specific needs."

With the S+SDK, MathSoft now offers full support for customizing and deploying S-PLUS analytics across the major desktop environments. S-PLUS 4.0 for Windows provides Windows users with powerful Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) automation technology to enable cross application integration and customizable interfaces while MathSoft StatServer enables enterprise-wide deployment of analytics from Windows NT servers. The S+SDK, which provides an application programming interface (API) for the UNIX version of S-PLUS, lets developers embed S-PLUS analytics in UNIX applications and servers. S-PLUS capabilities can be embedded into other applications or interfaces and/or stored centrally on a server for broad access by multiple end users.

About S-PLUS

The flagship product in MathSoft's family of statistical data mining solutions, S-PLUS is the premier desktop data analysis tool for business and technical professionals who need sophisticated data mining and visualization capabilities to identify trends and discern hidden meaning in data, enabling knowledge-driven decision making. It easily allows data import and export from leading spreadsheets such as Excel, as well as from a wide range of relational and other data sources. It also provides publication-quality graphics and specialized capabilities for data visualization, statistical analysis and advanced modeling.

S-PLUS offers the richest statistical data mining environment on the market, with more than 2,000 built-in analysis functions and exclusive, cutting-edge graphics models. A flexible, interactive tool, S-PLUS also allows users to write their own customized analysis functions, extending the power of the tool for individualized analysis.

Pricing & Availability

The S+SDK is available immediately for UNIX platforms including SUN Sparc, IBM R/S 6000, Hewlett-Packard 9000-700, Silicon Graphics IRIS, DECstation and DEC Alpha/OSF (Digital Unix). Pricing for the S+SDK is $6,600.

About MathSoft, Inc.

Founded in 1984, MathSoft is the provider of the broadest line of quantitative and analytical software for business and academia. With MathSoft's products, users can deploy technical calculations and exploratory data analyses across their entire organizations. The company has more than one million users of its Mathcad(r), StudyWorks(TM), S-PLUS, MathSoft StatServer(TM) and Axum(r) software worldwide. Users include technical professionals worldwide at more than 90% of the Fortune 1,000 companies and over 500 government installations, and student and faculty at over 2,000 colleges and universities. S-PLUS product information can be obtained via MathSoft's Website located at http://www.mathsoft.com, by phone at 1-800/569-0123, by fax at 206/283-8691 or via mail at 1700 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98109. MathSoft's corporate headquarters can be reached by phone at 1-800/628-4223, by fax at 617/577-8829 or via mail at 101 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. -0-

The MathSoft logo, Axum, Mathcad, S-PLUS, MathSoft StatServer, S+SDK and StudyWorks are trademarks or registered trademarks of MathSoft, Inc. Other product and service names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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