SPSS Science Ships SigmaPlot 2000; Technical Graphing Leader Offers Major Upgrade for Scientists and Engineers.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000 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. (Nasdaq:SPSS) announced today the availability of SigmaPlot 2000. The software is currently shipping worldwide and will also be available to North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. customers through the SPSS Web Store at www.spss.com/store. This upgrade of SPSS' award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" graphing software makes it easier for users to present their findings accurately using precise, publication-quality graphs, new graph types and additional data analysis and presentation tools. Also new to SigmaPlot 2000 is the Electrophysiology electrophysiology /elec·tro·phys·i·ol·o·gy/ (-fiz?e-ol´ah-je) 1. the study of the mechanisms of production of electrical phenomena, particularly in the nervous system, and their consequences in the living organism. 2. Module, an add-on A purchase of additional goods before payment is made for goods already purchased. An add-on may be covered by a clause in an installment payment contract that allows the seller to hold a security interest in the earlier goods until full payment is made on the later goods. product that makes it possible for biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. researchers and life scientists to directly import electrophysiology data into the software. "SigmaPlot 2000 gives customers even more flexibility to present their work anywhere and precisely as they intend it to appear," said Andy Matthews Matthews may refer to: In places:
A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of SPSS Inc. "This version combines new technologies, enhances existing tools and adds compatibility with the latest Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. technologies. In addition to our loyal users, who continue to support SigmaPlot, we anticipate reaching new customers with this version and further establishing our position as market leader in the technical graphing category."
New features in the software include:
- More graph types - choose from a greater selection of graphs to
convey exact scientific ideas. Users can now compute and graph a
wide range of errors including graphs with asymmetric error bars,
range plots, quartile plots and high-low-close plots. SigmaPlot
also provides colorful filled 2D contour plots and 3D waterfall
plots for users to visualize their 3D data.
- More data analysis capabilities - get the most value from data
with added analytics, including the new Quick Transforms feature
for mathematical data transformations without programming, the
improved Function Plotter to plot user-defined and parametrized
equations and new robust smoothing routines for 2D and 3D data.
- More presentation tools - communicate ideas clearly and quickly
with built-in page layout templates. The templates provide the
ability to instantly arrange multiple graphs on a page,
disseminate work on the Web or Intranet with new HTML output
macro or create stunning presentations in no time with the new
Create PowerPoint Slide built-in macro. SigmaPlot also includes
new export filters to enable customers to export raster EPS and
CMYK TIFF files in 24-bit color and super-high resolution.
- Compatibility with the latest technology -- SigmaPlot 2000 is
compliant with Office 2000 and Windows 2000, giving users access
to the most current technology from within SigmaPlot.
SigmaPlot is used in a wide range of fields, including medicine,
life sciences, chemistry, engineering, environmental science and
physics. The new add-on Electrophysiology Module is of particular
interest to neuroscientists. This new add-on makes it possible for
users to directly import data from instruments, such as Axon and HEKA.
SigmaPlot 2000 has won several awards including: eight
consecutive Reader's Choice Awards from Scientific Computing and
Instrumentation (SC&I), SC&I's Top 5 Products of 1998 (data analysis
category), NASA Tech Briefs Product of the Month and Computers in
Physics Product of the Month.
System Requirements
- Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT
- Pentium (80586) processor or clone
- 20MB hard disk space
- 32MB or more of RAM
- CD-ROM drive
- SVGA monitor
- Internet Explorer 4.01 or later is required for HTML Help;
WinHelp is also available.
Pricing and Availability SigmaPlot is currently shipping with a domestic list price of $599. International pricing varies. Current SigmaPlot 4.0 and 5.0 users can purchase the upgrade for $199. The upgrade price for SigmaPlot customers that own versions prior to version 4.0 is $299. The Electrophysiology Module is available for $149. Multi-user licensing and academic discount information is available by calling SPSS Science at (800) 621-1393. About SPSS Science SPSS Science, an operating unit of SPSS Inc., provides award-winning software designed for technical professionals. In addition to the capabilities offered by SigmaPlot, users can develop more meaningful conclusions and present compelling results with SPSS' signal analysis, statistics, graphing, curve fitting Curve fitting is finding a curve which matches a series of data points and possibly other constraints. This section is an introduction to both interpolation (where an exact fit to constraints is expected) and regression analysis. Both are sometimes used for extrapolation. , image analysis, peak separation and fitting and gel electrophoresis gel electrophoresis n. Electrophoresis performed in a gel composed of agarose, polyacrylamide, or starch. packages. About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc. provides solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers solutions at the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. of customer relationship management and business intelligence that enable its customers to interact with their customers more profitably. SPSS' solutions integrate and analyze marketing, 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 $140 million. The company also has won the following awards: No. 70 on Forbes 1999 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 "decision support system for business intelligence" in the 1999 RealWare award competition; No. 14 in DM Review's 1999 Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 23 on the 1999 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. 97 in the 1999 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine. 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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