To better concentrate its efforts in the customer relationship management (CRM) and related business intelligence (BI) markets, SPSS Inc. (www.spss.com) announced the sale of its product line for manufacturing statistical process control to Wonderware Corp. The transaction will become effective on May 31, 2000.

Wonderware (www.wonderware.com) has agreed to purchase the SPSS QI Analyst software products for $2 million in cash. Wonderware plans to offer employment to the SPSS team supporting these products and will continue their development.

Noonan later stated, �The sale of the QI Analyst product line is the continuation of an aggressive pattern that began in 1999 to focus the company to providing solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. In an effort to channel efforts and resources on providing solutions for this market space, SPSS ceased development or marketing of nearly a dozen minor products over the past year. As a result, we have redirected sales, marketing and development efforts to analytical solutions, the part of our business with the most potential.�

�Our business is generating real-time plant floor information that drives intelligent, strategic business decisions,� said Roy Slavin, president and CEO of Wonderware. �QI Analyst�s superior statistical process control and analysis capabilities are a major addition to our product offerings.

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