Software

Explore Large Databases and Create Predictive Models Faster and Easier with New Highly Scalable Data Analysis Workbench

SEATTLE, WA � December 6, 2005 � Insightful Corporation (NASDAQ: IFUL), a leading provider of software solutions for analysis of numeric and text data, announced today the immediate release of Insightful Miner 7, a new update to the award winning data analysis workbench. This latest version leverages the Insightful Miner visual programming environment to provide faster and easier statistical analysis of very large databases and creation of predictive models. In addition, Insightful Miner 7 is designed to be fully compatible with S-PLUS 7, a de facto industry standard software platform for statistical data analysis and predictive analytics.

Insightful Miner 7 provides statisticians, analysts and data miners, with comprehensive tools for data preparation, data cleaning, data modeling and prediction. A visual programming interface simplifies the creation and deployment of analytic solutions as well as their maintenance. Insightful Miner 7 is designed to integrate easily with other applications.

KEY NEW FEATURES OF INSIGHTFUL MINER 7

• Includes S� language engine from S-PLUS 7.0 Enterprise enabling users to extend Insightful Miner with new, scalable tools, charts and analyses.
• New and improved data processing nodes, including multi-stream merges and appends, a new duplicate detection tool and improved string and date handling within the data processing language.
• Over 20 new and improved scalable charting nodes designed to enable the visualization of very large data sets without the need for sampling.
• Enhanced file import and export, including support for 64-bit SAS� software files and export to the SVG graphics format.
• Performance improvements for sort and merge operations.