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CHICAGO & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2001

Industry leaders combine strengths in eBusiness applications and
analytics to offer enhanced, real-time customer segmentation

SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS), a worldwide provider of analytical
technology, and Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEBL), the world's
leading provider of eBusiness applications software, today announced
that SPSS has joined the Siebel Alliance Program as a Strategic
Software Partner. As part of the alliance, SPSS will integrate its
customer-focused analytical solutions and products with Siebel
eBusiness Applications.

Siebel Systems provides an integrated family of eBusiness applications
software enabling multi-channel sales, marketing and customer service
systems to be deployed over the Web, call centers, field, reseller
channels, retail and dealer networks. SPSS provides advanced
analytical technology that drives decision-making and improves
business performance by profiling and predicting customer
behavior. SPSS analytical solutions and products will be integrated
and validated with Siebel eBusiness Applications to support enhanced
customer segmentation and more effective targeting for outbound
marketing campaigns, and for real-time environments such as call
centers and Web sites.

CustomerCentric Solutions and SPSS BI, divisions of SPSS, will work
with Siebel Systems to deliver integrated solutions to horizontal and
vertical markets including Financial Services, Telecommunications,
Retail and Healthcare. ShowCase, a division of SPSS, and the leader in
business intelligence products for the IBM iSeries eServer 400 market,
will work with Siebel Systems to deliver integrated solutions for the
mid-market.

For more information, visit www.siebel.com and www.spss.com